It
has been more than one year Google’s Cultural Institute unveiled Google Art
Camera. Since then, the institute has made a significant contribution to enrich
the values of world culture.
How Camera Works?
This
camera is powered by a robotic system, which uses thousands of high-resolution
close-ups. It leverages a laser and sonar system to focus precisely. The sonar
system the camera uses leverages high-frequency sound to analyze the distance
of the artwork to well position itself. The camera has the capability to hear
like a bat.
The
camera assembles images coherently. The software the camera possesses is well
capable of consolidating the images together to form a single image.
Google
allows to share these images online, so people across the world can experience
the art at any corner of the world.
Did
you ever experience the feel of 200 gigapixel images? If not, just go to
Google’s Cultural Institute’s portal. Google had already made around 200
gigapixel images out online during the first 5 years of the institute. But it
had been time-consuming for Google to scan all those before. But now with the smart
robotic camera, the same job can be done much faster and easily. Before it used
to take a day to scan a painting, but now that has been reduced to 30 minutes. That
means Google would significantly increase the number of images that can be made
available to web users. The company was able to scan more than 1,000 images in
a few months using a new camera that used to take a year before.
This
camera is not only helpful to bring more art online in clarity, but
also help museums share sensitive images that can’t be exhibited always due to
light and humidity issues.
People
can see art from Rembrandt, Pissarro, Signac, Van Gogh, Monet and many other
artists from different museums across USA, India, the Netherlands, Brazil and
the rest of the world.
The
camera also helps create collections of similar art together in an attractive
way. For example, if you want to view Van Gogh’s six popular portraits of the
Roulin family up close, you may have to visit different museums in the
Netherlands, L.A. and New York. But Google Art Camera allows you to see all on one
web page.
Conclusion:
We
can say Google Art Camera is one of the coolest innovations Google ever brought
out. Along with Cardboard and Jump, mobile app development company in India
and other technology services companies in USA and across the world have got a
new device called Art Camera to work on and widen their service portfolio.