Giga-pans are really cool. They give an all-around view so that you can basically take a virtual tour. This makes them the perfect resource for learning. Today, Francis took Giga-Pans of the hyperbaric chamber room and of the area beside it.
The way that the Giga-Pan works is it moves the camera around so that it takes pictures of everything around it. Then we stitch the pictures together everywhere they overlap and you end up with something you can basically look at everything around you. Being able to "turn around" helps with the feeling that the viewer is there, especially with the high-quality footage.
We have done lots of Giga-pans of different field sites. These things are so cool! You can see the Giga-pans of places we have researched all over the world here:
I actually had a part in the brainstorm that rendered the virtual tours using the Giga-Pans. The idea is based off of the maps used in Mario and other 'quest' gaming software. The tours now include pop-ups that can contain additional information (or links to it), closer pictures, or videos. On Monday, Francis will be taking a Giga-Pan of the inside of the habitat. It'll be really cool so stay tuned!
We also have something now called a Go-Pro360. It's a bunch of Go-Pro cameras put together so that you can have a Giga-Pan, but all running at once as video, so that you can look around just like a Giga-Pan, but its video footage! It. is. wicked. awesome. We will be shooting footage with this fabulous device in the water outside of the habitat tomorrow!
Fascinating! How often do you have to film? Is it like every ten feet? Or just every line of sight?
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Loretta Helmuth ( Nana)
6/28/2014 10:20:55 am
So cool. I remember that you had a part in the brainstorming the virtual tours of the Giga-Pans. (proof that Mario is a beneficial activity :)The ones that you and your dad showed us really made us feel like we were right there. Looking forward to seeing the one taken by the Go-Pro 360 outside the habitat tomorrow. That thing sounds amazing
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My name is Morgan Helmuth. My dad is Brian Helmuth, and he is part of the team on Mission 31. I will be working as an embedded teen reporter during the mission, and will post about my experiences on this site! :D