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More => Music, Movies, Politics, and Other Cheap Thrills => Topic started by: JimH on December 04, 2013, 07:44:17 pm
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At the Met in New York, there is a painting of Versailles that is 166 feet long and makes a complete circle around you as you walk through the room where it's displayed.
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/8D12431D-7EA0-495D-9EA2-775091458CB9/Panorama_of_Versailles/9395567500.jpg)
More pictures (http://pix01.com/I51%40s8Vg)
Matt and I sometimes talk about providing images in a similarly immersive manner. Something like Google Streets, but with real images from all kinds of sources. That's Matt's idea.
Mine is simpler. A room of any size, with screens on two or three walls, so if you sit closely enough, the images surround you.
I can imagine either one being a good substitute for travel to far off places.