Google's new
gigapixel camera sees every paint stroke in
famous artwork
Cancel that trip to the Louvre. You'll never get closer to master art works than through
Google's freakishly powerful, robotic Art Camera.
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Google's Cultural Institute is filled with hundreds of thousands of artifacts that you can view online, and about 200 of them are
gigapixel images of
famous works of art. There are, naturally, millions more of such artworks you can see in person museums around the world.
Google is sending some museums this powerful new
camera for free.
Image: Google
But **w, with its new robotic Art Camera, Google is automating the process of ingesting these works and putting them online, so you'll be able to see even more without leaving the house. Google has an**unced a new
camera and the online availability of
1,000 new gigapixel images on Tuesday via its
official blog.
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