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March 9, 2013 03:46 am GMT
“Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, similar to the concept apport, an earlier word used in the context of spiritualism.“ The concept of moving throughout the world freely without actually having to “physically” travel there is the Holy Grail for many. Being able to explore a physical space that is thousands of miles away without having to deal with the rigors of travel seems like something out of a science fiction novel. Google has come as close as you could possibly come to teleportation, without the actual physical matter transference of course, with its Street View product. The project started as research at Stanford and then hopped into Google co-founder and current CEO Larry Page’s car. Snapping photos of every nook and cranny of the universe so that people could travel the world around them from the comfort of their own home or mobile device is the hallmark of Google’s approach to the world around it and the evolution of technology. I spent the day with the founding members of the Street View team to learn about how it went from a gimmick in someone’s mind to a utility that we use without thinking, and in some cases, wouldn’t want to live without. Starting out as a camera strapped to Page’s car, Street View technology has been added to vans, cars, tripods, backpacks, bikes and even a snow mobile. It has truly become the eyes of all of Google’s vision for how we view the world after launching on May 25, 2007. While the product has had its fair share of controversy, Google has forged ahead. Going somewhere before you actually get there It was a Frankenstein looking car. Before I spoke with Luc Vincent, Engineering Director and Daniel Filip, Engineering Manager at Google Maps, I had done quite a bit of research into the history of the Google Maps product as a whole. What I didn’t know is how “pie in the sky” the concept of Street View actually was, which is an easy misconception to have once a technology has become so ubiquitous. Vincent told me a bit about the first concept of Street View, which was hatched at Google based on some experiments being done at Stanford, led by Marc Levoy. Google decided to invest a little money into more experiments to see if it
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“Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them, similar to the concept apport, an earlier word used in the context of spiritualism.“ The concept of moving throughout the world freely without actually having to “physically” travel there is the Holy Grail for many. Being able to explore a physical space that is thousands of miles away without having to deal with the rigors of travel seems like something out of a science fiction novel. Google has come as close as you could possibly come to teleportation, without the actual physical matter transference of course, with its Street View product. The project started as research at Stanford and then hopped into Google co-founder and current CEO Larry Page’s car. Snapping photos of every nook and cranny of the universe so that people could travel the world around them from the comfort of their own home or mobile device is the hallmark of Google’s approach to the world around it and the evolution of technology. I spent the day with the founding members of the Street View team to learn about how it went from a gimmick in someone’s mind to a utility that we use without thinking, and in some cases, wouldn’t want to live without. Starting out as a camera strapped to Page’s car, Street View technology has been added to vans, cars, tripods, backpacks, bikes and even a snow mobile. It has truly become the eyes of all of Google’s vision for how we view the world after launching on May 25, 2007. While the product has had its fair share of controversy, Google has forged ahead. Going somewhere before you actually get there It was a Frankenstein looking car. Before I spoke with Luc Vincent, Engineering Director and Daniel Filip, Engineering Manager at Google Maps, I had done quite a bit of research into the history of the Google Maps product as a whole. What I didn’t know is how “pie in the sky” the concept of Street View actually was, which is an easy misconception to have once a technology has become so ubiquitous. Vincent told me a bit about the first concept of Street View, which was hatched at Google based on some experiments being done at Stanford, led by Marc Levoy. Google decided to invest a little money into more experiments to see if itOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/DbzWwNRcpbg/
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