Canon Canada Showroom

Canon Canada’s Showroom at its new headquarters in Brampton, Ontario features my gigapixel panorama of Vancouver from the Shangri-la Hotel at Dusk. Here is the original image   Related Articles: Canon Canada’s new headquarters a vibrant showcase of the OEM’s products and philosophy Canon Canada opens new showcase facility A Look Inside Canon’s New Canadian …

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Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy

My pre-riot gigapixel photo of the Game 7 Crowd of the 2011 Stanley Cup was cited in the book Technocreep: The Surrender of Privacy and the Capitalization of Intimacy by Thomas P. Keenan. Excerpt (page 31): While the surveillance camera and cell phone videos used by the VPD were certainly helpful, they are nowhere near …

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How ILM Used the Clauss RODEON VR for Marvel’s The Avengers

One of the biggest summer blockbuster movies of 2012 was Marvel’s The Avengers, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Although roughly a third of "The Avengers" is set in New York City precious little was actually filmed there. Industrial, Light and Magic (ILM) crew members, headed by visual effects …

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Social Mood Can Be Evident in Facial Expressions

My pre-riot gigapixel photo of the Game 7 Crowd of the 2011 Stanley Cup continues to garner so much attention by various individuals, companies and institutions. Most recently, it was used in a study by The Socionomics Institute which showed that through people’s facial expressions, the social mood of the crowd was predominantly negative. They …

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TEDGlobal 2013

Gigapixel.com was an exhibitor at TEDGlobal 2013. In 2011, I met Samuel Cox and invited him to Vancouver to have an exhibit of my gigapixel images using GigaLinc, an interactive user interface he developed which allows viewers to navigate and explore a gigapixel image in detail using Kinect-based hand-gestures, zooming in and out of areas …

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The Making of Paris 360°

While in Prague, I got in touch with a very close friend, Carmela Borgers, whose husband, Alain Borgers, was the General Manager of Shangri-la Hotel Paris. Since it was their last year in Paris before her husband gets re-assigned to another Shangri-la Hotel property, I asked if I could visit her and also shoot the …

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Prague 2013

I’ve always been intrigued and fascinated by Prague in the Czech Republic. Because it is the epitome of classic, elegant Europe, it has always been the #1 place for me to visit in Europe. After my tour of Germany, I spent 4 days in Prague and soaked in its rich culture, architecture and history – …

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Clauss Reseller’s Meeting

Being the exclusive distributor of Clauss Image and Data Technology GmbH in North America, I was invited to a reseller’s meeting planned for the last week of March at the company headquarters in Zwönitz, Germany. Morning in Zwönitz, Germany It was a very very long trip from Vancouver to Zwonitz: a 10 hr flight to …

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KATU News Feature

KATU News in Portland, Oregon did a feature on GigaPan Systems and included my 10-gigapixel image of Downtown Vancouver in their story.

Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival

Eagle migration to the Chehalis/Harrison River Estuary to feed on spawning Coho and Chum Salmon occurs from December to February. On December 18, 2010, a total count of 7,362 eagles in a 2 sq km section of the flats set a world record high! This eagle concentration is perhaps the 3rd largest in the world …

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