New livecam can handle 70 megapixels

SMALL SWISS COMPANY ROUNDSHOT has released an interesting new item, the 360° internet Livecam. The Livecam is a digital 360° camera, capable of 70 megapixels.

The Swiss company claims the Roundshot Livecam uses a high-resolution digicam designed for pro photography, as well as slit-scan technology, which apparently allows for "seamless panoramas" of up to 360°. The cam is also capable of a high zoom factor, zooming up to 20 x.

Apparently, the cam has "far-reaching" applications, most importantly in tourism, weather stations, corporate websites, airports, sports clubs, construction sites and private residences.

Sizes of Livecam files can be scaled up or down depending on available bandwidth, 4mb recommended for a full res panorama and 100 kb for an internet panorama. The camera is capable of shooting panoramas of up to 80mb. The included software's open-source, so the Livecam portal can be embedded in websites or further developed. µ

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