According to a recent Company Spotlight ad I saw in Numismatic News the inventor said it won't be made public until next month. I received an in hand preview demonstration from an associate about a month ago and it's spectacular, so I think it qualifies for this thread. The inventor claims it'll set a (the) standard for "as in hand" accuracy. After experiencing a "coin in hand" demonstration I agree. Personally I loved it and I think it'll be an enjoyed and valuable advancement to our hobby.
Digital imagery is absolutely a fantastic advancement in numismatics (and in general) but in numismatic electronic visual representation there's a big giant fat line between accurate and beautiful! The downside to modern digital imagery is the readily available editing software as well as cameras that can be tweaked to do most anything. Thus the ability for anyone willing to learn to very easily make anything look how they "want" it to. Sadly many collectors see an image (most often images produced by big numismatic companies) and "assume" they're accurate when more often than not they aren't. They're beautiful for sure.....but not accurate. Just as very few collectors will state "my coin is over graded" few will state "the professionally produced and published images of my coin look better than my coin does" therefore the truth rarely escapes.
Another really cool thing I saw in the Numismatic News ad is the inventor of the Accurate View Video offers a "see for yourself" guarantee. He stated he'll send those that ask a coin and a video so they can hold the coin in their hand and see for themselves. Assuming he actually follows through I really like that, as it's old school "put your money where your mouth is" confidence.
YouTube + Cellphones + Connectivity/Search Engines...in the very early 90's we used to refer to the trend of information being enabled on more and more portable devices as "Media Convergence".
Fantastic...
The ability to 'see' searched references and get a real sense of what experienced collectors and dealers are talking about regarding grades, varieties, lusters, etc...
Being able to look up references and prices pretty much on the spot regarding just about any coins.
Less fantastic...
An unfortunate side effect is that it also heavily fragmented culture and information. Too much access to both knowledge and nonsense made some people smarter and simultaneously some entire countries a bit dumber.
Some of us fully predicted it that back then... I have letters and early emails to prove it too. lol!?
Who remembers Bulletin Boards and Eudora mail?!
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright
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Accurate View Video!
According to a recent Company Spotlight ad I saw in Numismatic News the inventor said it won't be made public until next month. I received an in hand preview demonstration from an associate about a month ago and it's spectacular, so I think it qualifies for this thread. The inventor claims it'll set a (the) standard for "as in hand" accuracy. After experiencing a "coin in hand" demonstration I agree. Personally I loved it and I think it'll be an enjoyed and valuable advancement to our hobby.
Digital imagery is absolutely a fantastic advancement in numismatics (and in general) but in numismatic electronic visual representation there's a big giant fat line between accurate and beautiful! The downside to modern digital imagery is the readily available editing software as well as cameras that can be tweaked to do most anything. Thus the ability for anyone willing to learn to very easily make anything look how they "want" it to. Sadly many collectors see an image (most often images produced by big numismatic companies) and "assume" they're accurate when more often than not they aren't. They're beautiful for sure.....but not accurate. Just as very few collectors will state "my coin is over graded" few will state "the professionally produced and published images of my coin look better than my coin does" therefore the truth rarely escapes.
Another really cool thing I saw in the Numismatic News ad is the inventor of the Accurate View Video offers a "see for yourself" guarantee. He stated he'll send those that ask a coin and a video so they can hold the coin in their hand and see for themselves. Assuming he actually follows through I really like that, as it's old school "put your money where your mouth is" confidence.
Oh..and to @keets, kudos for a great thread idea!
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YouTube + Cellphones + Connectivity/Search Engines...in the very early 90's we used to refer to the trend of information being enabled on more and more portable devices as "Media Convergence".
Fantastic...
The ability to 'see' searched references and get a real sense of what experienced collectors and dealers are talking about regarding grades, varieties, lusters, etc...
Being able to look up references and prices pretty much on the spot regarding just about any coins.
Less fantastic...
An unfortunate side effect is that it also heavily fragmented culture and information. Too much access to both knowledge and nonsense made some people smarter and simultaneously some entire countries a bit dumber.
Some of us fully predicted it that back then... I have letters and early emails to prove it too. lol!?
Who remembers Bulletin Boards and Eudora mail?!
Coins are Neato!
"If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone...somewhere...is making a penny." - Steven Wright