For technology buffs. [and anyone who can speculate on this, will movies or 3d pics ever replace wha

barberlover

How many times have you ever seen a coin on the net, then saw it in person and thought it looked alot better or worse than the image because the image didn't capture the luster or small marks or hairlines or the color or even made the coin look lighter or darker than it is???

Is the technology going to reach a point where dealers [or collectors can put movie like moving pictures] of a birds eye view of a coin so accurate that it would be like holding a coin inches from your face??? I don't know if this is in the works or even possible, but if it is it would do wonders for the dealers and collectors alike, What do you think???

dorkkarl

the technology is already commercially available,ie. software that shows the rotating cartwheel luster.

K S

nwcs

It'll happen soon enough. It's quite simple to do, but most people don't do it yet because it's a hassle and the movies can get pretty large. But I thought of doing that when I sold a few items on ebay last fall.

Steve27

The real problem is low bandwidth connections. Once 56K modems are history, then this type of "picture" will become common.

WACoinGuy

I'd really love to see one of those 360 views like many sites have for cars or homes. That would allow you make out the coin's luster much better.

nwcs

3d viewing stuff wouldn't work with a coin because the images computer generated and shaded. You'd have to have a real movie to capture real lighting changes.

DanC

Probably see some more iPix technology before movies. Something that will allow you to move around the coin in VR, and zoom in and out. Again - bandwidth is the issue. The technology is here now.

nwcs

Won't be ipix, though, because it lets you turn around from your perspective but doesn't observe an object in 3d. However, it could be sort of useful in limited application.

DanC

I suppose I should have clarified...

Kinda-sorta like iPix works, only instead of the camera being the center of the picture from the 3D perspective, the coin would be. You could do it now with perhaps a fisheye lens, and a "thingy" that held the coin upright (by the rim), then have a fixed distance that the camera rotated around the coin. You'd need to seamlessly join the pictures in a sort of virtual "tube."

It'd work.

hmmmm...
I think I may have just invented something.

solid

In the future, we will each carry a small, black, 3" cube with us. Open it up and
you can holigraphically display any coin on the internet. It will appear to be
floating in front of your eyes and you will be able to spin, flip or rotate the coin
to any desired viewing angle. Even through a 10x loupe, it will appear to be
the real thing!

Pretty cool, huh?

I wonder how many of those cubes I could sell at say, $500/each???

Ken

WACoinGuy

<< <i>You could do it now with perhaps a fisheye lens, and a "thingy" that held the coin upright (by the rim) >>



Nah, just punch a hole through it and hang it from some string.

DanC

<< <i>Nah, just punch a hole through it and hang it from some string >>


BWWWWAAAH!

Not.