After finding the term “gigavision” in this month’s Wired magazine’s Jargon Watch, I had to read more about this technology – using computer chips as sensors, which allows pixels to be packed 100 times more densely than with CCD or CMOS captures.
There doesn’t appear to be much online about this gigavision yet – even though an article in Wired’s Gadget Lab suggest devices with the chip will be available early this year.
Gigavision will be targeted for cellphones, and not the upper end of imaging (yet).
Cheap Naked Chips Snap a Perfect Picture in New Scientist predicts these chip will “pave the way for cellphones and other inexpensive gadgets that take richer, more pleasing pictures than today’s devices.”
These chips are not set to replace CCD and CMOS sensors in the immediate future, but it’s interesting to see the rise of more hi-res/3D/interactive multi-media pieces.
With the rise of ever cheaper and better quality digital imaging, can film survive? I donated my last film camera years ago, and don’t miss the darkroom chemicals at all!
Will people still want to view movies in 2D once 3D becomes cheaper and more available?
