From: stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini)
Subject: Re: CULTURE: Technological jadedness? (Was Re: CULTURE: Twin Palms-- errr,
Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 14:58:55 GMT
Message-ID: <1993May26.145855.17154@unocal.com>
Organization: Unocal Corporation


In article <1tuvv9INNd7u@news.u.washington.edu> jwtlai@jeeves.uwaterloo.ca (Jim W 'GrimJim' Lai) writes:
>To a point.  I don't think television looks all that realistic.  It's
>not wide-screen enough to fill my field of vision (although that may
>change in the not too distant future).  The advanced television
>proposals generally don't offer me an 80 frame/sec refresh rate to
>maximize realness.  And the sound... well, it's no Dolby(tm) digital
>stereo.

I agree.  I saw a vivid example of how far digital imagery has to be
improved when viewing the Camera Obscura at the Cliff House in
San Francisco.  This device, invented by DaVinci, projects the surrounding
imagery on a table in a darkened room.  The texture of *full* resolution
light, color, and motion is absolutely amazing.  TV and film pales in
comparison.