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originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
Just looking at some coverage of the CES 2023 event from last week and noticed Sony have a cool product coming out later this year-
Called the Sony Star Sphere it is a network of camera satellites which anyone can rent and take control of the camera(point into space or at the earth) and possibly to a limeted degree,the trajectory of the satellite in real time.
starsphere.sony.com...
So first- imagine the fun of doing that with a decent VR headset on-as close to a real spacewalk most of us will get!
Or what about space anomaly/UFO spotting?
No more NASA feeds getting cut off whenever something strange happens!
This could be amazing.
Of course it has negative potential as well,depending on the camera resolution and lens-maybe stalkers could use it to follow people,or other bad dudes could use it for making sure the coast is clear for heists or other crimes.
Then there is the issue of secret ground facilities-I guess Sony could have special dead zones where the satellites cannot fly to stop spying on secret areas?
In fact they must have decent collision avoidance tech-or how long before some idiot tries to crash a satellite into something lke a rocket?
Anyway there is a short segment on it at 6:50 in this vid-
BTW-the Asus laptop screen later in the video is worth a look-full 3D without glasses!
The presenter is mindblown,could be something that becomes a thing I reckon.
take control of the camera(point into space or at the earth)