360* view from Red Bull F1 car

[lulz_m3]

Very cool.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10/360-red-bull-f1/

The Norwegian company released its latest collaboration with Red Bull, fitting the firm’s custom-developed camera system atop one of the energy drink dynasty’s F1 cars and giving driver Sébastien Buemi a chance to tackle the track.

[DavidV]

OK, that was a first for me.
360 degrees video is the bomb.
I hope they will have this feature from now on during television coverage.
That would make collision registration 100% more easy.

[Sticky]

I have to admit that's just plain sick.

[leo985i]

Just saw this, and its amazing!!! Everyone should adopt this tech.

[LZH]

It's very cool no doubt but it's not a 360 degree view. It's still a static 180 degree view that allows you real time 360 degree angles.

[sr20seb]

OK, that was a first for me.
360 degrees video is the bomb.
I hope they will have this feature from now on during television coverage.
That would make collision registration 100% more easy.

And how long did it take F1 to get transmitted in HD? Let's see, for the 1st time Formula 1 officially was not broadcast in HD until 2011. All the other stuff you saw was just an upscaled signal, it wasn't true HD.

Now this is a bit tougher because it depends on the area you live in. But if you live in a major state like New York then you should've gotten to see normal HD broadcasts at around 2004-05. So it took what? 6 or 7 years for F1 to adopt this technology, and might I add, they didn't even want it!!!! It was forced out of them!!!