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Google Unveils New Virtual Tours of Top Art Galleries in the World

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Google Unveils New Virtual Tours of Top Art Galleries in the World
Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries, featuring paintings photographed with extremely high-resolution gigapixel technology.

Google unveiled a new website that allows virtual tours of some of the world's most famous art galleries, featuring paintings photographed with extreme high-resolution "gigapixel" technology.

For the Art Project, video cameras mounted on trolleys recorded 360-degree tours of galleries in eleven cities around the world.

View all the galleries at www.googleartproject.com

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