Experimental system allows realtime VR flythroughs

One problem with VR "flythrough" systems is that, to be convincing, you need a lot of cameras, covering every conceivable angle that a user might want to check out. That limits the realtime use of such systems to those that can work in a limited, finite space (and we'll leave it to you to guess what the biggest market is for that).
RealityFlythrough, a system developed by Neil McCurdy at the University of California at San Diego, attempts to overcome those limitations by combining realtime streams from networked cameras with previously captured still images.
The system has already been used in a San Diego anti-terrorism drill, in which remote observers were able to shadow
"first responders" via cameras linked over a mesh network.

[Via Near Near Future]