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Photosynth Wows Audience at Ted

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published January 10, 2008

We have talked about Microsofts super-cool photosynth acquisition before but never seen it demonstrated quite so well as this video from TED

Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation.

I am sure you will agree, it’s the future! :)

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3D Photography Navigation and Exploration from Microsoft Labs

By DSLRBlog Editors | Published July 31, 2006

Introducing Photosynth

The Digital Photography Weblog has pointed us to a great new innovation from Microsoft Labs called Photosynth

Photosynth takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. With Photosynth you can:

  • Walk or fly through a scene to see photos from any angle.
  • Seamlessly zoom in or out of a photograph whether it’s megapixels or gigapixels in size.
  • See where pictures were taken in relation to one another.
  • Find similar photos to the one you’re currently viewing.
  • Explore a custom tour.

Can you imagine this built into Flickr? Click on a tag like “glastonbury” or “New Years Celebration” and then go there and explore, zooming in and out and examining details?

It’s not ready to try but there is an impressive video.

Update: Now you can try it in your browser!

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