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The new Photosynth

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Re: The new Photosynth

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post #8

It is impressive. But, I have to wonder: what does this get you above-and-beyond taking a short video of an object, and then allowing the view to "scrub" back and forth within the video?

Excellent point. It seems to have lost functionality over the previous implementation (see my other post).

Re: The new Photosynth

#12
post #8

It is impressive. But, I have to wonder: what does this get you above-and-beyond taking a short video of an object, and then allowing the view to "scrub" back and forth within the video?

the movement is much smother than anything I could accomplish with a cam ...

Re: The new Photosynth

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post #8

It is impressive. But, I have to wonder: what does this get you above-and-beyond taking a short video of an object, and then allowing the view to "scrub" back and forth within the video?

One thing that's illustrated in the demos is that you can zoom into detail in the photosynth images that you couldn't in a video.

I imagine there could eventually be better interactivity with the underlying 3D model than video could provide. Certain surfaces could be links to more information or another photosynth, for example. It kind of reminds me of some of the VRML demos from the 90s, but without the plugins and working backwards from photos instead of forward from models.

Re: The new Photosynth

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post #8

It is impressive. But, I have to wonder: what does this get you above-and-beyond taking a short video of an object, and then allowing the view to "scrub" back and forth within the video?

Photosynth collages can be created by stitching together a lot of disparate photos. So you can have a 3D, interactive representation of, say, Trafalgar Square, created from photos available on Flickr.

Re: The new Photosynth

#17
Glad to see they're still working on this. I remember seeing a demo of this some years back and being really impressed.

A nice reminder that Microsoft really does have some great engineering talent and they can break new ground.

Re: The new Photosynth

#19

Glad to see they're still working on this. I remember seeing a demo of this some years back and being really impressed. A nice reminder that Microsoft really does have some great engineering talent and they can break new ground.

Microsoft is always doing incredible research, just depressing that it's rarely converted into a compelling consumer product.
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