Scoble cries over a telescope?

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Post by therubberduckie » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 9:13 PM UTC

Robert Scoble announced the other week that he saw something at microsoft that made him cry. Today was the first time he was able to publicly talk about it.

Scoble cries over a telescope?
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Post by alaskamiller » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 10:14 PM UTC

I can see why he cried, every now and then I catch a new feature on Google Maps and go "whoa."

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Post by kirubakaran » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 10:51 PM UTC

He cried on seeing a Google Sky rip off?

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Post by eusman » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 11:48 PM UTC

"He clicked a button and we saw a completely different view of the same colliding galaxies."

Although I haven't seen what Microsoft did, I can understand his reaction. I reacted in a similar way when I've been at Futuroscope (it's in France).(http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/attraction-cosmos.php)

The screen is a huge shpere taking you through a journey in cosmos. It's really really breathtaking.

Imagine experiencing what Microsoft did with a set of VR glasses and especially if what they did was in true 3D.

Watch the video, maybe it could set you in the mood to understand

http://www.futuroscope.com/eng/video.php?video=destination_c...

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Post by noonespecial » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 9:46 AM UTC

I like how the "official website" is just a bunch of typical microsoft hype where there is ZERO product demonstration, one weak "planet to our cool logo" video that plays over and over and a bunch of people talking about how cool its all going to be. Then theres a vague "release date". Spring or something...

Maybe it is tear jerking worthy tech but I've seen this pattern before from MS. The first time I heard about google maps I was using it.

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Post by TheTarquin » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 9:53 AM UTC

If I could propose a new Microsoft motto: "It's gonna be awesome, trust us."

I normally hate to make reductionist analogies, but my product sense is tingling and I'm thinking this might be to Google Sky what the Zune was to iPod. Microsoft sees something they wish that they'd thought of, and they're coming to market late.

Maybe this time, though, they won't bring a Zune to an iPod fight. Here's hoping, since it sounds like it's got the POTENTIAL to be a cool product.