A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

Link- wrote: post #3

It really bothers me when stories like this make the news. There is no story, the article is void. And to think it reached Hacker New's front page!

"news" is a relative thing. It's on "bits.blogs.nytimes.com"...

Re: A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

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Post by United857 » Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 3:17 AM UTC

He's not the first Microsoft employee to go to Google, and won't be the last. Maybe if this was Steve Ballmer, it would be newsworthy, but other than that, no...

Re: A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

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Post by voltagex_ » Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 3:30 AM UTC

Looks like he was involved in Photosynth - which just got an update. http://photosynth.net/preview

Re: A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

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Post by voltagex_ » Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 3:36 AM UTC

The other story should be that we won't really get to play with the Photosynth tech (mentioned in the story) until https://www.google.com.au/patents/US20130100128 expires.

Re: A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

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Post by asveikau » Mon, Dec 16, 2013, 4:27 AM UTC

I don't know Blaise or have any direct experience with him, however when I worked at Microsoft I used to enjoy his talks and demos at company events. That doesn't sound like much but that was pretty rare.

At the same time my cynical side would figure that if he's half as competent as he seemed to be in these appearances, he's probably unhappy at Microsoft.

Re: A Microsoft Star Goes to Google

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Post by mxfh » Tue, Dec 17, 2013, 1:09 PM UTC

voltagex_ wrote: post #8

The other story should be that we won't really get to play with the Photosynth tech (mentioned in the story) until https://www.google.com.au/patents/US20130100128 expires.

How ist this preventing anyone to use the collinearity equation and bundle adjustment in similiar ways?

The whole field of photogrammetry is pretty much build on these foundations which didn't just pop up in 2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collinearity_equation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundle_adjustment