Photosynth

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1. Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth - “Software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed three-dimensional space.” See a preview of the technology and watch a video that better describes exactly what it does. (labs.live.com)

2. Microsoft Puts Photosynth Preview on Web - Article on Photosynth demo being added to Microsoft’s Live Labs site, announced at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. Downsides: only works in Internet Explorer browsers and so far you can’t create the 3D images with your own photos; both limitations should be fixed in the future. (www.infoworld.com)

3. Live Labs Launches Photosynth - Writer finds that Photosynth not only creates 3D images of architectural spaces like buildings or streets, but also with natural landscapes, allowing for virtual walkthroughs of forests or mountains. (datamining.typepad.com)

4. Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth Screencast - Watch a 3-minute video of Photosynth in action. (www.istartedsomething.com)

5. From the Labs: Photosynth - Brady Forrest of O’Reilly wonders whether Photosynth will eventually be usable in tandem with Microsoft’s Spaceland, the 3D mapping envitonment announced in the same week. (radar.oreilly.com)