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Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:18 pm
by neps
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Photosynth is a pretty cool technology from Microsoft where by hundreds of images are taken of a 3D space and then overlayed together, allowing a user to view the images and walk around the space. This is different from a VR photo as the images are not stitched together seamlessly but rather revealed to the user in an amazing collage.

We were there on set in September when the team from Redmond took photos of the KITTCave or Satellite Surveillance Center. Finally Microsoft has released this amazing experience. Check it out!

It's currently PC only, but a Mac version is supposedly coming soon.

http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=b5f ... :-0.584098

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:01 pm
by weeezl
Now that is cool!

Kinda like a photo 3d jigsaw puzzle.

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:20 pm
by PHOENIXZERO
Pretty cool, I found the note the Bert guy mentioned. :lol:

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:18 am
by Sky_Blue_Civic
That's definitely cool! :good: I just noticed I just hit my 700th. post! :D

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:03 am
by Vegasmike
Pretty cool! :good:

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:44 am
by Skav
I prefer the VR technology to be honest. It was a bit too much for my eyes to handle.

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 7:45 am
by paulie
that was really cool!! :kitt:

Re: Photosynth of the KITTCave

Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:20 am
by neps
I went back to this on my Mac today and I got it to work! Turns out if you have silverlight plugin from microsoft installed, then you're all set! i'm pretty sure this is new to the site.

Also, there is a way to view this on your iPhone! Microsoft released their first iPhone app, called "Seadragon" which allows you to browse billion pixel catalogs such as the ones on Photosynth. Just download the app, and add the user "knightwriter" to your librarys using the plus button on the bottom right. The images wont be in the 3D experience, but rather a huge grid of 300+ images that you can zoom right into.