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5 Photosynths that let you jump into another world

5 Photosynths that let you jump into another worldPhotosynth is great, but..I was hoping to see it implemented in Silverlight. It will be a good promotion for SF plus other platforms will be supported too...But I still love it!Microsoft admitting the truth at last.Microsoft have finally realised their place. ...

Tags: Desktops, Photosynth, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-08-25

5 Photosynths that let you jump into another world

Photosynth launched last week to a lot of fanfare and it’s definitely one of the coolest things I've seen come out of Microsoft. It's also one of the more interesting RIA examples out there. It provides a really great user interface and a level of richness for photos that the...

Tags: Photograph, Photosynth, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-24

Microsoft launches 3-D photo viewer Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs' latest project is actually an old one with a new twist. Photosynth lets you stitch together an entire roll of photos into dazzling 3-D environments. CNET.com's Ina Fried sits down with Microsoft's Gary William Flake to chat about what you can do with this new technology.

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Microsoft Live Labs, News, ina fried, microsoft, photosynth, gary william, pictures, albums

Videos 2008-08-21

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynth

PhotoSynth, Microsoft's photo-stitching technology from the company's Live Labs division, is out of beta and is now a version 1.0 shipping product. If I had to choose the six things that most surprised/impressed me about PhotoSynth, this would be my list. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: MSN, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Photograph, Technology, PhotoSynth, Software Component, Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Stunning Microsoft Labs Photosynth preview

Microsoft Live Labs now has a working preview of their Photosynth technology technology overview and Video. The preview initially only worked for newer versions of Internet Explorer but now theres apparently a Firefox plugin for as well but it only works on Windows XP SP2 and Vista at this...

Tags: Security, News, Microsoft, Fun Stuff, Consumer electronics, Browsers

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Try Microsoft's Photosynth

After seven months of development, Microsoft is making Photosynth tech demo available. You cant upload photos but its a cool demo of how to navigate a photo site. In keep with Microsofts merging of the Web and client, Live Labs head Gary Flake called Photsynth an "elegant marriage between the...

Tags: General, Personal Technology, Web Technology, web2con, photograph, Photosynth

Blog posts 2006-11-09

Microsoft Live Labs shows off Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs shows off PhotosynthNote to self: Get speakersnt.

Tags: Photosynth, Microsoft Live Labs, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-01

Microsoft Live Labs shows off Photosynth

Microsoft Live Labs has this truly awesome demonstration of Photosynth, an image processing software that stitches images together in to a 3D world. They also have a 150 MB High Definition version of the video for download. There is a huge potential that this technology will reach out...

Tags: Photosynth, Microsoft Live Labs, Microsoft Live

Blog posts 2006-07-31

Additional Resources

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line

just PR stuntsM$ merely renamed Active directory and claims a 'break through'.I'm still waiting to see a technology realy new comming out of M$.So far they only stole are renamed existing technologies.Parent post is a troll. Please ignore it. nt OKDeep zoom: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspxPhotosynth: http://photosynth.net/ASP.NET copied by Sun in JSF.Ajax (yes,...

Tags: AJAX, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., identity ware, computing

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Missing what open source cannot afford

FOSS needs some town hallsto get free air time on the news and to educate the users on the perils of closed source.I have to disagree ...I'm not sure how isolated you are, but my experience with open source through OpenNMS has been quite different.Sure, companies like mine that are...

Tags: open source, OpenNMS

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal

DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...

Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

MGM Creates Virtual Online Tour to Expand Fan Base, Drive New Revenue

To give fans the ultimate preview of its Stargate Universe television series, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM worked with Microsoft to create a three-dimensional virtual tour of the show's set. The team used Microsoft Photosynth to stitch together hundreds of digital images of the set and then embedded the synths in a rich...

Tags: Revenue, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Microsoft Corp., TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Case studies 2009-08-13

PCs need a brand (and why Microsoft stores could revolutionize how a consumer buys one)

PCs need a brand and why Microsoft stores could revolutionize how a consumer buys oneGood article!Maybe Microsoft should just start making their own PCs! Like the xBox, which is a use specific device, but a computer none the same.It appears you have thought this out very welland I would...

Tags: Branding, Desktops, Operating systems, PC-World, brand, PC, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

NASA Provides Interactive, 3-D Views of the Next Mars Rover to the Public

A charter of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is to educate the public and inspire students. NASA hosts a Web site for the purpose of generating public awareness about the Mars Science Laboratory rover known as Curiosity. The Mars team wanted to add even greater interactivity to let...

Tags: 3D, NASA, Microsoft Corp., Web Site Development, Team Management, Web Technology, Internet, Management

Case studies 2009-07-01

iSynth 1.0 (Mobile)

iSynth is a Photosynth viewer which is a revolutionary new technology that creates seamless three-dimensional worlds from nothing but photographs. Visit Photosynth.com to upload your own photos and create virtual tours of your house, office or anywhere you can bring a camera.Visit Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, or take a trip...

Tags: Mobile, Photograph, Apple iTunes, Greg Pascale, iSynth, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-03-10

Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?

Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?BillG is still BillG, so is MSFTi don't think billG has been involved any less than before. maybe a little less in details. but other people's decision only matter if it is not going different way with his.RE: Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the...

Tags: MSR, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft ThinkWeek, Billg

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Wall Street waits for layoffs at Microsoft

Wall Street waits for layoffs at MicrosoftI told you so!Nobody believed my predictions when I said that M$ is going down quickly and Linux is eating their lunch!Now the naysayers have been proven wrong!The only tech companies that are hiring and grow are the OSS kind.M$ drones will get in...

Tags: Linux, Operational accounting, Workforce management, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Windows7, Microsoft Corp., revenue, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-01-21

Microsoft tightens its belt, but still no layoffs announced

Microsoft tightens its belt, but still no layoffs announcedMS should do the world a favor and close upand give the $ back to the shareholders.A good way to cut costsInstead of cutting employees first, which most businesses do to save costs, Microsoft is cutting back in other areas. I...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, perk, layoff

Discussion threads 2009-01-20

Microsoft releases first iPhone app: Seadragon

That sound you heard over the weekend was hell freezing over. On Saturday Microsoft's Live Labs released an application of the iPhone called Seadragon (iTunes, free) that allows you to view and zoom in on Gigapixel images. Seadragon Mobile brings the same smooth image browsing you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp., Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-12-15