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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

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

News to know: Google; Typosquatting; Apple; IDF

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? Christopher Dawson: Can Dell compete on cost anymore? Dancho Danchev: Typosquatting the U.S presidential...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Open Source, Security, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-22

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynth

Six surprising things about Microsoft's PhotoSynthI would have installed it already, but...... it looks like I have to install the photosynth application as well as the plugin. I would like to see how the "synths" really look and perform, but I'm not planning on making any anytime soon, so...

Tags: Web site development, Microsoft Photosynth, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-08-21

News to know: Apple sued; IDF; Adobe hijack; Microsoft-Novell

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Apple faces suit over iPhone. Is it still worth the switch? Techmeme IDF wrap: Christopher Dawson: New touch screen Classmates unveiled today...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Novell Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Business Structures, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Microsoft mashes up multiple natural-user-interface inputs

Publicly and privately, Microsoft officials have been making much of the company's myriad multi-touch input projects (especially with Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7). But Microsoft's view of what the user interface of the future will look like is more complex than that. Instead of allowing users...

Tags: Receptionist, User Interface, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Emerging Technologies, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Don't cry for the open-source heroes

I don't think anyone will be shedding any tears over Microsoft's open-source heroes promotion -- except possibly for true open-source zealots who still hate the idea that Microsoft is managing to convince some open-source vendors to port their wares to Windows. On February 27, Microsoft will hold...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Microsoft Live Labs rolls out list-sharing tool

Microsoft's Live Labs -- the team that brought us PhotoSynth (photo manipulation/melding) and SeaDragon (smooth-browsing) technology previews -- has introduced another offering to its roster: Listas. Listas is a list-sharing tool. According to a description of the technology on the Live Labs Web site, Listas "allows you...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Tool, Listas, Productivity, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Images: A 3D view of Endeavour

Microsoft and NASA team up on a Web plug-in that uses thousands of photos to create a 3D look at the space shuttle.NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to give people a 3D photographic look at the space shuttle Endeavour before its launch this week. Viewable in Microsoft''s downloadable plug-in...

Tags: Kennedy Space Center, shuttle, photograph, Microsoft', 3D, NASA, high-resolution, helicopter, digital photograph, software developer, plug-in, camera, developer, software, team, Web

Image galleries 2007-08-06