Technology Nathan Purmort on 14 Jun 2007 02:31 pm
Interesting Microsoft Image Research
I stumbled across an interesting video this past week which showcases some very interesting image mapping and assembly techniques. The research was done by Microsoft and presented at the TED conference in California. To avoid retelling the whole story, here is a link to the video of the conference presentation.
One of the products the speaker mentions is Photosynth and the fact that there is an online demo available. Once you watch the video, definitely take a look at the demo.
I can see the applications of this technology to be enormous. This reminds me a lot of what Google is trying to achieve with their Street View add-in for Google Maps.
on 16 Jun 2007 at 12:11 pm 1.andrewkun said …
Neat idea! I like the Trafalgar Square collection.
on 18 Jun 2007 at 12:29 pm 2.bmcmahon said …
A very interesting way of displaying photos. I can see it being developed into a marketing tool for, among other things, car sales, real estate. A possible shortcoming might arise when images are not taken in close temporal proximity, especially if the scene was very dynamic. Fun to play with!