Microsoft’s Photosynth

Microsoft is working on something really cool, and I’m not referring to Vista! They’re developing a photo tool called Photosynth that will take digital photos and display them in 3-D. The technology it uses to do so is impressive. Photosynth uses a bunch of digital photos - not just photos taken by you - but any images of the same thing, whether it’s from different cameras, under different shooting conditions, on different dates, times of day, resolutions, etc. Using computer vision algorithms, photos of the same object are linked together & its 3-D postion calculated. What can this technology do? The website offers some ideas: "Imagine being able to see your favorite band from either the front row or the bleachers, walking around that new motorbike you’ve been thinking of buying, or flying over every nook and cranny of a famous landmark." That sounds amazing! Stay tuned…