Microsoft technology brings presidential inaugural home
WinInfo | at | by Mike
If you were among the millions of people watching yesterday's historical presidential inauguration on CNN, you will recall the network's repeated promises to provide an immerse way to see the event up-close and in 3D. As it turns out, CNN didn't strike an exclusive deal with some little-known technology vendor. Instead, it turned to a publicly-available Microsoft Live Labs project called Photosynth to provide this unique look at the inauguration.
Photosynth "stitches" together multiple photos that are taken in an area and creates a virtual 3D environment. This is a far more impressive effect than a simple panoramic stitch, which creates widescreen images from side-by-side photographs.