Microsoft turns photo albums into navigable 3D worlds
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Microsoft is developing a photo browser that can turn a collection of pictures into a navigable 3D space.
Representatives from Microsoft Live Labs and a University of Washington work group on Wednesday discussed the Photosynth browser during a speech at the Siggraph show about the university's Photo Tourism system. Live Labs is developing Photosynth from the Photo Tourism technology as part of Microsoft's push into Internet-based personal services.
"Photosynth will be released as a Web client that people can use to explore large collections of photos," said Richard Szeliski, who leads the Interactive Visual Media Group at Microsoft. Photosynth has the potential to create a complete virtual world made up of the world's photos, Szeliski said.