Microsoft Photosynth!
Published by: Codrut Nistor, in News
August22nd2008
I don't have anything against Microsoft, really! I don't know if I told you this before, but I haven't, here it is. The only thing I really hate about Microsoft lately is its lack of innovation, but now I finally got something to make me happy. Coming from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington, Photosynth is a software able to analyze your digital images and build a 3D point cloud of a photographed object. Pretty cool, huh? Well, this is only a quick description, so here's the whole story...
For now, Photosynth.com seems to be the only way to create "synths"(the 3D point clouds I mentioned earlier), and these are the limitations published on the site:
1. All synths are uploaded. They're big, so you need to use a broadband Internet connection.
2. All synths are public. Your photos will be visible to everyone on the Internet.(no kinky ones for now, all right?)
3. Like the viewing experience, the "synther" only runs on PCs (XP and Vista).
4. You'll need to Sign Up for a Photosynth account. It uses Windows Live ID."
The software that needs to be installed has 8MB in size, and Microsoft claims that if you have at least a DirectX 7 compatible video card with 64MB of memory, everything will be just fine. Also, Photosynth may run on some DirectX 6 cards with as little as 32MB of memory, but that depends on how lucky you are...
"With nothing more than a digital camera and some inspiration, you can use Photosynth to transform regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who sees your synth is put right in your shoes, sharing in your experience, with detail, clarity and scope impossible to achieve in conventional photos or videos.
Synths constitute an entirely new visual medium. Photosynth analyzes each photo for similarities to the others, and uses that data to build a model of where the photos were taken. It then re-creates the environment and uses that as a canvas on which to display the photos."
I don't know about you, but I think I'm going to give this a try right away!
For now, Photosynth.com seems to be the only way to create "synths"(the 3D point clouds I mentioned earlier), and these are the limitations published on the site:
1. All synths are uploaded. They're big, so you need to use a broadband Internet connection.
2. All synths are public. Your photos will be visible to everyone on the Internet.(no kinky ones for now, all right?)
3. Like the viewing experience, the "synther" only runs on PCs (XP and Vista).
4. You'll need to Sign Up for a Photosynth account. It uses Windows Live ID."
The software that needs to be installed has 8MB in size, and Microsoft claims that if you have at least a DirectX 7 compatible video card with 64MB of memory, everything will be just fine. Also, Photosynth may run on some DirectX 6 cards with as little as 32MB of memory, but that depends on how lucky you are...
"With nothing more than a digital camera and some inspiration, you can use Photosynth to transform regular digital photos into a three-dimensional, 360-degree experience. Anybody who sees your synth is put right in your shoes, sharing in your experience, with detail, clarity and scope impossible to achieve in conventional photos or videos.
Synths constitute an entirely new visual medium. Photosynth analyzes each photo for similarities to the others, and uses that data to build a model of where the photos were taken. It then re-creates the environment and uses that as a canvas on which to display the photos."
I don't know about you, but I think I'm going to give this a try right away!
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