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from snapshots, a 3-d view.
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| david pogue
Posted on 08/21/2008 6:33:42 PM PDT by ken21
Wednesday, Microsoft introduced yet another way to represent a place: Photosynth. This sophisticated technology does a simple thing. It turns a bunch of overlapping photos into a 3-D panorama.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: maccult; microsoft; microsoftbashing; msphotosynth
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:33:42 PM PDT
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ken21
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:34:19 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:35:12 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
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08/21/2008 6:36:16 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
I looked at it last night. It's strictly a novelty. The authoring system is weak. Most viewers will spend a few minutes futzing with it, and move on.
From a Mac, it says -
Unfortunately, we're not cool enough to run on your OS yet. We really wish we had a version of Photosynth that worked cross platform, but for now it only runs on Windows. Trust us, as soon as we have a Mac version ready, it will be up and available on our site.
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:47:51 PM PDT
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HAL9000
("No one made you run for president, girl."- Bill Clinton)
To: ken21
Tried to access their website and see it work, but they said they weren’t smart enough to run on a Mac...
LOL...So glad I booted Windows for my iMac.
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:49:55 PM PDT
by
GRRRRR
(2008- A Year That Will Live in Infamy...)
To: HAL9000
whatta laugh!
the article boasts that it’s something that microsoft is developing for free.
now what’s odd about that? microsoft doesn’t really give anyone anything for free.
thanks.
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:50:45 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
Photoshop puts together a pretty decent panorama but nothing 3-D.
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:51:27 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Voting Conservative isn't for the faint of heart.)
To: cripplecreek
no doubt,
monkey see, monkey do.
photoshop will have it better, soon!
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posted on
08/21/2008 6:55:02 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
My dad had a stereo camera back in the day. Lots of great photos of our vacations, etc. that you view through a double-windowed view finder. VERY good quality. Unbelievable to me actually considering the 1950’s vintage (even after all these years).
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posted on
08/21/2008 7:01:48 PM PDT
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21twelve
(Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
To: 21twelve
interesting.
the ww2 generation were curious people! and they did all kinds of things.
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posted on
08/21/2008 7:04:25 PM PDT
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ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: ken21
I just did a quick search. It must have been a Stereo Realist model. The viewfinders look the same, but not sure mom still has the camera.
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posted on
08/21/2008 7:06:05 PM PDT
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21twelve
(Don't wish for peace. Pray for Victory.)
To: 21twelve
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posted on
08/21/2008 7:10:43 PM PDT
by
ken21
(people die and you never hear from them again.)
To: 21twelve
I have one of
these on my Canon Rebel. Works great.
I also have one of those Nishika 4-lens contraptions from the '80s. It's getting a bit dodgy about advancing the film, so I doubt I'll get anymore pictures out of it.
I've done my own post-processing software to make red/blue anaglyphs as well as lenticular prints to go into these. The great thing about them is that you don't need glasses for the 3D.
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