Jesus, for once I have to say Microsoft has done something truly amazing.

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Microsoft demos mind-bending photo app By Cade Metz in San Francisco Published Tuesday 12th June 2007 04:36 GMT If you haven't seen the demo, see it now (http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129). In March, at the annual Technology, Education, Design (TED) conference in Monterrey, California, Microsoft Live Labs took the wraps off a mind-bending digital photo app called Seadragon, and you can now stream a video of this not-to-be-missed demo from the TED website (http://www.ted.com). Coupled with Photosynth, another project in the works at Live Labs, Seadragon could take Google's much-discussed StreetView idea to a whole new level. With Seadragon, based on technology Microsoft acquired last year, you can dynamically browse gigabyte after gigabyte of online photos with the flick of a wrist. In the TED demo, Seadragon founder Blaise Aguera y Arcas loads hundreds of high-res pics onto a single display and, in an instant, zooms in for a close-up of any image he chooses. He even rotates this massive collection - yes, the entire collection - as if it were a single photograph. Click here to find out more! "It's a technology that streams images and other data types over a narrow and broadband pipes in a very efficient way," says Adam Sheppard, the group product manager at Microsoft’s Live Labs. "At any given time, the only data streaming over the pipe is the data that's necessary for what you're looking at. That way, you an load thumbnails for, say, 1000 images and instantly zoom in on anyone you like." A one point during his demo, Aguera y Arcas loads every page of Dickens's Bleak House onto his display, then zooms in on a single chapter. And a single paragraph. And a single word. But the real trick comes when he shows how Seadragon dovetails with Photosynth. Developed in tandem with researchers at the University of Washington, Photosynth grabs multiple photos of given location and stitches them together in three-dimensional space. Several shots of Trafalgar Square become a 3D recreation of Trafalgar Square. "Photosynth aims to take a collection of photos and transform them into an interactive three-dimensional experience," says Steve Seitz, a University of Washington professor who helped develop the technology. "It allows for virtual tourism, the ability to explore Notre Dame or The Louvre or the Great Wall of China in a very compelling way - remotely." Combine this with Seadragon, and you've got the power to pan and zoom through a photographic landscape in much the same way you'd navigate a Second Life-style virtual world. Halfway through the TED video, Aguera y Arcas demonstrates with images of Notre Dame. At the moment, both Seadragon and Photosynth are still in the research stage - only a simple "tech preview" of Photosynth is available to the web at large (http://labs.live.com/photosynth). But in the very near future, this could lead to a Microsoft Live application that extends Google StreetView to its logical conclusion. With StreetView, you can view still photographs of real locations as you navigate a graphical map on the Google Maps service. With Seadragon and Photosynth, you could dynamically pan and zoom across such photos in 3D space. Let's say you're browsing Live Local for restaurants in downtown San Francisco. Microsoft's new technologies could give you the power to actually browse the interior of a restaurant before making your choice. "We're moving towards a platform where the end user community can contribute the photographs," Sheppard says. "In particular, we're all interested in exploring integration with Microsoft Virtual Earth, not only enabling street-side views, but giving users the apply to, in a sense, walk around their own neighborhood." ®

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

Holy shit. *fapfapfapfapfapfap*

Incredible. Just imagine the type of porn that's going to be available after that

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google or microsoft, google or microsoft... interesting.

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Originally posted by getfoul google or microsoft, google or microsoft... interesting.

Microsoft has the bigger budget . It's funny about the porn though cuz its true, every technological advancement related to visuals ends up just enhancing porn for all

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Orbax At that point you kind of crossed the rubicon and you might as well lay siege to Rome

HOLY SHIT

he also said he never meant to work for mS and mentioned the purchase of his former company multiple times. its not mS doing the work here...just the processing/budgetary power.

the ability to 'grow' a model from random images is amazing, but also highlights the irony of most major industries worrying about piracy. in this instance taking random images from persons is fine, and combining them in a multi-user, easily accessible forum is cool too.

but dont do the same for music or movies or programs, that would be shit, but with peoples photos, copyrighted or not...its cool|

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I am surprised that no one has seen this yet. You can test drive it in San Marco...


http://labs.live.com/photosynth/sys...arco/index1.sxs

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

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What is Microsoft Surface? Microsoft Surface™, the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft Corp., turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. The product provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface is a 30-inch display in a table-like form factor that's easy for individuals or small groups to interact with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the real world. In essence, it's a surface that comes to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more. Soon to be available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and public entertainment venues, this experience will transform the way people shop, dine, entertain and live. How does Surface work? At a high level, Surface uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch. This user input is then processed and the result is displayed on the surface using rear projection. What is surface computing? Surface computing is a new way of working with computers that moves beyond the traditional mouse-and-keyboard experience. It is a natural user interface that allows people to interact with digital content the same way they have interacted with everyday items such as photos, paintbrushes and music their entire life: with their hands, with gestures and by putting real-world objects on the surface. Surface computing opens up a whole new category of products for users to interact with. What are the key attributes of surface computing? Surface computing has four key attributes: • Direct interaction. Users can actually "grab" digital information with their hands and interact with content by touch and gesture, without the use of a mouse or keyboard. • Multi-touch contact. Surface computing recognizes many points of contact simultaneously, not just from one finger, as with a typical touch screen, but up to dozens and dozens of items at once. • Multi-user experience. The horizontal form factor makes it easy for several people to gather around surface computers together, providing a collaborative, face-to-face computing experience. • Object recognition. Users can place physical objects on the surface to trigger different types of digital responses, including the transfer of digital content. How does Surface benefit consumers? Surface breaks down the traditional barriers between people and technology, providing effortless interaction with digital content. Similar to the way ATMs changed how people got money from the bank, Microsoft is changing the way people will interact with all kinds of everyday content, including photos, music, a virtual concierge and games. Common, everyday tasks become entertaining, enjoyable and engaging, alone or face-to-face with family, friends or co-workers.

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he talks too fast

awesome very nice technology. he said screen size was the only limitation for the software, not the gigs of image data

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