Comments on: Photo tourism: stunning!

By: New power to Powerpoint « ‘Cross The Breeze

New power to Powerpoint « ‘Cross The Breeze — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:34:31 +0000

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By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:59:27 +0000

There are so many possibilities with this technology! If you add a timeline to the concept, the software could make a movie out of all these pictures! This would only be interesting for changing objects (like a building being build or collapsed). It would also be interesting to see photosynth incorporated into Live Maps.

By: Quikboy

Quikboy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:20:22 +0000

It really is great. The only big thing I can see Microsoft missing is a large collection of such high quality photos. Maybe you guys can work something out with Flickr to get this out to everyone.

By: Fredegre

Fredegre — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:02:27 +0000

If this technique becomes popular, we’ll see tourists crawl behind, around (and maybe even on) touristic attractions, such as statues, altars and towers. Not sure whether everybody will be enthusiastic about that… :-)

By: » Photo Tourism - MicroMiel

» Photo Tourism - MicroMiel — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:47:55 +0000

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