Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new technology and service called “Photosynth.” The system, currently available to users through a Web site, uses multiple snapshots of a scene to create a seemingly 3-D representation. Careful using it, though — any image “synthed” by users on the site become viewable to anyone. In the works at Microsoft Live Labs since 2006, the technology makes it possible for anyone with a digital camera, PC and a broadband connection to create 3-D scenes from a collection of standard, one-dimensional photographs, according to Microsoft.
New Microsoft Tech Converts Photo Soup Into 3-D Image
Posted by: Walaika Haskins August 21, 2008 01:48 PMMicrosoft on Wednesday launched a new technology and service called “Photosynth.” The system, currently available to users through a Web site, uses multiple snapshots of a scene to create a seemingly 3-D representation. Careful using it, though — any image “synthed” by users on the site become viewable to anyone. In the works at Microsoft Live Labs since 2006, the technology makes it possible for anyone with a digital camera, PC and a broadband connection to create 3-D scenes from a collection of standard, one-dimensional photographs, according to Microsoft.