Microsoft describes Photosynth as software that “takes a large collection of photos of a place or object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-dimensional space.” Their ultimate goal is to allow this software to work with all photographs on the Web. Think flickr groups based around a location on the planet (a city or landmark), in 3D, where the computer automatically figures out the physical relationship between the content of one photo and the content of another. There are two videos available for download demonstrating the product. (There are six download links but there are only two different videos. Just download one of each in the resolution you’d like.)
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Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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