Meta-image virtual environments - Translation: Holy Shit that's awesome!

Blind_Io · June 10th, 2007, 08:07 AM

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129

I am totally speechless. You must see this to believe it.

watto · June 10th, 2007, 08:28 AM

Oh my God. The definition they have on that newspaper ad in the corner is totally mind-blowing!

That Notre Dame example images/smilies/jawdrop.gif

Phenomenal!

Jacobfox · June 10th, 2007, 09:04 AM

That is awesome. For once, Microsoft can set any price on something and I'd buy it.
That is just unbelievably cool.

mgkdk · June 10th, 2007, 10:23 AM

That's awesome.....

eLIX · June 10th, 2007, 10:34 AM

Wow that's software development at it's best!

fbc · June 10th, 2007, 10:39 AM

W-O-W.

I'm completely blown-away, that's amazing.

the Interceptor · June 10th, 2007, 10:43 AM

As he said, it seems you can try Photosynth online: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/

I can't do it, you need to have XP SP2 or Vista (I have the by far superior 2k images/smilies/tongue.gif

). Anyone?

Devon · June 10th, 2007, 11:19 AM

That is some awesome stuff.

Viper007Bond · June 10th, 2007, 11:51 AM

The second part, while useful, is kinda images/smilies/yawn.gif

, but the first part is OMFG-how-in-the-hell-is-that-done-smoothly?!

Lilleput · June 10th, 2007, 01:43 PM

Yeah, i liked the first part better than the Image linking stuff.. When he showed that they had a whole book on there it blew me away!

YF19pilot · June 10th, 2007, 01:59 PM

Wow, I was wondering when you guys were going to post about this. I've been playing around with it for the past two weeks.

It is a pretty sweet program, and would be cool to expand. Also, it would be neat to have a program like Sea Dragon to play around with for newspapers or catalouging your own pictures. More fun stuff for Vista/Surface?

Bonus game: try to find the famous scientist at San Marco.

Cobol74 · June 10th, 2007, 04:45 PM

Great stuff - I wish his presentation was not so hurried tho'. Liked to have found out more and in more detail, and I would have liked some discussion about the potential applications. Still have the web site to visit - thanks Blind_Io.

BerserkerCatSplat · June 11th, 2007, 01:45 AM

I've been playing with Photosynth all day.

Also, this does appear to be the fabled SuperZoom program we've all been waiting for!

LeMans GTR · June 11th, 2007, 03:32 AM

OMG SL63 someone answered your prayers !! Seriously though.........Thats Amazing !!!!

awdrifter · June 11th, 2007, 06:15 AM

That is cool. Combine this with the multi input of the MS Surface, it'll be so kickass.

flyingfridge · June 11th, 2007, 09:14 AM

one word: WOW.

monkeymax · June 11th, 2007, 12:32 PM

As you guys said... Wow! Amazing technology... Particularly the first part, showing the book & newspaper... very very cool...

Surprise surprise doesn't work on a Mac yet... Can't try it out... images/smilies/tongue.gif

Tim0r · June 16th, 2007, 02:19 PM

The Tech Demo on the Web isnt nearly as much fun as this video images/smilies/mellow.gif

edit: Imagine the p0rn you could do with this images/smilies/drool.gif

anTo · June 16th, 2007, 07:08 PM

rofl @ the porn comment

essentialatom · June 16th, 2007, 11:40 PM

I wasn't so impressed with the zoom program - it's good that it works so smoothly but in the end it's just zooming in like any photo viewer can. I really like the 3D modelling one though. It's an idea I thought of a couple of years ago (not in any detail, and of course I'm not saying they stole it, just that I thought it'd be cool to have a program that could automatically do that) - and I'm glad that someone else thought of it and actually programmed it!

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watto Unloved and lacking a title Joined: Jun 13th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 23 Posts: 5,412 Car: 1997 VW Golf MkIII CL, Giant OCR 3 Rep Power: 58	Oh my God. The definition they have on that newspaper ad in the corner is totally mind-blowing! That Notre Dame example Phenomenal!

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the Interceptor I LUV MY PRIUS!!! Joined: Feb 22nd, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Germany Posts: 2,277 Car: BMW E36 323i superleggera (-85 kg) Rep Power: 56	As he said, it seems you can try Photosynth online: http://labs.live.com/photosynth/ I can't do it, you need to have XP SP2 or Vista (I have the by far superior 2k ). Anyone? __________________ "We have to laugh at the Germans, because they're so riddled with guilt about their history, they can't laugh at themselves." - Jeremy Clarkson Ken Rockwell on recommended cameras: "If you don't have the time to read the rest of this page, you want a Nikon D40."

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Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 21,086 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 237	The second part, while useful, is kinda , but the first part is OMFG-how-in-the-hell-is-that-done-smoothly?! __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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Lilleput Evo-less Joined: Jun 10th, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: United Kingdom of Denmark Age: 25 Posts: 2,982 Car: Ford S-Max Titanium - 268hp Rep Power: 71	Yeah, i liked the first part better than the Image linking stuff.. When he showed that they had a whole book on there it blew me away! __________________

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YF19pilot Joined: Apr 15th, 2005 Last Online: 03:35 AM Location: Navarre, FL Age: 24 Posts: 1,947 Car: 1990 Volvo 740 GL LFS Status: Rep Power: 19	Wow, I was wondering when you guys were going to post about this. I've been playing around with it for the past two weeks. It is a pretty sweet program, and would be cool to expand. Also, it would be neat to have a program like Sea Dragon to play around with for newspapers or catalouging your own pictures. More fun stuff for Vista/Surface? Bonus game: try to find the famous scientist at San Marco. __________________

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Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 12:18 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,217 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	Great stuff - I wish his presentation was not so hurried tho'. Liked to have found out more and in more detail, and I would have liked some discussion about the potential applications. Still have the web site to visit - thanks Blind_Io. __________________

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BerserkerCatSplat Hormone Induced Joined: Jun 21st, 2005 Last Online: 06:29 AM Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 5,913 Car: Pimpmobile Rep Power: 73	I've been playing with Photosynth all day. Also, this does appear to be the fabled SuperZoom program we've all been waiting for! __________________ OSPhoto Last edited by BerserkerCatSplat; June 11th, 2007 at 05:12 AM..

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June 16th, 2007, 02:19 PM	#18
Tim0r Joined: Mar 10th, 2007 Last Online: January 2nd, 2009 Location: Cologne, Germany Age: 30 Posts: 104 Car: Nissan Sunny LX Rep Power: 14	The Tech Demo on the Web isnt nearly as much fun as this video edit: Imagine the p0rn you could do with this __________________ <<+Ice>> But yeah, maintained a steady 80 km/h outside towns without skidding Last edited by Tim0r; June 16th, 2007 at 04:05 PM..

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essentialatom Joined: Jun 29th, 2005 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: Solihull / Warwick University Age: 20 Posts: 538 Car: None any more, my brother pranged it a bit... Rep Power: 18	I wasn't so impressed with the zoom program - it's good that it works so smoothly but in the end it's just zooming in like any photo viewer can. I really like the 3D modelling one though. It's an idea I thought of a couple of years ago (not in any detail, and of course I'm not saying they stole it, just that I thought it'd be cool to have a program that could automatically do that) - and I'm glad that someone else thought of it and actually programmed it!