I couldn't think of a more descriptive title, because Microsoft's
Photosynth is a little difficult to pin down. It's a product of Microsoft Live Labs 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." In case that's not 100% enlightening, I recommend checking out the
videos on the Photosynth site. Photosynth definitely looks cool--in fact it even looks a little sci-fi-- but is there anything to it beyond the wow-factor? What are people in the real world intended to use it for? Well, we have a while to figure it out, I think, since the site is very coy about when we'll be able to actually download it.
Tags: 3d, microsoft, photo, photography, photos, photosynth
