Microsoft Turns 2-D Pictures into 3-D
Beta News reports:
Microsoft has released a technology preview of a application it calls “Photosynth,” which has the capability to turn two-dimensional images into three-dimensional landscapes. The program does this by analyzing several different images of the same object, and then reconstructing it in 3-D. The user would be able to virtually “walk” or “fly” through this space, Microsoft says.
Photosynth is slated to be demonstrated at the Siggraph 2006 computer graphics conference in Boston on Wednesday. Photosynth was born out of Microsoft’s Live Labs, a group of scientists and engineers that are studying new ways to use the Internet. The group was founded in February 2006 by Dr. Gary Flake, who joined MSN as a distinguished engineer in April of last year.
This looks amazing! Go check it out! [ Photosynth ] 
Thats so cool! I’ve been waiting for something like this for AGES!
JW
1 Aug 06 at 10:23 am
Agreed! If they do is properly and the interface is good… i’d give it the Best thing since Keyhole (Google Earth) award
Tim
1 Aug 06 at 10:31 am
Yes Tim, *if* they do it properly
James
4 Aug 06 at 1:27 pm
Why is there no other company that works on this, I wont it to work so non-microsoft please
Bert_2
8 Aug 06 at 11:37 am
yes I agree with you Bert
timkeller
8 Aug 06 at 5:46 pm
[...] In late July I spoke about Photosynth being released soon. Well, late last year it was! I’ve been playing with it this evening and all I can say is WOW. It is ubdoubtably the coolest toy since Google Earth. You are missing out if you don’t go play with this right now! [...]
Photosynth: The best thing since Google Earth at TIMOKELLER dot net
6 Feb 07 at 10:48 pm