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Clever Microsoft!

Microsoft venturing down the virtual media road - take a look at the video.

permanent link 03 aug at 14:50 by James Broad

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commentat 15:26 on 03 August 2006, ty wrote:

Quote: "A worm hole that you can jump through, and view surrounding photos/video." There is some crazy math going on to get anything like that to work, that I don't even want to stress my brain with. Futuristic looking... the time is now though maybe...

commentat 01:01 on 04 August 2006, Bill Snebold wrote:

I don't get it. What's the point? What's the application for this technology? Looks like a nice demo for something that no one would ever use.

commentat 11:29 on 04 August 2006, Bramus! wrote:

Frick that's awesome!

@ Bill : be very impressed by this, as it stitches panos on the fly and renders them in a 3D environment. That's not something you "just code" overnight ;)

commentat 13:48 on 04 August 2006, schnuck wrote:

to Bill Snebold: just think about virtual tour guides (toursim offices, estate agencies, architecture studios etc.) and you answered your question. i am sure, if you take some time, there is plenty more...

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