Photosynth

ertmann|CPH · 6th June 2007, 23:02

Not normally a big fan of Microsoft, but this is fucking amazing, especially the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DqZ8jAmv0

http://labs.live.com/photosynth

stolen from slashdot

ElChevelle · 7th June 2007, 00:00

That is freakin' awesome!

And they were even nice enough to add a hydrogen ad for Scor at the end

mikm · 7th June 2007, 00:49

Neat.

MetallichicA · 7th June 2007, 02:10

Oh my! I can has pleez?

watadoo · 7th June 2007, 03:18

the future is going to be lovely.

Vie · 7th June 2007, 11:48

Hum, I'll reserve judgement till I see a real world demonstration.

ie photos taken as your average person would, not a professional photographer. Knotice how every photo was in the same light and overlapped with others by a large margin?

But anyway, I'll wait for a more realistic set of photos before judgement... ..why are they sponsored by BMW anyway?

zootm · 7th June 2007, 14:53

Quote:

Originally posted by Vie
Hum, I'll reserve judgement till I see a real world demonstration.

ie photos taken as your average person would, not a professional photographer. Knotice how every photo was in the same light and overlapped with others by a large margin?

Not really; did you look closely? Try the live demo and you'll see this not to be the case. Also, in the demonstration videos, the images were collected by crawling Flickr, which is about as real-world as you're going to get. For legal reasons they can't put a dataset like that in the live demo though.

The system (for incredibly obvious reasons) needs a lot of source photos to generate an image, of course.

Quote:

Originally posted by Vie
But anyway, I'll wait for a more realistic set of photos before judgement... ..why are they sponsored by BMW anyway?

They're not? There was an Aston Martin ad in the demo video if that's what you mean?

Vie · 7th June 2007, 15:12

They are, watch the start and end again, it actually states its sponsored by BMW.

Anyway, I said I'd give them the benefit of the doubt until I see the video with other photos for myself.

zootm · 7th June 2007, 16:03

Quote:

Originally posted by Vie
They are, watch the start and end again, it actually states its sponsored by BMW.

That's kinda weird; presumably BMW sponsored the event and they get exposure to lots of high-earning techie types as their benefit.

S-uper_T-oast · 7th June 2007, 16:11

Gosh none of you know about TED?
TED

Ted is sponsered by BMW which is where the talk took place.

There is the none youtubed viedo:
Video

Very cool stuff though ^.^

watadoo · 7th June 2007, 17:56

TED is just a dumb name. With risk of offending guys named Ted all over the world, they could have picked a better name for their project.

Vie · 7th June 2007, 18:23

Could have picked a better sponsor as well... ..BMW is hardly the ideal choice for something that is supposed to be Aestheticly PLEASING.

watadoo · 7th June 2007, 19:10

what's wrong with bmw? It's just a car. No one really cares who sponsors events, anyway.

Vie · 7th June 2007, 20:20

Quote:

Originally posted by watadoo
what's wrong with bmw?

Criss Bangle, the man is either blind or tasteless.

ertmann|CPH · 11th June 2007, 22:05

it's really quite amazing how quickly threads manages to get totally derailed around here

P$ycHo™ · 12th June 2007, 12:49

how much money will microsoft suck out of your ass for this?

but it is a verry good idea.

@Vie: You obviously hate BMW because you are a fan of Alfa Romeo (according to your avatar).

Vie · 12th June 2007, 13:14

BMW and Alfa are not really competitors, similar price and market but totally different customers.

And by the by I love classic Beamers, it only the last generation or two that have been revolting to look at and of lower quality than there predecessors.

I agree on the "how much are they going to charge" though.

P$ycHo™ · 12th June 2007, 18:05

i'am more a fan of Audi. *dreaming*(Audi S3)

6th June 2007, 23:02	#1
ertmann\|CPH Forum Viking (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The North Posts: 3,541	Photosynth Not normally a big fan of Microsoft, but this is fucking amazing, especially the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-DqZ8jAmv0 http://labs.live.com/photosynth stolen from slashdot

7th June 2007, 00:49	#3
mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,286	Neat. powered by C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

7th June 2007, 03:18	#5
watadoo JEDI MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canyon, CA with a bunch of hippies Posts: 1,336	the future is going to be lovely. "Which is worse, ignorance or indifference?" "I don't know, and I don't care."

7th June 2007, 11:48	#6
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	Hum, I'll reserve judgement till I see a real world demonstration. ie photos taken as your average person would, not a professional photographer. Knotice how every photo was in the same light and overlapped with others by a large margin? But anyway, I'll wait for a more realistic set of photos before judgement... ..why are they sponsored by BMW anyway? Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

7th June 2007, 15:12	#8
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	They are, watch the start and end again, it actually states its sponsored by BMW. Anyway, I said I'd give them the benefit of the doubt until I see the video with other photos for myself. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

7th June 2007, 00:00	#2
ElChevelle Moderator Alumni Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: the MANCANNON! Posts: 22,448	That is freakin' awesome! And they were even nice enough to add a hydrogen ad for Scor at the end

7th June 2007, 02:10	#4
MetallichicA Forum Queen Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,425	Oh my! I can has pleez?

7th June 2007, 16:11	#10
S-uper_T-oast Forum King Join Date: May 2003 Location: Fnord?! Posts: 2,657	Gosh none of you know about TED? TED Ted is sponsered by BMW which is where the talk took place. There is the none youtubed viedo: Video Very cool stuff though ^.^

7th June 2007, 17:56	#11
watadoo JEDI MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canyon, CA with a bunch of hippies Posts: 1,336	TED is just a dumb name. With risk of offending guys named Ted all over the world, they could have picked a better name for their project. "Which is worse, ignorance or indifference?" "I don't know, and I don't care."

7th June 2007, 18:23	#12
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	Could have picked a better sponsor as well... ..BMW is hardly the ideal choice for something that is supposed to be Aestheticly PLEASING. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

7th June 2007, 19:10	#13
watadoo JEDI MASTER Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Canyon, CA with a bunch of hippies Posts: 1,336	what's wrong with bmw? It's just a car. No one really cares who sponsors events, anyway. "Which is worse, ignorance or indifference?" "I don't know, and I don't care."

11th June 2007, 22:05	#15
ertmann\|CPH Forum Viking (Forum King) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: The North Posts: 3,541	it's really quite amazing how quickly threads manages to get totally derailed around here

12th June 2007, 12:49	#16
P$ycHo™ Flakmonkey! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DM-Campgrounds Posts: 1,870	how much money will microsoft suck out of your ass for this? but it is a verry good idea. @Vie: You obviously hate BMW because you are a fan of Alfa Romeo (according to your avatar). My UT3 Maps: DM-Q1DM6 The Dark Zone WAR-Downtown_Necris 2.0 DM-Goose2k9

12th June 2007, 13:14	#17
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	BMW and Alfa are not really competitors, similar price and market but totally different customers. And by the by I love classic Beamers, it only the last generation or two that have been revolting to look at and of lower quality than there predecessors. I agree on the "how much are they going to charge" though. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

12th June 2007, 18:05	#18
P$ycHo™ Flakmonkey! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DM-Campgrounds Posts: 1,870	i'am more a fan of Audi. dreaming(Audi S3) My UT3 Maps: DM-Q1DM6 The Dark Zone WAR-Downtown_Necris 2.0 DM-Goose2k9

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