There is no denying that digital photography can be truly inspiring. But there is a lot more that can be gained from your digital snaps thanks to the development of new software called “PhotoSynth”, which has recently been acquired by Microsoft.
Its purpose is to “stitch” together a vast number of digital photographs in order to create one image that can be navigated around. Think first person navigation, meets Google Earth with the ability to zoom directly into any of the detail within the photograph (or a linked photograph of the same object that provides an enhanced view of the same object).
I first became aware of this software from viewing last years TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), conference presentation on the web and have been delighted to finally find more available from the Microsoft Labs site, along with further enhancements to the software – find out more here.
The software doesn’t allow you to create your own “synths” just yet, but some of the pre-created synths really do show off the software and underlying image technology really well. I’ve waited a while to get hold of this software and explore its potential fully, and I’m really pleased to now.
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