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• Silverlight 2 and Deep Zoom - Get ready to build your own photozooming collections

  Steve Clayton just posted about part of the Silverlight 2 Mix08 demo, specifically a feature called Deep Zoom which is implemented over at http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/ . Deep Zoom allows users to smoothly and seamlessly zoom in and out of a collage... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:08 AM by Chris with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, PhotoZoom, PhotoSynth, Mix 08

• Microsoft launches WorldWide Telescope into private alpha

  It made Scoble cry, and soon it can make you cry too. The website for the latest Microsoft Research project, WorldWide Telescope, is now up at http://wwtelescope.com/ . Here's how Robert describes it : "So, back to the World Wide Telescope. You... Posted Feb 28 2008, 12:10 AM by Chris with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: PhotoSynth, MS Research, WorldWide Telescope

• Earth? No, the Sky is the limit?!

  We can already look at Earth with Virtual Earth, but what about the Sky? Microsoft doesn't have anything for that yet. Yes, that's right, YET! This might change on February 27th at the TED Conference in Monterey California: Microsoft To Announce... Posted Feb 20 2008, 06:11 PM by Sunshine with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, PhotoSynth, Windows, TED2008, MS Research, WorldWide Telescope

• Photosynth and Photo Gallery panoramic stitching explained

  Learning something new is great, which is why I thought Steve Clayton's post today deserved a mention. In it Steve quotes a member of the Microsoft Research team, who explains how the panoramic stitching feature in Windows Live Photo Gallery is similar... Posted Sep 25 2007, 01:00 AM by Chris with | with no comments Filed under: PhotoSynth, Photo Gallery

• Windows Live PhotoZoom Alpha: Silverlight powers new Microsoft Live Labs project

  There's a new project brewing in Microsoft Live Labs, Windows Live PhotoZoom. This alpha project from Ray Ozzie's Concept Development Team is Silverlight based and allows seamless zoom controls on consumer photos in a web based application. PhotoZoom... Posted Jun 06 2007, 10:45 PM by Kip Kniskern with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Live, PhotoZoom, Live Labs, PhotoSynth, Silverlight