Andy Grant from afgrant.com sent me a link to a video about Photosynth - a new tool from Microsoft’s Blaise Aguera y Arcas - that hyperlinks photos from across the Internet to allow virtual tours with rich relevance for different places. Sounds confusing, but think of it this way…
This software will search photo sharing sites for photos tagged with the same place names. For example, in this YouTube video, it pastes together a bunch of photos of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to give a virtual tour of the site from a ton of different angles and perspectives. Check out the video first:
Next, here’s a link to Blaise speaking at the TED conference on the same software. This video is a bit longer, but it has some very interesting ideas on how this could be used for advertising or marketing.
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