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I don't follow their product releases very closely, but I was excited about Photosynth. I feel like the underlying research has been put to use in subtle ways i

I don't follow their product releases very closely, but I was excited about Photosynth. I feel like the underlying research has been put to use in subtle ways in various products (possibly even Kinect?). I'm not sure if Deep Zoom went anywhere, but their initial implementation leaned on Silverlight.. As a research division, they are expected to focus on long plays by developing enabling technologies. Packaging that prototype in a simple mobile app for use by hundreds of thousands of people, for free, wouldn't move the needle very much for MS as an organization. I'm not trying to defend MS/MSR, just trying to be pragmatic. It's up to MS leadership to incorporate cutting edge research into meaningful products.

sp332 12y ago
Photosynth is still around. The current version is more limited than it used to be, it only supports straight lines and circular panoramas. But they're working on a more impressive update. Here's a preview http://photosynth.net/preview/view/df869f96-2765-4939-8eb3-24770b6f2c64 http://photosynth.net/preview/view/df869f96-2765-4939-8eb3-2... You can zoom in an out, pan around, and hit 'c' to see a wireframe. Edit: you can also make Deep Zoom images offline in the Image Composite Editor, but that's been around for a long time. https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/ https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/I...