Wow - this is just badass. Stitching together images AND VIDEO into a realtime 3D space.
http://www.ted.com/talks/blaise_aguera.html
@4:30 = Holy. Fuckin'. Shit.
Microsoft's answer to Google Maps
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Re: Microsoft's answer to Google Maps
Yeah, this is technology is pretty fresh. Google maps still shows a bank on the corner by my house that was demolished ~2 years ago.
Also, this convention was just down the street from me here in the LBC :D
Also, this convention was just down the street from me here in the LBC :D
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Looks pretty sweet, but who's ever going to use the live video feed? lol.
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I'm not sure how it works now, but I can imagine some kind of client that would let users see video feed from people in their network. The feed could easily come from a cell phone camera... Crazy stuff dudes.dandymcgee wrote:Looks pretty sweet, but who's ever going to use the live video feed? lol.
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Wow that looks amazing, how did i not see this topic before, i need to pay closer attention. But this looks really cool, can't wait to see what happens when it goes live.
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Ugh, you bastard, whenever I get linked to TED I seem to lose 5 hours of my time.
Pretty awesome demo, though. Definitely something that could overpower Google Maps.
Pretty awesome demo, though. Definitely something that could overpower Google Maps.