Blaise Aguera y Arcas: Photosynth demo

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Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that outstrip all expectation. Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Curious about that speck in corner? Dive into a freefall and watch as the speck becomes a gargoyle. With an unpleasant grimace. And an ant-sized chip in its lower left molar. "Perhaps the most amazing demo I've seen this year," wrote Ethan Zuckerman, after TED2007. Indeed, Photosynth might utterly transform the way we manipulate and experience digital images.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: June 25, 2007 at 10:31 pm
Author: TEDtalksDirector

Length: 00:09:27
Rating: 4.84
Views: 6626

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Video Comments:
AcidRain64 (March 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm)
Craaazy cool and crazy impressive! Wow!!
Mberwas (January 20, 2008 at 11:18 pm)
WOW.
sk8rguy101 (November 23, 2007 at 2:11 am)
So awesome!
Jagieeellll (August 16, 2007 at 5:08 am)
Amazing technology !!! Gratulation !!!
nilbud (July 21, 2007 at 2:13 am)
Try it in wine, the hyperheavy graphics munching is done at the server end, maybe the thing will go, Halo works.
daniel246 (July 1, 2007 at 5:56 am)
fuckin wow!
amjPeace (June 29, 2007 at 1:45 pm)
I guess I'm gonna have to check for chin hairs before I'm photographed from now on! Keep smilin'
semo2010 (June 28, 2007 at 5:07 am)
actually is much simpler than it seems if i got it right , you take the photo info stored in JPEGs and link them together in one place .... as simple as it sounds its extremely neat ... these kind of ideas are the most impressive ... when something is so dumb obvious but no one has thought of it .. !
nilbud (July 21, 2007 at 2:17 am)
It's the scaling and pattern recognition is the beautiful bit. I wonder how it knows which image is authoritative. That's it I've got to get a load of money get some Nvidia Teslas and a bank of projectors going. Finally, something to show on a 50m screen.
boylebongo (June 26, 2007 at 7:34 pm)
This is a little difficult to understand. I wonder if this will take off... I wanna see this application! <3