Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Look Out Jason Bourne!


In April we posted about Microsoft's Photosynth product which provides the ability to create 3D objects from 2D photos. In this month's wired magazine there was an article about a new product that was demonstrated at the International Virtual Reality Photography Conference in BERKELEY, California. The product is HD View, a high-definition panoramic viewer that can handle monster panoramic shots, often several gigapixels big.

The browser-based viewer provides an immersive wide-angle view, up to 360 degrees, and is capable of displaying images composed of billions of pixels. The demo is really cool as it allows you to zoom in extremely close from a significant distance with very little loss of clarity.

3dwalkthroughs.com is interested in this technology as we believe it will continue to improve, become more user friendly and ultimately integrate with 3D walkthroughs, 3D Renderings, and 3D Floor Plans to create the ultimate previewing tool for all types of properties.

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