Friday, 8 June 2007

Photosynth technology preview

Microsoft Live Labs so spet usekali v polno! Tokrat so razvili napreden 3D prikazovalnik slik, ki sicer ni še dokončan za končno različico, jo je ja moč preizkusiti prek spleta. Namestiti si boste morali nekaj mb velik dodatek, kateri vam bo predvajal ta produkt. Prva mnenja so zares odlična, meni je stvar prirasla k srcu.

Ima številne funkcije:

- zoomiranje (sproti sliko "blura", tako da je cel čas slika skoraj jasna
- 3D avtomatsko modeliranje (vnešene slike avtomatsko postavi po prostoru tako, da samodejno ustvari nekakšno "3D mesto")
- enostavno brskanje med slikami, kar z miško (več o tem, ko boste stvar preizkusili)
- avtomatsko zaznavanje kamer in fotoaparatov

"Če še niste opazili gornjega linka, oz. navedeni ne deluje, poskusite tukaj!"


Še sistemske zahteve (kopirano iz glavne spletne strani "Photosynth"):

  • Operating System: Only Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista RC1 or later are supported at this time.
  • Web Browser: IE6, IE7, Firefox 1.5 and Firefox 2.0
  • Memory: 256 MB of memory is a bare minimum; 1GB recommended.
  • Disk: This technology preview uses almost no disk space. The ActiveX control is less than 5MB in size, and no local disk storage is used when the code is running.
  • Graphics: We have tested Photosynth on graphics cards that are "Vista Aero Ready". This includes: support for DirectX 9 graphics with a WDDM driver, 128 MB of graphics memory (minimum), and 32 bits per pixel. If you want to find out whether your card is suitable, the Vista Upgrade Advisor tool will tell you. Photosynth may run on cards that do not meet this requirement, but performance may be poor and functionality may be impaired.

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