TechFest 2010: Microsoft ICE - Image Composite Editor | Laura Foy

LukePuplett

Just extrapolating this, forgive me, but stills from video > Photosynth > point cloud > 3D mesh > automatons with cheap camera eyes > robots that understand their spacial environment in great detail > autopiloted vehicles > world domination.

Seriously, and a little digressively, this and the other work in 3D interpretation of a scene has huge potential in remote control systems and orientation of automated devices. Does NASA have this kind of technology in the Mars rover?

Charles
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In reply to LukePuplett

#Mar 10th @ 3:23 PM

The last fragment is out of place. Was this a find-what's-wrong test?

C

sialivi

Looks like the new build isn't available for download yet, or am I looking in the wrong place? I only see the one from 2008.

intelman

Is there a new build of this or not. I love ICE. I am using the 2008 build now. Unless this is considered "new technology" now.

natelawrence

Don't get me wrong; I like what I see, but the multi image fusion has certainly been done before. I remember seeing Lowry Digital demonstrate the idea some time ago. The difference is, of course, that their services are not quite a free download from Microsoft away.

I'm going to have to agree with Sialivi and Intelman on the download front. Places I've fruitlessly looked at so far include:

Official ICE download page (offers ICE 1.2 from 2008 November)
Official ICE Forum
TechFest video "New Technologies for Multi-Image Fusion" (mentions ICE 2.0 in the description but does not offer a download link)
Microsoft Research Multi-Image Fusion Page (also mentions ICE 2.0 and includes a screenshot, but only links to outdated download)
Microsoft Research Downloads

Bing
I even crossed over to the dark side.

Please ping me back when ICE 2.0 is ready for download. @natelawrence

Also, please try to get a nice clean high res shot of the URL to that beta version of the Photosynth site. Devil

Maybe if I can ever download ICE 2.0, I can run the image sequence from this video through and recover the URL through all the low-res grain and overexposure on the address bar. Cool

mattuyttendaele

In reply to natelawrence

#Mar 10th @ 9:49 PM

Sorry about the confusion on the new version of ICE. TechFest was last week so we showed it off a little early. Yes there is a new version coming very soon. Please check back again in a few more days ...

magicalclick

I like it a lot.

Ian2
Proud to geek ..

In reply to magicalclick

#Mar 10th @ 10:27 PM

Cool. I discovered this last September (older version) - promptly took my camera up to the Malverns Hills, shot a panarama, came back, stitched it using ICE, was bowled over, promptly went out and bought a new camera with a better zoom!

OK, so I havn't been up the Malverns again yet (actually I have but not to the right spot -but you really wanted to know that).

Here is my initial stitch, I will post an improved one with the new camera, (hopefully soon).

http://FromTheMalverns.com/ICE

I'm hoping to incorporate these shots into http://FromTheMalverns.com - the one above is taken from roughly the same spot as the initial shot - taken 75 years ago!

PS From what I understand you can now buy a unit for your SLR that will take the panaramic shots for you, all carefully calibrated to overlap by just the right amount!?

PPS I was at the imaging event yesterday (see here) Microsoft should have been there with this and their other photo related tools. I'm quite sure there would have been a lot of interest!

prosch

i like Photosynth. Thats one of the best applications.

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