Blaise Aguera y Arcas: The technology behind Photosynth

The Discussion

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  Great to see Blaise again! Funny, he doesn't seem to age.

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  Any word on when the photosynth.net website will be 100%? I got a days worth of it just not running at all, and now when signing up it just sends to an error page. At least I'm finally getting the install downloading
  
  Edit:
  Here's our house
  http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=9AD9A8F8-9D6A-4747-9D21-B29EEE578A53
  
  Not sure about every else, but I get a bit dizzy while using the plugin and moving around. Would have been nice if you could just do it locally on your computer without having to upload them, since it seems to do all the processing on your computer.

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  He might not age, but he certainly doesn't shave.  Maybe it's a release beard, the kind hockey players grow during the playoffs.  Except instead of waiting for the Stanley cup, he is eagerly awaiting the release of Seadragon!  It was cool to see him and the world wide telescope folks at TED.

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  Well I'm impressed by anybody who can work on something like Photosynth, and still find time to head up the Foo Fighters.
  

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  thats just awsome.. any chance we could program against this? i would looooove to use it for to create 3d models and export to maya or max or something :O
  
  ultra cheap and fast rotoscoping, fast digitalisation of 3d objects, it boggles the mind..
  
  a dll would be awsome

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  I'm having the same problem with this that I'm having with a bunch of things, the site thinks I don't have Photosynth installed even though I already do so it keeps asking me to install it.
  It's the same with Virtual Earth 3D, many sites that use Flash and the SkyDrive uploader. They keep telling me I need to install the software/plug-in even though I obviously already do.
  There's a few others but I can't remember them right now and others that are completely mysterious becasue they don't tell me what they are like when I go to Facebook sometimes and the yellow bar pops up and tells me my security settings do not allow me to run activex controls and when I click on it it just says "More information".
  
  I've been putting off re-installing my OS because I hate setting up everything again but it's definitely time.
  
  I know this has nothing to do with Photosynth (which is amazing! by the way) but it was just another example of the problem I'm having and how I dislike re-installing an OS to fix a mystery problem

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  Right now, the experience is horrible. I've only just signed in, downloaded the synther, and watched a single synth. I've had numerous 404's, a bunch of timeouts, and now the entire site is offline.
  
  I love Photosynth, but... what is this, MobileMe?
  
  Anyway, great video. Blaise is really good at conveying how stuff works in a very clear way. And I like how you guys are casually sitting next to the Surface machine. "Oh yeah, that old thing. We needed a coffee table, so.."
  
  And is Dan picking up Charles' "Interesting", or what?

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  What is up with Russian T-shirt?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Russian_Federation.svg

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  Stereo microphone?

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  Personal aside on the t-shirt, I like ice hockey, I like Russian hockey (Dynamo ftw), and Russia was fascinating when I went there pre-Sovient Union break up.

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  I've watched the first 3 seconds at least 10 times in a row and I wonder when Dan gave up on the introduction.

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  "Hi I'm Dan Fernandez, and you are...Blaise Aggooooaratta"
  
  Whoa
  

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  Not a fan of the not-so-surround-sound?
  

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  "I love Photosynth, but... what is this, MobileMe?"

  
  

  No, simply a Microsoft product....