The Brain Dump : Thailand

Photosynth released!

benwilli — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:07:44 GMT

Last week the Microsoft Live Labs team released the first version of Photosynth that allows you to make your own synths! Just log in and throw a bunch of images at it and they "automatically reconstruct a three-dimensional space from a collection of photos of a place or an object."

I took a large pool of photos when I was in Thailand earlier this year and built my first synth with it. It turned out fairly well. This is the courtyard of Wat Benchamabophit in Bangkok. Of course, mine is only 76% synthy. This seems to be a measure of how well it is able to stitch the photos together in the 3D space. They also have some tutorials on how best to take photos to make them more synthy.

You can create your own or explore others synths.

They have a number of really good examples from National Geographic.

Back from Bangkok

benwilli — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:36:10 GMT

I made it home from the Windows Live training and stayed awake long enough last night to post some of the pictures from the trip on my space. So for the guys from the class, cheers!

http://thegrassynull.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!76F1A650FBDC1801!264/

Hello from Thailand!

benwilli — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:45:21 GMT

I have spent the last few days in Bangkok training a great group of Microsoft folk and partners on the basic ins and outs of the Windows Live Platform. Its really great to see a bunch or people who get it. We have had some excellent discussion and they are ready to go out and help bring the Windows Live Platform to the region!

I really need a better video camera than my smartphone, but anyway - "Hello from Thailand!"