Tuesday, June 03, 2008

PhotoSynth Lite - from Google

Travolution loves Microsoft's Photosynth, in a big, big way. The opportunities for the travel industry are enormous. And it is very cool!

When Mel Carson of MSN showcased it at a Travolution conference in late-2006, we were all duly awe-struck. Carson ran the reel again at the ABTA Convention in November 2007, when I presented with him.

So interesting to see today that Google acquisition Panoramio has developed its own photo-heavy, streaming system combined user added images.

It's live, taking real-time images from members, and definitely worth playing around with.

Excellent examples include the Empire State Building and the Taj Mahal [click on the 'Look Around' button on the left-hand side under the main image after the jump].



Kevin May, editor, Travolution

Via Techcrunch

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice!

Some more examples of what Google have done with Panoramio here

Have you tried the beta tech preview version of Photosynth yet? I've just downloaded it tonight to have a play around with it.

Anonymous said...

@ Kevin and @ Darren

If you like those, You'll have to try Piclens! See my review.