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Corporation Microsoft presented at conference SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston the new technology of the creation of exploded view from the collection of photographs of one and the same place or object. System Photo Tourism was developed by the research subdivision Microsoft, colleagues Microsoft Live Labs and colleagues of Washington university. The prototype of this technology by the name Photosynth company announced at the end of July. To skachat' the final version of product users will be able already at the end of this year. Program makes it possible to examine object or scene, which consists of several photographs, at different angles; to draw near and to move away virtual camera; to search for similar photographs; to unite photographs in the "collection" and so forth. Application ensures the smooth passage between the photographs, the sensation is created thanks to which in user, that it is moved in the three-dimensional space. With the aid of Photo Tourism the Internets user can accomplish virtual excursions and, without leaving from the house, examine three-dimensional landscapes and sights of any city of peace. In more detail to learn about the program and to skachat' demonstration roller it is possible here.
To conference SIGGRAPH 2006 microsoft it brought seventeen new products, eleven of which were created by the specialists of research subdivision companies in the collaboration with different universities. One of the developments - system, which makes it possible to drag over one object or whole region of one photograph to another. Moreover the boundaries of new detail in the second photograph become absolutely they are invisible. One additional product of developers Microsoft - technology AutoCollage, with the aid of which it is possible to compose kollazhi from more than fifty photographs.