Photosynth
Sign in to savePhotosynth is a discontinued app and service from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object. Pattern recognition components compare portions of images to create points, which are then compared to convert the image into a model. Users are able to view and generate their own models using a software tool available for download at the Photosynth website.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Microsoft Photosynth
- Software.logo
- Microsoft Live Labs Photosynth logo.png
- Software.screenshot
- Photosynth2011Synth.jpg
- Software.caption
- Photosynth technology showing Spider Meadows in Central Washington
- Software.developer
- Microsoft
- Software.discontinued
- Yes
- Software.latest release version
- 2.110.317.1042
- Software.genre
- 3D modeling, panorama stitching
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Photosynth is a discontinued app and service from Microsoft Live Labs and the University of Washington that analyzes digital photographs and generates a three-dimensional model of the photos and a point cloud of a photographed object. Pattern recognition components compare portions of images to create points, which are then compared to convert the image into a model. Users are able to view and generate their own models using a software tool available for download at the Photosynth website.
==History== Photosynth is based on Photo Tourism, a research project by University of Washington graduate student Noah Snavely. Shortly after Microsoft's acquisition of Seadragon in early 2006, that team began work on Photosynth, under the direction of Seadragon founder Blaise Agüera y Arcas.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Photosynth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.