Name: How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images
Uploaded: 2007-05-27T00:37:00Z
Duration: 7 min 16 s
Description: Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.

Blaise Aguera y Arcas leads a dazzling demo of Photosynth, software that could transform the way we look at digital images. Using still photos culled from the Web, Photosynth builds breathtaking dreamscapes and lets us navigate them.

How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images

A breakthrough in visual technology lets people interact with gigabytes of images seamlessly, zooming from a 300-megapixel scan to a book’s chapter in one swipe. Photosynth harnesses computer vision to stitch together photos from all over the world, creating navigable 3D environments like a virtual Notre Dame, built from ordinary Flickr snapshots. This collective visual archive grows richer as users contribute, blurring the boundaries between individual memories and global knowledge.

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Blaise Agüera y Arcas: How PhotoSynth can connect the world's images