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Photosynth goes live!

August 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Computer Graphics, Photography

About a year ago I wrote about the Photosynth technology from Microsoft that creates 3D spaces from collections of photographs. At the time it only worked with a few sample data sets created by Microsoft, but there was a very nice demo to download and it was a pretty exciting piece of tech. Just a [...]

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Photosynth – reconstruction of 3D spaces from photos

August 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Computer Graphics, Photography

I was fortunate enough to go to Siggraph this year in San Diego, which is the premier conference for new research relating to computer graphics. While the technology I’m going to write about in this article was not presented there this year, it another example of one of an increasing number of research projects to [...]

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Panoramio – See your photos in Google Earth

July 22nd, 2007 · No Comments · Google Earth/Maps, Photography

Something I came across recently was the ability to share your own photos of places around the globe using Google Earth. A Spanish company called Panoramio have created a very easy way of selecting locations on the globe and adding your own pictures. Other users of Google Earth can then see these photos by clicking [...]

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Masters thesis submitted at last!

May 7th, 2007 · No Comments · Computer Games, Computer Graphics, Life

Phew! After an eventful last seven years, I finally managed to get my Masters thesis submitted this week to Nottingham University. The title? Wait for it…..
The use of 2D views to aid interaction and visualisation within 3D Collaborative Virtual Environments
When I started it I was a partner in a new tech startup called RealiMation Ltd, [...]

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