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Luckily I’m unique (in this case I mean in name) according to HowManyofMe.com.
Posted by (the one and only) Al Degutis
Archive for August, 2008
Photosynth progress
Note - you will need to install the Photosynth browser plug-in to see the images below. At this time you have to install the client and browser plug-in at the same time, which you can do by click on the below.
While I still can’t get Microsoft’s Photosynth to display the web images on my Windows XP or Vista running in VMWare Fusion v1 (Fusion v2 Beta is required), I was able to get some interesting results with a series of pictures I took of our house and property.
The steps to creating a synth are very simple:
- 1. Take pictures, preferably enough “connecting photos”
- 2. Feed the photos to the Photosynth program and it does the rest
My first attempt at creating the necessary photos for a good synth was a simple 360 degree view from a center-ish point in the backyard: camera on a tripod, snapping pictures and slightly rotating the camera for the next shot. Of the 42 photos I feed it, 76% of them were synthy and the following is the result.
Photosynth, the magic is getting it to run
Apparently, I am not synthy enough, to borrow a phrase from Microsoft’s Photosynth beta. Wanting to try Photosynth but using a Macbook Pro as my primary computer, which is not supported natively, I launched Vista Home Premium in a VMWare Fusion (v1) virtual machine to meet the requirements of running it in Windows. After downloading and installing the software then permitting the browser plug-in to install I took a shot at my first synth. I grabbed 40 photos of our house and surrounding property taken back in 2003 and feed it into Photosynth. After it processed and uploaded the finished result to the Photosynth web site, I was presented with the following when trying to view the results:
Farewell video for Neil
Today was Neil’s last day with the company so I put together this little farewell video.
