Microsoft Live Labs has announced a collaboration with the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC) in a time-limited technical trial to launch unique three-dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the UK. This offering will allow users to experience a trial 3-D online interactive experience to complement BBC's 'How We Built Britain' television series.
Microsoft Live Labs will allow viewers to explore Photosynth representations of Ely Cathedral, Burghley House, the Royal Crescent, Bath, the Scottish Parliament buildings and Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The BBC will also have units on location at each of the historic sites to collect images from tourists visiting the sites. The synths will then be updated during the television series with a selection of these images.
Historical and user-submitted images will be integrated into the synths to contrast how people interacted with the locations in the past and present. By clicking and dragging their mouse, visitors to the site will be able to explore a building, zooming in to see the smallest decorative detail, or zooming out and panning through 360 degrees to place the building in a wider context.
Adam Sheppard, group product manager for Microsoft Live Labs said, "Photosynth is an extremely immersive experience where one can find oneself spending hours walking in the footsteps of the photographer and exploring minute details of the 3-D environment. This opportunity with the BBC allowed us to test the limits of the Photosynth technology by integrating photographs from decades ago of the UK's historic sites along with those of the general public today. We're eager to see how people tell their stories with this new interactive medium."
Microsoft, BBC Offer 3D Online Tour of UK
By: Priyanka Pradhan
| Jun 08, 2007
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