South Downs Design Blog » Microsoft http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog This is our blog covering company news, insights, observations and our views on web design, internet news. Tue, 06 May 2008 21:22:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Photosynth Demo TED Conference 2007 http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/16/photosynth-demo-ted-conference-2007/ http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/16/photosynth-demo-ted-conference-2007/#comments Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:39:55 +0000 admin http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/16/photosynth-demo-ted-conference-2007/ Here is a video demonstration of Photosynth that was given at the TED conference this year.

Using a bunch of images scraped from Flickr and stitch them all together, allowing for a multidimensional space with an almost infinite zoom capability.

Its architect, Blaise Aguera y Arcas, shows it off in this standing-ovation demo. Definitely worth a view.

]]> http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/16/photosynth-demo-ted-conference-2007/feed/ 0 Microsoft announces a computing Table called "Surface" http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/02/microsoft-announces-a-computing-table-called-surface/ http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/02/microsoft-announces-a-computing-table-called-surface/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:52:14 +0000 admin http://www.southdownsdesign.co.uk/blog/2007/06/02/microsoft-announces-a-computing-table-called-surface/ Microsoft announced "Surface" a computing table with a multi-touch, multi-user interface, extremely similar to the iPhone. Microsoft are trying to find a new direction for computing and will install a demo in the US. Some units will be displayed in T-Mobile stores, Starwood hotels, and even Harrah’s Casino in Las Vegas.

The first Surface computers could cost up to $10,000 so don’t expect to pick one up for your living room just yet.

When will it come to the UK?

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