[Web4lib] Obama and the Checkerboard Buddha

[Maurice York]

It's not the technology that's platform dependent, it's the people
using it. Photosynth is based on Microsoft Silverlight, which is what
NBC used for it's web multi-cast of the Olympics (which was really a
remarkable step forward in live web video, if you got a chance to
check it out). I watched the Olympics fine in Silverlight on my Mac in
Firefox and Safari, and I was just looking at a Photosynth rendition
of Obama's whistle stop tour Saturday from MSNBC's site in Safari:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28661876

It strikes me that those folks at CNN just don't know what they're
doing and bumbled their way into a Windows-only implementation of a
cross-platform technology...

-M

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On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:27 AM, Gianluca Drago <gianluca.drago at unipd.it> wrote:
> Robert Balliot ha scritto:
>>
>> On January 20, 2009 CNN IReporters will collaborate at the inaguration of
>> Barack Hussein Obama to create a first of its kind immersive experience.
>> They will use the new software from Microsofts Live Labs - Photosynth - to
>> create a 3D panorama at the moment Barack Obama is sworn in to become our
>> 44th President. Photosynth shows great promise in creating an unique user
>> experience. *Checkerboard Buddha on the Rocks* was Photosynthed with 103
>> images from a Canon ELPH. Use the expand view to go to full-screen.
>> Immerse
>> yourself in the Buddha by pressing the character *p* on your keyboard and
>> finding your inner doughnut:
>> http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/#research
>>
>> Envision what you can do.
>>
>
> Photosynth requires you are on a Microsoft PC.
> It could be great technology but it's really frustrating to me getting
> nothing more than:
> "In order to view, you must be using Windows XP or Vista and download the
> browser plug-in." and "Photosynth does not support this OS".
>
> //One Step Forward Two Steps Back.  :-(
>
> Gianluca Drago
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