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Sneak Peek at Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the eye-on-the-sky dept.

Ted.com has a great sneak peek at Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope project. In this video, presented by Roy Gould and Curtis Wong, you are able to see a combined view of satellites and telescopes from all over the planet and nearby space. The compiled image is rendered using Microsoft's new high-performance "Visual Experience Engine" that allows users to pan and zoom across the night sky seamlessly.

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  1. This is an invention? by Gregg+M · · Score: 0, Troll

    So it's kind of like Google Earth, but not as useful. Seems these days, Microsoft is trying real hard to be altruistic.

    Thanks Microsoft for *inventing* this!

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  2. so much for: "But you can't take the sky from me" by Locutus · · Score: 0, Troll

    I can't wait til they start changing the constellations.

    LoB

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