Microsoft's Augmented Reality, Video Photosynth

Al writes "Microsoft demonstrated new augmented-reality software for cell-phones at the 2009 TechFest conference, which was held this week in Redmond. Instead of using GPS or WiFi triangulation, the prototype system relies entirely on scene-recognition to identify its position and add virtual objects to a video picture of the real world. TechFest is a showcase for lots of projects at Microsoft's various research labs. Other technologies on show included Photosynth for video, an image-tracking system for handwriting, a way of refining image searches using colors, and a 3-D version of Microsoft Surface."

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Re:Who says..

[symbolset]

Let's chat about this again after they announce they spent $15M researching the perfect W7 sound theme, only to get "win-dows sev-en".

I'd be reviewing those expense accounts. Do they always hold focus group meetings in a strip club? Couldn't they use a local one?

Re:OK, that really was a troll

[ozmanjusri]

I'm Googling it and apparently it's been deleted from the Internet.

It's odd that the commentary has vanished, but the original interview site still exists.

"I knew from day one that it would be a tricky process," says project maestro Steve Ball, group program manager for Vista. In the end, it took 18 months--and a team of 20 composers, sound designers, engineers, and developers.

Re:Who says..

[QuantumG]

Err.. Heard of IBM? How about Sun Labs? Microsoft Research is a joke. It's where academic careers go to die.