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Bing Maps Wows 'Em At TED2010

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-we're-going dept.

theodp writes "In an eye-candy filled presentation that earned him a standing-O at TED2010, Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality mapping technology from Microsoft. In his eight minute spiel, an extension of a shorter tech preview video, the Bing Maps architect shows how geo-tagged Flickr images can be precisely incorporated into streetside views, demonstrates indoor panoramas at Pike Place Market complete with live video overlays, and even takes the audience into space with Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope. " This is a really exciting video and worth your 8 minutes.

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  1. One more point for Microsoft? by ammorais · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "3D is currently not supported for your browser. For a list of supported browsers, see Help."

    Seeing help:
    Supported browsers.

            * Internet Explorer 6 or later
            * Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or later
            * Safari 3.1 or later

    I'm using Firefox 3.6. But I guess it's not my browser that isn't supported. It's probably because I'm running it on Gentoo. I guess I will have to stick with Goggle Maps after all.

    [sarcasm] One more point for Microsoft for web neutrality.[/sarcasm]

  2. Re:Innovation on Bing by skine · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I believe that it is the French who enthusiastically applaud interesting farts.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_P%C3%A9tomane

  3. Re:Innovation on Bing by Sark666 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Here's my million dollar idea. Why can't I have a search engine where I can click on a search result 'never show results from this domain again'. It might take awhile but you could build up nice filtered list after awhile. Hell, even being able to share your list with people and the community builds a good filtered list to get rid of the crap.