{"id":250,"date":"2011-05-04T13:02:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T13:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2011\/05\/04\/microsoft-photosynth\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T13:02:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T13:02:32","slug":"microsoft-photosynth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2011\/05\/04\/microsoft-photosynth\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Photosynth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve known about this tool for a while, it was developed in the MS Lab, and it\u2019s a free tool to create 360 panoramas and virtual tours. I\u2019m using the iPhone app at the moment, testing it out. The stitching isn\u2019t perfect, ideally I\u2019d find someone with a fish-eye lens and a digital stills camera, but for a quick and easy 360 tour, Photosynth is pretty good. I\u2019ve uploaded it to the Photosynth site and also embedded a panorama in my NILE training module. The School of Health wanted to look into posting up little tours of their facilities, so this might be of use. UoN marketing paid a company to produce virtual tours a while back but the cost was silly, they may try a use video to achieve the same effect.<\/p>\n<p>This is my first effort, so the stitching is bit off but you get the idea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photosynth.net\/view.aspx?cid=4ba2e31e-8aa4-4e6f-9ccf-41565a0b71c8&amp;m=false&amp;i=0:0:0&amp;c=0:0:0&amp;z=513.262361224062&amp;d=-1.40704073534466:-1.40704073534466:-1.06776383657258&amp;p=0:0&amp;t=False\" target=\"_blank\">Link to Photosynth 360 panorama<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<h6 style=\"font-size: 1em\" class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/external\/gigaom\/2011\/04\/18\/18gigaom-microsofts-immersive-photosynth-camera-app-lands-95091.html\">Microsoft&#8217;s Immersive Photosynth Camera App Lands &#8211; on iOS<\/a> (nytimes.com)\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/1748209\/microsoft-launches-photosynth-instantly-create-virtual-panoramas-for-bing-maps\">Microsoft Launches Photosynth, Which Instantly Creates Virtual Panoramas For Bing Maps<\/a> (fastcompany.com) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px;height: 15px\" class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none;border-right-style: none;border-top-style: none;float: right;border-left-style: none\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=696c2d9c-4ccd-4a63-806b-e3309e7f66b0\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve known about this tool for a while, it was developed in the MS Lab, and it\u2019s a free tool to create 360 panoramas and virtual tours. 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