The University of Washington and Microsoft Research presented a paper at SIGGRAPH 2008 describing their new technology for creating interactive 3-D environments from a collection of photos. Titled "Finding Paths through the World's Photos," the presentation described software techniques to create an interface that allows viewers to interactively move through collections of photos in a … Continue reading Synthetically-Generated Interactive 3-D Environments
Author: Kendall Whitehouse
Olympics Coverage Rediscovers Garrett Brown’s Innovations
In addition to all the hoopla surrounding Microsoft's Silverlight video on NBCOlympics.com, the enthusiasm over the aquatic competitions seems to have generated a renewed interest in the camera technology used to track swimmers, divers, and other Olympians as they compete. The Wall Street Journal this week published "Now Diving: Sir Isaac Newton" about the DiveCam … Continue reading Olympics Coverage Rediscovers Garrett Brown’s Innovations
NY Times to Jeff Bezos: Balance Integration with Openness
Saul Hansell has a column in the New York Times titled "The Lessons From the Kindle’s Success" that points out that Amazon.com's Kindle appears to not be the flop that many expected (and that most earlier ebook products have been). Amazon doesn't report numbers for Kindle sales, but the Times piece cites Citibank’s Mark Mahaney … Continue reading NY Times to Jeff Bezos: Balance Integration with Openness
NPR’s Morning Edition on the Tribulations of Indie Filmmakers
NPR's "Morning Edition" today ran a story on the difficulties independent filmmakers face in getting their work distributed. Following the theme of the piece's the pessimistic title -- "Indie Filmmakers: 'Chicken Little Was Right'" -- the article presents some sobering statistics. Film executive Mark Gill, formerly with Warner Independent and Miramax, points out that of … Continue reading NPR’s Morning Edition on the Tribulations of Indie Filmmakers
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