Tech Wave

So, I have been playing around a lot with Photosynth so I could get some practice for a demonstration speech. I find it quite fun, and slightly challenging. My current library of Synth’s now has 2 great productions, 2 mediocre, and 1 lame Synth. Links to my Synth’s are listed below.

There are a couple of limitations that I have noticed. There needs to be lots of texture in the pictures and lots of overlap. I don’t mean your minimal overlap that you would use to make a panoramic picture, I mean like half of the last picture should be in the next. Also, you should always try to give Photosynth a couple things to reference in order to place the picture in the world. Also, what I mean by needing textures is that Photosynth puts things together by finding connections between unique patterns in the pictures, it then uses those in conjunction with all the other photos to figure out the depth of field of the current picture and place it in the world. 

Some of the other limitations are that you need to use IE 7 or 8 or Firefox with an installed plug-in. But the plug-in is necessary at the moment because the internet does not support 3d graphics cards. It also requires windows and a decent 3d graphics card, but it pays off in the end, and most newer laptops and desktops will be able to meet those requirements. And for you privacy nuts, you should make sure you are ready to display your Synth to the world as all Synths are public until further notice.

Links to my Synths are here: