Don’t we all wish to fly through a scene of real buildings or places? Wouldn’t it be nice to present your former architectural work, or designs to clients in 3D? But up-to-date computer-created 3D-models feel somewhat “artificial” and have a slightly “phoney” taste?
Why not take your photographs then? Hmmmm…

Well, with Microsoft’s Photosynth technology, an innovative technology from Microsoft Live Labs, it will be possible to view a collection of photographs of the same object as a 3D-model. Therefore, Photosynth takes a large set of photographic images of a place, building or any object and after analyzing them, the software displays the pictures in a reconstructed 3D-space.

This way, you will be able to walk or fly through real scenes of your landscape designs, real urban meeting points, or zooooooooooom into your buildings to see photos from any angle – three dimensional!

By the way, Photosynth is a collaboration between Microsoft and the University of Washington. Based on the groundbreaking research of Noah Snavely (UW), Steve Seitz (UW), and Richard Szeliski (Microsoft Research), Photosynth will change the way we think about digital photos.

The only downer is that the technology is currently in its trial – “photosynthesizing” your own photos is not yet possible. You can however check out Tech Preview , which gives a very good and amazing impression of what’s to come in near future. More information about photosynth is available here. Please note that the Photosynth Tech Preview requires the Internet Explorer as browser.

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