Microsoft today unveiled a partnership with the BBC to showcase online three-dimensional photographic representations of historic sites throughout the United Kingdom. The online show is designed to run in conjunction with the BBC’s How We Built Britian television series.
Microsoft’s Live Labs, using its Photosynth 3-D imaging technology, will let viewers explore representations of Ely Cathedral, Burghley House, the Royal Crescent, Bath, the Scottish Parliament buildings and Blackpool Tower Ballroom. The BBC, during the broadcast of the series, will collect fresh images from tourists visiting the sites. The synths will then be updated with a selection of these photos.
The idea behind the integration of the photos is to contrast how people interacted with the locations in the past and present. Those who view the Photosynth pictures will be able to “explore a building, zooming in to see the smallest decorative detail, or zooming out and panning through 360 degrees to place the building in a wider context.”
Originally posted on June 6, 2007 @ 5:09 pm