Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Oct 31, 2008 in
computers,
graphics,
photography To those who have been avidly following Photosynth, this isn’t a surprise. But to those who have initially glossed over this technology or didn’t hear about it at all, watch this video of Microsoft Live Labs Architect Blaise Aguera y Arcas demonstrating an early version of Photosynth in May 2007.
Photosynth analyzes a group of digital photos and combines them into an interactive 3D model. The demo above uses images taken from flickr, though you can create a model with just your own photographs, too. This technology was released to the public in August 2008, though unfortunately (but predictably) only to PC users. Microsoft claims that Mac access is currently under develepment. This powerful technology is definitely worth following!
Tags: flickr, microsoft, photosynth, technology
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on Jun 6, 2007 in
computers,
distribution,
videos How can we watch “interactive television,” and what does this mean for the viewer? I was reading Steve Kilisky’s post on his Dynamic Media Blog and it got me reflecting about the increasingly blurring lines between television the Internet. It’s funny how the last few classes I’m taking at UCSC all discuss ways in which electronic media merge, overlap, or displace one another; all this questioning leads to a (mostly) unpredictable future for Television 2.0–similar to a recent grad’s?
Henry Jenkins analyzes this newer convergence culture, Lisa Parks talks about “microcasting” to niche audiences, and William Boddy adds to and interprets the results of the growing list of failed WebTV-like ventures. Where are we now? We have:
-user created content piped through a cable television station (Current TV)
-television distributed through the Internet & brought to your computer (Joost)
-content distributed through the Internet & brought to your TV (Apple TV)
We have all these different technologies grasping for similar goals. As Kilisky comments, much of interactive TV’s poor adoption has stemmed by a poor user experience. Perhaps progress has been made, but it’s difficult to tell. Newer technologies might encourage more “lean forward” viewing practices, but is that what the average television viewer wants? Is it even possible to successfully mix newer, Internet based technologies with the same old original television format?
Tags: apple tv, convergence culture, current tv, interactive, internet, joost, media, technology, Television, television 2.0, viewers, web tv
Posted by Kyle Wiebalk on May 14, 2007 in
kwwphoto Welcome to my brand new blog.
Check it out for everything about film production, post production, photography, architecture, and technology.
Enjoy!
Tags: architecture, film production, photography, post production, technology
