Microsoft tools #4 – Use Photosynth to capture the world in 3D
Submitted by Fiona Beal
Microsoft’s Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and
viewing the world in 3D. You can share your creations with your friends on
Facebook, publish them to Bing, or embed them in your own blog or Web site.
Here’s the big picture from Microsoft http://bit.ly/1ndqR9p
How to get started
• Go to http://photosynth.net/ and join.
• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer.
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