(The whole thing is interesting but skip to ~3:50 to see the specific use case I’m talking about)
Photosynth worked on a pretty basic premise; take a handful of wide establishing shots, then take lots of pictures from other angles and the software could then stitch them together and relate them to one another – resulting in what you see in the video above.
One thing I’ve been amazed by though, is that no one has taken this technology & run with it for Live Events. Everyone knows that familiar sparkle that any video of a live event has, as many of the spectators take photos. Today many of those pictures now end up online almost immediately. Continue reading Idea: Combine Broadcasters, Social Media & Photosynth to capture live events.