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photosynth/seadragon, WOW!!!
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"people that are into this kind of stuff are going to be floored...
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/129
Without question, one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. I can't imagine how much work went into this or how you'd even know where to start.
I had to watch this 7 min video a few times because I couldn't believe what I was seeing/hearing. The first thing that popped into my head was the part in Blade Runner where he's looking around inside photos."
I found this on another forum, so I quoted it here...
still an amazing video!
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holy technology!
imagine if we could browse the web in a similar fashion...
thanks for the link.
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I'll be the ass who mentions that it's a re-post, but will say that DAMN, that thing is well worth re-posting every few months.
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Impressive. Too bad it was taken by the Empire.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Didn't Apple demo something similar using Core Video and Quartz Extreme?
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"…I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than
you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Looks like Google Earth on crack expanded to any document. Pretty cool.
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Originally Posted by olePigeon 
Didn't Apple demo something similar using Core Video and Quartz Extreme?
Yes. The only difference here is that this one used meta data in the images to get location data to stitch them together.
I saw a similar demo years ago from SGI, only it was more seamless, but deliberately stitched together.
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What he doesn't show is that for the "demo" there's a supercomputer running in the back room.
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Originally Posted by alligator
What he doesn't show is that for the "demo" there's a supercomputer running in the back room.
Fact or assumption ?
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My concern is that we're going to get so obsessed with making visually appealing interfaces that we're going to end up with pretty software that doesn't do a whole lot by way of actual data organization and retrieval.
We'll see.
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In 10 years, Microsoft will invent it. Oops too late.
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
My concern is that we're going to get so obsessed with making visually appealing interfaces that we're going to end up with pretty software that doesn't do a whole lot by way of actual data organization and retrieval.
We'll see.
... he says, to a forum full of people obsessed with visually appealing interfaces ...
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Originally Posted by Wiskedjak
... he says, to a forum full of people obsessed with visually appealing interfaces ...
I know. I'm effing retarded when i'm drunk.
But yeah. Apple users do care more about the visuals than the application in some cases. I just hope that doesn't carry over too much into software that I need to use on a day-to-day basis. In that case I care far more about advanced features and increased productivity than I do about a pretty interface with neato animations.
p.s. i'm a girl and this is the most coherent i have ever been when i'm drunk.
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i may be a bit to late but this was completely amazing. This could be the ultimate image search engine along side many other things
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Originally Posted by alligator
What he doesn't show is that for the "demo" there's a supercomputer running in the back room.
That's not really relevant.
By 1997 standards, a thousand-dollar MacBook is more than a "supercomputer".
And the stuff we're doing today on a ****ing iPhone was barely imaginable to people using desktop workstations back in 1992.
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I can see nudists, streakers and voyeurs being inspired by that.
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Dual 2.66Ghz Xeon Woodrcrests // 8800GT 512MB // 30" Apple Cinema Display // 8GB RAM // Samsung Galaxy Nexus LTE // 64GB iPad LTE Verizon // Home Theater
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Originally Posted by shifuimam
But yeah. Apple users do care more about the visuals than the application in some cases.
I would call that a broad generalization.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
I would call that a broad generalization.
Well, I did say in *some* cases... 
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Microsoft churns out some amazing stuff. Too bad the company is ran by suits who aren't willing to take risks
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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