I first read and experienced Photosynth about a year ago while it was in its early stages. At that time you could view one of three stitched environments and it was a very impressive application. Being a person who believes in “a picture is worth 1000 words”, this application is right up my alley. I purchased my current camera with the stitch ability built in (panoramic mode) and I’ve loved it. It lets me take those awesome shots of some views I wanted to share so badly. Photosynth does a one up. Take your photos (lots of photos) of a place while moving the camera each frame a little to the left, right, up, down, zoom…and if the application can pinpoint similarities between the different images, it will show all the photos relative to your point of view. I’ve played a little with it but most old pictures I have taken are not valid to stitch. You have to really go above and beyond for getting images to be “synth” as they put it. Even with new photos I’ve only managed 66% synth.
I would suggest you take a look at it and at least check what others are doing. Some are much more impressive than others…and some are just there, no synth. I’m definatly going to start taking scenic photos with this program in mind.
