http://www.thestandard.com/node/112015/comments comments feed. en http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/21/briefly-photosynth-opens-everyone <!--paging_filter--><p><!--paging_filter--> <p><!--paging_filter--> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4789/synth1.jpg" height="95" width="230" /><a href="http://livelabs.com/photosynth/">Microsoft Live Labs has announced</a> that Photosynth, the environmental imaging software in development since 2006, is out of its closed beta and now available for anyone to use.<span> </span>Microsoft is hosting up to 20 gigabytes of space for each user to upload, stitch and display their own 3D environments created from images.<span> New users must download a browser plug-in as well as software to render the images into a 3D environment. The rendering software is only for Windows XP and Vista. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The announcement seems to have driven a large amount of traffic to the site. <a href="http://www.photosynth.com">Photosynth.com</a> is currently down, but you can check out the community forum <a href="http://getsatisfaction.com/livelabs/products/livelabs_photosynth">here</a> to see what those who have used it think of it.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><img src="/sites/thestandard.com/files/u4789/synth2.jpg" height="145" width="500" /> </p> <p><b>More news, commentary, and predictions from <i>The Industry Standard</i>:</b></p> <ul> <li>News: <b><a href="/news/2008/08/14/microsoft-demos-updated-photosynth">Video: Microsoft demos updated Photosynth</a></b></li> <li>Picture this: <b><a href="/news/2007/11/09/picture-new-format-successor-jpeg">New format successor to JPEG</a></b></li> </ul> http://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/08/21/briefly-photosynth-opens-everyone#comments 3d environment co:microsoft image photo product:Photosynth Software &amp; Web The Industry Standard Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:11:29 -0700 Chris Tompkins 112015 at http://www.thestandard.com