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http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html

Having just seen the demo on BBC's Click i tried the demo and its very good.

Not so long ago Microsoft announced its new imaging technology Photosynth. It is an application which will turn your photographs into a 3D experience. It is not even in beta yet but the preview gives you a pretty good idea about its potential.

The software will analyse photographs and look for similarities, thus understanding how the contents of the pictures relate to each other, ie next to it, in front of it etc. The point is to create a new way of looking at photos, in context rather than one by one.

In the opening page, click on Technology Preview and you will be prompted with a little Activex download.

Once up and running, try out the buttons at the top left-hand corner. One will place red beams into the 3D environment, telling you where each photo was taken from. Another will toggle between 3D and 2D.

I loved the 3D fly, as it really puts the picture in perspective.

You cannot yet try out the software with your own photographs, but click through the collections because they are really worth exploring.

You need to have a pretty powerful PC and a good connection if you really want to enjoy Photosynth.

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