Microsoft Street Slide: it’s electric! (video)
Remember the first time you used Google Street View? Amazing is not it? The thing is, through a busy street in an urban bubble photography 360 ° can be confusing, especially in finding an address or business. To review: Microsoft Research has a rather ingenious solution, which it calls the Street Slide developed. Zoom view of your bubble, and the road is presented as a dynamic, multi-perspective “Strip” provides a visual overview of the environment – similar to watching the road together remotely. Fortunately, Microsoft has benefited, which is not otherwise used screen “letterbox” from top to bottom navigation bar tools and information such as company logos and street numbers clickable to add. Pretty impressive, and Microsoft is already working on the street slide phone with a port iPhone, and probably for the next version of Windows 7 series phone devices. Unfortunately it is not published in the near future, because the team has only processed about 2,400 to date in widescreen only 4 km of roads. Check the video after the break, you will not regret it. Continue reading Microsoft Street slide: It’s Electric! (Video) Slide Street Microsoft: It’s Electric! (Video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, July 28, 2010 2:03:00 EDT. Please read our terms of use of RSS son. Technology Review MIT Permalink | Microsoft | Email | Comments
