'CSI' Shows Off Microsoft's Cool Photo Synth Technology

Watching 'CSI' is enough to make any tech enthusiast jealous, but have you ever wondered where they get all their wonderful toys? Well, much of it comes from a partnership with Microsoft. Some of the show's sets have been outfitted with modified Surface computers, and the stars will soon start carrying tablet PCs and UMPCs instead of notepads.
On Wednesday's episode, the star is Photosynth, a product from Microsoft's labs that lets the forensic scientists recreate the scene of a murder from hundreds of thumbnail photos taken at a dance in a school gymnasium. The wider image can then be manipulated to get close up shots of the gym from any angle.
Photosynth analyzes images for similarities and then pieces them together into a 3-D recreation of the original setting. You can get a preview of Photosynth here, and the technology will be available to consumers at the end of the year. [Source: USA Today]





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