You may have seen the news about "Photosynth" last week; a major new (free!) software tool that can assemble 3d views of something from your 2D photos. I didn't mention it here at the time because the Photosynth site died under the early onslaught of users.
The dust has settled a bit and the site now appears stable. So take a look at one of the more innovative tools to come down the pike in a while: http://livelabs.com/photosynth/
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"Photosynth has been one of Microsoft most creative consumer projects in some time. Developed by the company in collaboration with scientists from the Graphics and Imaging Lab (GRAIL) at the University of Washington, the technology uses a number of pictures to create a sketch of a three-dimensional landscape filled with high-resolution images: Upload your pictures and you could end up with a dramatic 3D world. Conceivably, Photosynth could easily be imagined to be one evolutionary step above Google’s Street View Maps feature." http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/38994/140/
Must See! Microsoft's Photosynth Makes Photos a 3D Experience
http://www.pcworld.com/article/150100/must_see_microsofts_photosynth_makes_photos_a_3d_experience.html#
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The really great thing about Photosynth is that you don't need anything special to make one. There are lots of interesting ways to get a varied view of an environment, but usually you need something special to do it with.
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