# Photosynth... what do you think?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photosynth-what-do-you-think/366945 "2006-08-01T22:22:20Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photosynth-what-do-you-think/366945/1 "2006-08-01T22:22:20Z")

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Check out the preview of [Microsoft Photosynth](http://labs.live.com/photosynth/default.html) , an application being developed at MS Live Labs that analyses digital photos, merges and presents them in a interactive 3D environment.

It would be interesting to let this loose on [flickr.com](http://flickr.com)… or on a series of frames from a video. It seems to be capable of creating a realistic 3D model of a location although this feature is not explicitly demoed.

Any thoughts on possible applications?