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Article:
Picture the ImpossiblePosted Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:23 AM by synthy
Less than two weeks ago, an alternate reality game created by the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper called " Picture the Impossible" began. Intended to engage members of the community in an exploration of Rochester, different games and activities were designed for the competition.
One of the challenges in the game was to create the best Photosynth of one of the 'Horses on Parade' sculptures in Rochester, NY. The competition is done and the results are in! They had nearly 150 entries in total.
I want to take the opportunity to thank and congratulate the participants and winners of the "Picture the Impossible Photosynth Horses' challenge.
Thanks to Bing for sponsoring the technical development for the games, and Elizabeth Lawley for promoting the use of Photosynth within them.
-Jonathan
Thoughts:
The synths created for this compition are based around 3d objects rather than panaramic views. The result is not a 3d model you can rotate arund but rater a series of still images taken around the object. The synth does provide views of the horses from all angles but a storey bord of the photos would give a similar effect. A storey bord would also be more time and cost efficient to create. "The best thing to happen to photography since the digital camera." — slate.com ??? definately not.