ADOBE CREATES "INFINITE IMAGES"

Adobe is developing a technique for combining large collections of photos in a virtual 3D space dubbed "Infinite Images." 

The system is created by Shai Avidan -- co-creator of content-aware scaling -- and researchers from MIT.

The collections are not photographs of a single real location -- instead it takes unconnected pictures and organizes them in themes such as city streets or skylines.

Users then navigate through the virtual imagery using pan, zoom and rotate 3D controls.

You can see a demonstration at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh-JRfu_KYw&eurl

December 19, 2008