By now, stitching together photographs to create a panorama or 3D image bubble is old hat. But the new Photosynth formats that Microsoft has developed and published fuse information and art—so much so that serious photobugs should check them out.
Historically, Microsoft's Photosynths were based on photos stitched together to form an image. With the new version of Photosynth Microsoft is rolling out, the company has expanded the types of formats: the traditional panorama, a "spin" around a fixed object or point, a "walk," and a "wall." It's the latter two that offer the most artistic possibilities, and a complement to the 3D-enabled Bing Maps Preview that Microsoft recently rolled out.
Probably the most compelling argument to use the new Photosynth tools is simply to show them off, as in this Photosynth "walk" of Edinburgh Castle:
Edinburgh Castle walk by David on Photosynth
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