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The power of a good demo
Scobleizer — ... Question: have you seen a Microsoft advertisment lately where Microsoft talks about what their machines can do? Have you seen an advertisment that shows you their WorldWide Telescope, for instance (that is still my favorite demo of 2008)? Or ...

Microsoft’s Vision
Geek In Disguise — ... people. It helps demonstrate that these eras are not defined in a few years. They often take 10, 15 or more years to shake out and for our investments to succeed (or fail). Microsoft is nothing if not tenacious. It includes the words magic – I think it was Bill Gates who coined “the magic of software” phrase and it’s something we need to get back to our roots on. Right now I feel Apple does magic better than us at times – though Photosynth, WW Telescope and DeepZoom are pure magic to me….and Scoble and we need to make more ...

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) stars in Microsoft Virtual Earth
D' Technology Weblog — Chris Pendleton explains “What does WorldWide Telescope have to do with Microsoft Virtual Earth?” — “since Microsoft Virtual Earth is a part of that Microsoft Research project I thought it would interest some of you that we decided to include some of the WorldWide Telescope into Virtual Earth. Did you know that the Virtual Earth data centers host all of the data for WWT and that the actual Earth in WWT are Virtual Earth tiles? Well, now you do.” So, what did we take from WWT? The ...

Taking Microsoft to the library
Geek In Disguise — ... you realised that actually being in these spaces is magical. I recently visited Seattle and spent an entire afternoon in the Seattle Public Library. I also hope to show WorldWide Telescope with Benjamin’s tour to show how tools in the hands of children can teach us all. ...

Getting Paid To Do Your Hobby
Geek In Disguise — ... site and WorldWide Telescope as examples. I think they were genuinely surprised and seemed to enjoy this perspective.  I hope they did anyway! ...

WorldWide Telescope updates; features “my favorite, 3D Solar System and Universe View”
D' Technology Weblog — ... The WWT team has also set up a couple guided tours which highlight the 3D Universe experience. Check out the WWT 3D Release Demo and the ...

Microsoft’s Magic Pixie Dust
Geek In Disguise — ... In particular I think we need to do a much better job of showing off stuff that isn’t a product you go buy – stuff like WorldWide Telescope, ...

Microsoft Research teamed up with Disney•Pixar’s WALL•E Explore the Real Universe
D' Technology Weblog — ... Microsoft Research teamed up with Disney•Pixar to create a virtual tour of the universe hosted by none other than WALL•E, the animated robot from Disney•Pixar’s latest film, “WALL•E,” which is available in stores today on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can take the tour and view the universe from WALL•E’s perspective by visiting http://www.worldwidetelescope.org. A teaser for the tour can also be seen on the DVD and Blu-ray Disc. ...

NASA and Microsoft Offer Space images to Public
I4U News — ... interesting NASA content including images and data from Mars and the moon available. The images and data will be offered via Microsoft's World Wide Telescope. Among the available images will be those taken by the NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter when they are publically released this fall. The agreement will see enough data coming from NASA to fill 20,000 DVDs, over 100 terabytes. Images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will also be included among the images and data. via Microsoft Posted on Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun ...

Countdown to Thinking Digital 09
Geek In Disguise — ... a great conference last year and I’m looking forward to it again this year. here’s 10 reasons why It’s in Newcastle….a refreshing change from London The venue is terrific Tara will be there and we can drink warm beer in the bar again Dan Lyons will be there and even though he’s not Fake Steve any more, he’ll still rip on Microsoft Curtis Wong from Microsoft will be there to show off WorldWide Telescope Johnny Chung Lee will be there with his Wiimote from ...

WorldWide Telescope Aphelion new Windows and web Client released
D' Technology Weblog — ... as shadows of Jupiter's moons. The new Cosmos rendering incorporates the most advanced view of the universe outside of our Galaxy ever available. Both versions include new features for professional astronomers, including displaying FITS images and Virtual Observatory queries. Aphelion has 3-D exploration (Windows client only), so get your 3-D glasses out. WorldWide Telescope even supports inexpensive paper 3-D glasses like the kind given out for use with movies and TV specials! Follow here to learn how to embed ...