New desktop software called WorldWide Telescope

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E.T. phone home...........

WorldWide Telescope

From what we hear, WorldWide Telescope will be significantly better than Google Sky which launched last August as part of Google Earth, and the open source Stellarium (which is hugely better than Google Sky already). The key is the user interface, which is seamless as you move around the sky and zoom in and out. Much of the Photosynth technology is said to have been used for the project. And the sheer amount of data Microsoft is accessing, said to be measured in the terabits, gives that great user interface something to show off.

 

[Little Wing]

wow. very cool. i want it.

 

[Little Wing]

very nice. thanks mino.

 

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I like sharing.

 

[maniclion]

google sky doesn't require as much resources as this does, granted this does look more detailed but most school computers would be unable to run such a program.... So microsoft has made gazing at the stars better for rich kids in rich schools....

 

[Little Wing]

google sky doesn't require as much resources as this does, granted this does look more detailed but most school computers would be unable to run such a program.... So microsoft has made gazing at the stars better for rich kids in rich schools....

actually my pc is a $400 piece of crap that doesn't meet the requirements to run the program but it works anyway.

 

[maniclion]

actually my pc is a $400 piece of crap that doesn't meet the requirements to run the program but it works anyway.

Well I know some of the schools around here are stuck with donated computers and are mostly celeron or P3 700s few ever get above 1 gig and most have minimum memory. Hopefully the reqs are over stated and the schools can use this cause it would be a great tool. I love wandering about in Google Sky....I can't wait to get home and give this a whirl....

 

[Little Wing]

Well I know some of the schools around here are stuck with donated computers and are mostly celeron or P3 700s few ever get above 1 gig and most have minimum memory. Hopefully the reqs are over stated and the schools can use this cause it would be a great tool. I love wandering about in Google Sky....I can't wait to get home and give this a whirl....

i'm way under the recommendations as in 224 mb ram etc. it might not work as well as it should but it works.