Monday, 26th February 2007

Organizing Images: A Look at the "Media Browser" from the Microsoft Next Research Team

A new Microsoft Channel 9 video offers a tour of the Microsoft Next Research Group at MSR.

From the post:

Here Curtis Wong, the guy who leads the group, demoed for us their Media Browser technology (News.com called it Photo Triage, but the team actually calls it the "Media Browser" because it does more than photos).
This technology demonstrates how you could organize and look at your digital photos in the future.

See Also: MediaBrowser: Reclaiming the Shoebox
by Steven M. Drucker, Curtis Wong, Asta Roseway, Steve Glenner, Steve De Mar
4 pages; PDF.

See Also: Photo-triage: Rapidly annotating your digital photographs
by Steven M. Drucker, Curtis Wong, Asta Roseway, Steve Glenner, Steve De Mar
7 pages; PDF.

See Also: Other Papers by Dr. Steven Drucker and Other Research Projects (Cool Stuff!)

See Also: Microsoft Next Research Group Web Site

Microsoft Next Media Research group focuses on exploring what new consumer media experiences are possible with the growth in computing power, connectivity and storage in a compelling, elegant and transparent way in the 3 to 10 year timeframe.

Source: Microsoft Research

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• Search News (ResourceShelf)

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