Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is Going to be Awesome!

Posted by Alex in Science & Tech, Video Clips on March 10, 2008 at 12:37 am


It’s not often that we get really excited about a product release from Microsoft, but this one is cool (so cool it made tech blogger Robert Scoble cry!):

Here’s Harvard astrophysicist Roy Gould speaking at TED introducing the WorldWide Telescope, created by Microsoft’s Visual Experience Engine that enables seamless panning and zooming across the night sky:

The WorldWide Telescope takes the best images from the world’s greatest telescopes on earth and in space and has woven them seamlessly to produce a holistic view of the universe. It’s going to change the way we do astronomy. It’s going to change the way we teach astronomy. Most importantly it’s going to change the way we see ourselves in the universe.

Hit play or go to Link [VideoEgg at TED] | WorldWide Telescope website - via Tech Rivet



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7 comments to "Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is Going to be Awesome!"

  1. Evil Pundit
    March 10th, 2008 at 2:19 am

    This is Google Earth in reverse!

  2. anon
    March 10th, 2008 at 2:23 am

    screw microsoft, i don’t care what they develop or release, that company can go to hell for all i care, they’ve fucked the consumers for too many years, fuck them

  3. Evil Pundit
    March 10th, 2008 at 2:32 am

    You do have a point. I’d hate to see the universe go BSOD.

  4. BikerRay
    March 10th, 2008 at 5:19 am

    The latest version of GoogleEarth already has “Sky View”, which does the same thing. I can’t see why the Microsoft version is any better.

  5. Orjans Morjan
    March 10th, 2008 at 11:24 am

    Yey Microsoft bashing is cool!!

    The difference between this and Google Earth sky mode is that this is 3D.
    You can go past objects and not just zoom in on a picture.

  6. Ali S.
    March 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pm

    I’m glad you caught this Alex! I was just going through my Ted Podcast feed and saw the episode and thought this would be “neat” to put up! :) Awesome idea all around!

  7. Christophe
    March 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

    Why is the sky all blue? :p

    Nice idea from Google indeed…


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