[Offtopic] MS 'World Wide Telescope'

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Hi all,

It appears that Microsoft are attempting something like Google Earth
with a probable opening date being the last week in May of this year:

  <http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/>


"The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that 
functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best 
ground and space telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided 
exploration of the universe. 

WorldWide Telescope, created with Microsoft's high-performance Visual 
Experience Engine™, enables seamless panning and zooming across the night 
sky blending terabytes of images, data, and stories from multiple sources 
over the Internet into a media-rich, immersive experience."

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Cheers people
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia