New Research From Intel Labs & U. of Washington: Virtual 3D Tours of Tourist Sites with Wikipedia
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From New Scientist:
Bryan Russell at Intel Labs and colleagues at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed the first online system that automatically creates annotated 3D reconstructions of tourist sites on Wikipedia.
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Although the labels retrieved are usually correct, the system is limited by search technology and how well-referenced a site is online. “We do quite well for the Sistine Chapel, but do worse for other sites that are not as well documented,” says Russell.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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