More Than Meets the Eye

Software.
Such a good thing.

Blaise Agüera y Arcas is the man behind Seadragon and Photosynth.

Seadragon [acquired by MS] changes the way we use screens, from wall-sized displays to mobile devices, so that visual information can be smoothly browsed regardless of the amount of data involved.

Photosynth takes large collections of photos [of a place or object], analyzes them for similarities, and displays them in a reconstructed 3-Dimensional space. The interface is awesome. Photosynth lets you:

• walk through a scene to see photos from any angle
• zoom in or out of a photograph even if it's gigapixels in size
• see where pictures were taken in relation to one another
• find similar photos to the one you’re currently viewing
• explore a custom tour or see where you’ve been
• send a collection to a friend

As much as an Apple enthusiast as I am I'm hoping to possibly see these to applications for Mac in the [near] future. Never say never.