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PhotoSynth - manipulative photos for projects and sharing

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Hi, this is not great quality (used my galaxy phone) but here is a Photosynth which takes your pictures and stitches them together into a manipulative 360 degree environment! This took me just a few minutes to shoot and upload, then the program does its thing for a while and produces this:

https://photosynth.net/preview/view/df2e9563-dab9-45e2-b0de-dc5209f4ee99?startat=0

Here is a sample of an object shot from all around, stitched together like Matrix movie view. How cool for students working on projects at home that they cannot bring in to school. It was my first try, so not great but you get the idea.
https://photosynth.net/preview/view/1702605a-4e7b-4089-9c17-902832dbdcbb?startat=20


If you go on a trip to somewhere special this summer and want to share with students, or you see an object you want to shoot from all angles, try this out. Very cool. They store the big images on their web site.  Requires some downloads so see David if you are interested in making some of these for your classes.

Visit www.photosynth.net and explore shared images from a teacher or student perspective.

This is great for students to photo their ceramics, a location they visit, a project they construct, etc. They can submit the link to the image to their teacher and share with class.

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