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Yes, I know it’s been awhile since I posted a free tool.  I apologize for that.  I’ve been busy with some affiliate marketing and with product creation these last couple of weeks.

Well, here’s the free tool of the week:

http://photosynth.net/

You have to install a browser plugin in order to view the pictures on the site.  The beauty of the site, is that you can upload your pictures of an object or location to the site and then you can create a 3-D map of the object or location.

Say, you have an item for sale on ebay, you can take pictures of the object and create a 3-D map of it for people to see.  Or, if you go on vacation, take multiple pictures of a site and then re-create it online.

There are some limitations, like you have to take at least 3 overlapping pictures of an area for the 3-D map to render properly.  The other thing, is that you need to have graphics cards with some legs on it and there is no Mac version of the client, yet.

Oh yeah, I think I should mention that the site was created by that company in Redmond, that makes that Fenestrae product.

You know, it’s a Microsoft product.

I know, I know, I’m promoting a product from the evil empire, but this thing is cool.  Give it a try.

Tags: 3D computer graphics, Mac, Macintosh, microsoft, Plug-in, Redmond, Redmond Washington