Remember the first time you used Google Street View? Amazing, right? Thing is, traversing a busy urban street in a 360-degree photographic bubble will also be disorienting, especially when on the lookout for a selected address or business. So check this: Microsoft Research has developed a rather nifty solution it calls Street Slide. Zoom out of your panoramic bubble and the street is presented as a dynamic, multi-perspective \” strip\” supplying you with an instant visual summary of the surroundings — corresponding to viewing the total street from a distance. Fortunately, Microsoft took benefit of what would rather be the unused letterboxed screen above and below the strip to add navigational and informational aids like clickable business logos and building numbers. Pretty impressive, and Microsoft is already working on taking Street Slide mobile with an iPhone port, and doubtless a version for the approaching Windows Phone 7 series of devices. Unfortunately, don\’t expect this to be released anytime soon as the team has only processed about 2400 panoramas to this point covering just 4 kilometers of streets. Check the video after the break, you\’ll be glad you did.
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