Silverlight and Photosynth at Stargate Universe

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MGM and Microsoft partnered to build an application intended to give old and new fans of Stargate a first look at the main location of the new Stargate Universe show, an ancient starship called the Destiny. The sets for the Destiny are amongst the most sophisticated ever built for a TV show, accurately capturing the spirit of a spaceship that has been abandoned for millennia. 

MGM wanted to give fans an accurate experience of what it would be like to walk around and explore the Destiny, and using Microsoft Silverlight and Photosynth were able to deliver an immersive 3-D experience.

Read the full post on David Chou’s blog at https://blogs.msdn.com/dachou/archive/2009/07/13/silverlight-and-photosynth-at-stargate-universe.aspx

UPDATE 2009.09.04 – a Microsoft Case Study and video has been published for this
project. You can view the Case Study at https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?casestudyid=4000005102,
and the video at https://www.microsoft.com/video/en/us/details/c0387435-dd01-4c5a-87c9-6e87cedeee15.