Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope..

Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope.. · 13-05-2008, 05:10 PM

Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday.

The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.

The application itself is a blend of software and Web 2.0 services created with the Microsoft high performance Visual Experience Engine, which allows seamless panning and zooming around the heavens with rich image environments. Worldwide Telescope stitches together terabytes of high-resolution images of celestial bodies, and displays them in a way that relates to their actual position in the sky. People can freely browse through the solar system, galaxy and beyond, or take advantage of a growing number of guided tours of the sky hosted by astronomers and educators at major universities and planetariums.

LINK: WorldWide Telescope

kashif99048 · 13-05-2008, 05:33 PM

thats great ..........two thumbs up

website is pretty heavy though................downloading .............see what comes out of it

kashif99048 · 13-05-2008, 05:35 PM

WorldWide Telescope minimum system requirements

For PC:

* Microsoft® XP SP2 (minimum), Windows® Vista® (recommended)
* PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, recommended
* 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM; 2 GB RAM recommended
* 3D accelerated card with 128 megabytes (MB) RAM; discrete graphics card with dedicated 256-MB VRAM recommended for higher performance
* 1 GB of available hard disk space; 10 GB recommended for off-line features and higher performance browsing
* XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
* Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing and scrolling device
* Microsoft® DirectX® version 9.0c and .NET Framework 2.0
* Required for some features; Internet connection at 56 Kbps or higher through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a separate fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply

kashif99048 · 13-05-2008, 05:53 PM

thats pretty good ....................i have used for just 5 minutes but looks good ................uploading screen shot of moon

Kashif · 13-05-2008, 11:16 PM

^let me know when you find Krypton

Mubeen Ahmed · 14-05-2008, 02:53 AM

i think it was destroyed.....

OmMeE · 14-05-2008, 04:16 AM

A nice heavy site i must say....

shahrukh_mughal6 · 14-05-2008, 06:18 AM

yes its haevy site but thanks for info....

Kashif · 14-05-2008, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mubeen Ahmed

i think it was destroyed.....

lol

maybe there is a portal somewhere to travel back (u'll know wat i mean if you are still watching the series

)

Jackson5 · 14-05-2008, 11:57 AM

gg!..........

13-05-2008, 05:10 PM	#1
Microsoft Launches WorldWide Telescope.. ARMANI101 PK Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Islamabad Posts: 1,081 ARMANI101 13-05-2008, 05:10 PM Rating: () Microsoft launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday. The free Web-based application allows users to zoom around the universe and browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics. The application itself is a blend of software and Web 2.0 services created with the Microsoft high performance Visual Experience Engine, which allows seamless panning and zooming around the heavens with rich image environments. Worldwide Telescope stitches together terabytes of high-resolution images of celestial bodies, and displays them in a way that relates to their actual position in the sky. People can freely browse through the solar system, galaxy and beyond, or take advantage of a growing number of guided tours of the sky hosted by astronomers and educators at major universities and planetariums. LINK: WorldWide Telescope __________________ ~Bud-haal Pakistan, Khush-haal Hukmuraan.~
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