Today Microsoft announced a Public Beta for their new WorldWide Telescope Software. You can download it by clicking here.
“The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful tool for science and education that makes it possible for everyone to explore the universe,” said Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation. “By combining terabytes of incredible imagery and data with easy-to-use software for viewing and moving through all that information, the WorldWide Telescope opens the door to new ways to see and experience the wonders of space. Our hope is that it will inspire young people to explore astronomy and science, and help researchers in their quest to better understand the universe.”
I have been using it for a about an hour now and I have to say it’s pretty impressive, I have always wanted to travel into space and since I can’t this brings me as close to it as I will probably ever get.
The WorldWide Telescope software has a user interface that a lot of us should be familiar with, as it is strikingly similar to Microsoft Windows Media Player 11.
Comments: (1)
Dogerfan on Tue, May 13th, 2008 at 03:54 AM
Oh shit that is pretty cool
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