Microsoft WorldWide Telescope - A new way of learning astronomy
Ahhh….Space, the final frontier…There are times, I wish I could have a trip to the nearest observatory one day and just take a peep to the night skies and do some star gazing whole night. Recently, Microsoft is making a lot of buzz on astronomical stuff, it is regarding about the investment Microsoft did 16 years ago (The SkyServer project). As a result, Microsoft will launching WorldWide Telescope (WWT) at Spring 2008.
“The WorldWide Telescope takes the best images from the greatest telescopes on Earth … and in space … and assembles them into a seamless, holistic view of the universe. This new resource will change the way we do astronomy … the way we teach astronomy … and, most importantly, I think it’s going to change the way we see ourselves in the universe,” said Dr. Roy Gould of the Harvard Center for Astrophysics. Visit to their site says the software will be available free for download at Spring 2008.
Watch the preview video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEqietDMp-U
