Microsoft virtual telescope to be launched, 27 Feb

19 Feb 2008

Techcrunch is reporting that Microsoft is expected to launch a "virtual planetarium" application later this month, on 27 February (probably 28 February for those of us in Australia), during this year's TED Conference. Under the name WorldWide Telescope, it is reported to be significantly better than Stellarium, the very useful open source application that transforms your PC in a planetarium.

Still according to Techcrunch, MS will display data from the Hubble Space Telescope and ten other Earth-based observatories, and the user will be able to view the sky in a range of different frequencies.

I will definitely be trying this out, and I'll write a bit more once I've seen the product.

Posted by Wilson on Tuesday, February 19, 2008 at 10:11 PM | 0 TrackBacks

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