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WorldWide Telescope Public Beta

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Did you see the Ted video that Clare linked to a few weeks back of Microsoft Research’s WorldWide Telescope?  If you didn’t, you should go check it out – it’s seriously impressive.

The WWT has been only available internally up until today, and now there is a public beta you can try yourself.  Be sure you check the system requirements before trying to install it on your machine.  I can also say from personal experience that it’s maybe not the smoothest app over a USB modem on my train to Belfast this morning. :-)

If you’re not at all familiar with the WorldWide Telescope, it’s an amazing piece of technology being built in Microsoft Research Labs to let your computer act as a virtual telescope to see guided tours of the sky.  It is something you just have to see to understand, so go watch the Ted talk, and then go to the WorldWide Telescope site and download the application to being creating your own tours and see the universe as you never have before.

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

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Cross posted from Martha's Blog