Back in 2006 at the Web 2.0 Summit, Microsoft showed off it’s cool new Photosynth program. They didn’t release it to the public, but they let attendees get a lick of what was in store, and left many of those who experienced it with a good taste in their mouths. Yesterday, they released it to the public as a service.

Google Earth recently added a “NASA layer,” and new reports indicate that Microsoft’s also interested in the agency; Photosynth, the company’s digital photo “technology preview,” has made three-dimensional images of Endeavour.

A prototype browser called Deepfish arrived for the Windows Mobile platform, stirring up opinions that Microsoft may be more than a little concerned about not owning the dominant browser on mobile phones.

It’s been just a few short months since the Microsoft Live Labs Team announced Photosynth at SIGGRAPH 2006 in Boston and boy have they been busy!

Microsoft has unveiled an impressive new technology, which the company described as a “unique, immersive online photo-sharing experience.” A press release also bragged about how it “renders images with stunning realism and detail.” I tried it, and can’t argue with either assertion.