Worldwide Telescope peers into Big Dipper

Courtesy CNET Tech blog  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 6:57pm

A view of space from Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope

(Credit: Microsoft)

Microsoft on Wednesday gave TED conference-goers--an audience typically filled with stars like Goldie Hawn or Forest Whitaker--a close-up of real celestial bodies with its new virtual telescope.

Microsoft demonstrated long-awaited software called Worldwide Telescope to an audience at ...


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