Microsoft reaches for the sky
Microsoft seems to be trying to outdo Google Sky with its own project. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft is going to announce something called “WorldWide Telescope”:
A source close to Microsoft says the company will launch new desktop software called WorldWide Telescope on February 27 at the TED Conference in Monterey, California.
The software is described:
The service will be accessed through a downloadable application – Windows only for now is what we hear. Users will be able to pan around the nighttime sky and zoom as far in to any one area as the data will allow. Microsoft is said to be tapping the Hubble telescope as well as ten or so earth bound telescopes around the world for data. When you find an area you like, you can switch to a number of different views, such as infrared and non-visible light.
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