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Researchers at the University of Washington and Microsoft want to help you see your photo collection in a new way. Through their photosynth software, large groups of images are analyzed for similarities and reassembled digitally to create views from nearly any angle of the object, as well as the ability to see it in 3-D. You can zoom in or out, create fly-through sequences, see how images relate to each other, and send collections to friends.

Take the online trial tour for a good idea of what you might do with your own photo collection and the photosynth software.

Right now, the software only works on Windows XP and Vista. (From Microsoft, what else would you expect?!?!?) But for anyone who wants to see a platform-agnostic display of what this wizardry can do, take a look at this 8-minute video clip from TEDtalks, the Web site of a high-powered conference focused on the convergence of Technology, Entertainment, and Design, created by veteran information designer Saul Richard Wurman. In photosynth, you'll recognize the multi-touch interface technology that's now appearing in such gadgets as the iPhone and iTouch iPod, but there's a lot more it can do.

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