Comments on: Cool “now playing” visualization in Zune software v2

By: j3rmz0r

j3rmz0r — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:44:03 +0000

This guys music stinks… except for Andrew Bird… thats pretty cool

By: Oz

Oz — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:08:47 +0000

and btw it looks like Media Center -> Browse Library… which has been around since Longhorn

By: Oz

Oz — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:06:07 +0000

I think im getting a Zune this weekend

By: PocketKocurek

PocketKocurek — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:24:00 +0000

Looks like apples core image technology presentation that was posted on site, months ago.

By: » New Zune Software Unleashed » InsideMicrosoft-part of the Blog News Channel

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:12:04 +0000

[...] first version, with wireless sync, a new Zune Marketplace with over a million DRM-free tracks, cool new album art visualizations, and the new Zune social [...]

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:30:12 +0000

Since this is the kind of thing that you like to know, it might interest you to know that Zune v2 is completely re-written from the ground up using the same technology that Media Center is built with, which is why you get the same kind of animation and visuals that you find with WMC.

By: Keff

Keff — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:46:10 +0000

Whoa, thanks! Greatest thing is that it functions perfectly without Zune as the coolest music player I currently have on my PC!:)
Mike: it’s hidden a little bit: start playing song, then click the pink ‘equalizer’ icon in bottom right corner and there you go.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:25:16 +0000

yeah so, i tried to find this vis and failed. Any idea how to get to it? I’ll try again when I get home from work.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:46:52 +0000

Fairly awesome.

Long, you have any ideas for acquiring a Zune2 if one lives in Australia? I know MWave sold the first ones but I’m not sure when they’ll be getting the new ones in (I sent them an email asking though).

Also, to expand upon the problem there’s the whole Zune Originals thing which would be even harder to acquire. :/

By: Ins0mniaC

Ins0mniaC — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 02:11:29 +0000

@RC
I’m hearing you brother,
haha, I was thinking the same thing myself.

Sea Dragon is the technology that allows the zooming in and displaying of 1000+ images with ease. Photosynth uses Sea Dragon, and then calculates the position of each imagine in a 3d space.

So, I would love to see Microsoft start using Sea Dragon in a lot of their products e.g. Windows Media Player, Media Center as a 3d view in the next version of Explorer (Along with Phodeo), and as Photosynth in Photo Gallery.