Microsoft launched WorldWide Telescope

At the TED Conference on February 27, 2008, Microsoft unveiled its new project called WorldWide Telescope , promising a working beta by the end of May 2008. The development of the project was laid back in 2002 by Jim Gray, one of the leading employees of the Microsoft Research eScience Group, which disappeared in the Pacific last year.



The WorldWide Telescope is based on the Visual Experience Engine and uses scientific data collected over the years using the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, and the storage capacity is several terabytes.

Using this service, users will be able to study the solar system, galaxies, UFOs, etc. According to reliable sources, today the WorldWide Telescope database contains more than 300 images of stellar planetary systems. The service also allows you to create web tours of outer space. WorldWide Telescope will primarily be a competitor to Google Sky and Stellarium .
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