Macs Now Play Nice With Photosynth’s Nifty 3D Photo Albums

Photosynth , Microsoft's impressive photo viewing project that stiches together images to create pseudo-3D worlds, got a major upgrade last week. The app has ditched Direct 3D (which only works on Windows) in favor of Silverlight , Microsoft's cross-platform viewer, which means that Photosynth is now Mac friendly. So if you're on a Mac and have only been able to look longingly at our coverage of the app over the last two years, here's your chance . Mac and Linux users have been able to take advantage of an experimental Silverlight Photosynth viewer since December , but the viewer has been missing a few key features until now, and Mac users haven't been able to really participate in the Photosynth community. Now all Photosynth embeds will be in Silverlight by default. Also included with the update is a new 'highlights' feature, which makes it easier to find important landmarks and impressive photos in the Synths you're exploring (previously you had to wander around aimlessly to find the best shots).