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3/3/2010
**The following is a repost of an entry I did on the Windows Phone blog on Monday, re-shared here in case you missed it.
With all the buzz lately around the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series it’s easy to lose site of some of the amazing things that can already be accomplished today with Windows Phones as a part of the powerfully integrated Microsoft stack. Last week I had the pleasure of spending a day with some amazing folks who are doing some incredible things with Windows Phone, Microsoft Azure, Silverlight, Bing Maps, SharePoint, Photosynth and more all brought to life by the geocast goodness of Microsoft partner IncaX. Office of Naval Research (ONR), has been utilizing these technologies to help the US Navy as well as local law enforcement on the North Carolina coastline to evaluate the capabilities of their emergency response units. Conceived by Dano Debroux, Director, Disruptive Business Technologies (ONR), and supported by IncaX, HP, and Microsoft, the geocast efforts by the Office of Naval Research are a great demonstration of how the Microsoft technology can be used in a variety of extreme situations, including military, law enforcement, disaster relief, and more.
In today’s video we head out on another Productivity Adventure and see the work that has been done by the ONR first hand. To see its initial use we will observe a sea based emergency response scenario. We also hear how the use of these technologies has been received in the field and they are impacting training exercise evaluations. Finally, we actually get to head out in to the field with some great folks form the US Navy where we stimulant an insurgent bomb placement to test sensor equipment and special response team effectiveness. In the final scenario we actually carry HP Glisten Windows Phones to capture and transmit the entire mission. Although the video is somewhat unpolished, I think you will still find the use of geocasting in the scenarios pretty compelling.
Geocast Video
The scenarios portrayed are really enabled through the power of IncaX LiveMedia GPS, a solution built entirely on the Microsoft stack. Though running today on existing Windows Phones, IncaX is already poised to deliver new enhanced capability for the next generation Windows Phone 7 Series.
To learn more about the technologies presented and to begin leveraging the power of geocasting and geolocation services use the links below:
3/1/2010I just posted a new guest piece to the Windows Phone blog and it is one to check out if you want to see the integrated Microsoft stack at work in real world extreme conditions. The post is titled Productivity Adventure with Windows Phone, IncaX, and the Office of Naval Research and features a video where; “In today’s video we head out on another Productivity Adventure and see the work that has been done by the ONR first hand. To see its initial use we will observe a sea based emergency response scenario. We also hear how the use of these technologies has been received in the field and they are impacting training exercise evaluations. Finally, we actually get to head out in to the field with some great folks form the US Navy where we stimulant an insurgent bomb placement to test sensor equipment and special response team effectiveness. In the final scenario we actually carry HP Glisten Windows Phones to capture and transmit the entire mission.” 
1/28/2010
With the SharePoint 2010 Enterprise release Microsoft has brought a full pallet of business intelligence tool sets for everyone in the Enterprise space. Their are tool set for the creation of executive dashboards, individual reporting, corporate business analysis and more. While robust and industry leading, these same tools are intuitive to use drawing on existing skill sets within your organization. In this episode of Michael on the Go I discuss the the various offerings that organizations can take advantage of to transform their business.
Business Insights Video
The following are the links I promised in the video:
1/25/2010So like me at one point you posted videos for streaming on the beta Silverlight Streaming Service and now you are in a quandary as the service is going away. What should you do? How can you continue to deliver rich content via Silverlight without worrying about beta expirations? How can you move your existing content from the Silverlight Streaming Service to updated one? Thankfully David Sayed from the Silverlight Media Platform team has some solid answers to assist you before the old beta service expires at the end of January. Check out: The whole concept of using Azure for multimedia dovetails nicely to my posts: 1/13/2010
The other day in my post Geocast And Photosynth: The Portiuncula in Winter I presented two examples of social media, a geocast as well as a Photosynth. The process of capturing a geocast with IncaX Live Media GPS on my Windows Phone is a simple straightforward process. You simply fire up the application, press record, and…. record yourself ;-)
Creating a high quality, high synthy percentage, Photosynth can be a little more more challenging. Photosynths are not simply images stitched together. Many people creating one for the first time make the mistake of standing still, capturing a series of photos like they would for a panorama stitching program, and then find that the effort was not successful.If you understand some simple tips however, creating a successful Photosynth can also be a simple process.
In today’s Michael on the Go video I take you behind the scenes of the creation of the geocast and Photosynth shown in Geocast And Photosynth: The Portiuncula in Winter with the help of my son Sam. You get to see the whole process of capturing both take place and I explain the tips required for a successful effort along the way. Tomorrow I will wrap up this series with an in-depth look/walkthrough of the subsequent use of the Photosynth application and the creation of the Photosynth as well as online editing and usage options. After watching all these be sure to grab both the IncaX geocast software for your Windows Phone as well as the Photosynth application to get started on your own social media productivity adventures!
How To Video
Update: You can check out all 3 postings in this Productivity Adventure:
12/31/2009
*Update: I have added a second Photosynth to my SharePoint dashboard page (yes the synths and geocasts are all being delivered as web parts in a standard SharePoint dashboard page). This one provides a synth view of the grand entrance to the Biltmore House grounds and is where I started my original house Photosynth effort. It is a pretty cool view so be sure to check it out.
My family and I recently went on vacation to Asheville, North Carolina, December 28th-30th. While there we toured the Biltmore Estate. Below you can get a glimpse of what we saw while at the estate by interacting with the Photosynth of the front of the building I created. I began my Photosynth at the top of a large hill facing the house and made my way down to it. I would love to return this spring/summer and redo it it but this time with all the vegetation in bloom and also create a more extensive one that goes around the entire building as well as the gardens. It is an amazing landmark and really blew me away.
Additionally, I have included 2 geocasts I created while at the estate as I created my Photosynth. My daughter Mary and I had taken off on our own little side adventure to climb the hill, explore, and create the Photosynth. The Geocasts were done in Sepia to give them an old time look and feel both to reflect the fact that the house was built in the 1800's as well as an experiment for my upcoming Productivity Adventures.
While viewing the Photosynth and the Geocasts try some of the different controls. In the Geocasts you can view elevation and speed among other things. Both applications can be downloaded and used for free for personal use.
Photosynth and LiveMedia GPS geocasting are both great examples of how SocialMedia can really increase the rich capture of information whether the event be a family vacation, inspecting of facilities, field reporting for news events and such. Both were created using common tools available to anyone, a smart phone (mine is an HTC Ozone running Windows Phone 6.1) and a digital camera.
12/4/2009
As more and more applications become geo-aware the ability to represent data and media with geo-location context is growing in importance. Just the other day Bing started surfacing Photosynth content that was geotagged. Leveraging these increasing array of geotag enabled services can prove to be a key differentiator for business as well as a real value add for consumers. In this special Geocast Michael on the Go episode I discuss some of the new capabilities as well as opportunities in this area.
The geocast itself was recorded using the IncaX application/service LiveMedia GPS. Grab a copy of it for free here and start experimenting yourself.
Click here to view the Geocast Mashup video
Resources mentioned in the video:
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