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WorldWide Telescope Versus Google Sky in the Washington Post
Posted in Worldwide Telescope at March 26th, 2008 /
There’s a nice article in the Washington Post by Stephen Levy about the differences between Google Sky and Microsoft’s soon to be launched WorldWide Telescope.
“Maybe the best way to sum up the differences is that Google Sky is like
going into your back yard and finding that your eyes have been enhanced
by super telescopes. The WorldWide Telescope, on the other hand, is
like importing a multimillion-dollar planetarium onto your desktop,
with dazzling multimedia tours of distant galaxies available on demand,
and a nagging question forming in your head: “Is this on the quiz?”"
Read the rest of the article here
