What does this mean for Share Online and Image Exchange?

This "experimental" link to flikr could, in some's eyes, imply the future closure of OVI Share as images could then be loaded to Flickr/Image Share. Do love the community side of OVI Share and the set-up of Image Exchange, although I'm still waiting for the S60v5 version.

mbrett
N97 RM-505 (Product Code: 0585262 (Vodafone UK)) FW 20.0.019
N95 8Gb (Product Code: 0558787 (UK)) FW 31.0.015
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imagespace.nokia.com/beta is not working for me.? Its te URL shown in the video for the actual site right?

Hey is this another app/service?

I think now we have total 4 apps/services doing almost same thing with photos.
Share Online(4.3 not for FP1) , ImageExchange(not for S60v5) , Photo Browser , Image Space

I think you should better concentrate on 1-2 services/apps and get them in proper shape.
I would love to see Share Online 4.2 + ImageExchange which will be available for all platforms.

Suyog

@MickyFin,

The correct link is indeed http://imagespace.nokia.com/beta/

Drop a post in the forum with more specific details if it still doesn't work: http://betalabs.nokia.com/forums/nokia-image-space

John - Community Facilitator @ Beta Labs

As a research project, we were interested in creating an experimental mash-up with a 3rd party, and Flickr is a very popular sharing site with a rich API. In addition to that, there is a Share Online client for uploading content to Flickr installed to Nokia devices straight out of the box. Image Exchange is another experiment from NRC with another focus.

Kindly,
Seve

@Suyog: I sympathize with your point, but there is another way to look at it... From innovation point of view, it makes sense to first experiment with different - partially overlapping - approaches as standalone, and later integrate the best ideas and technologies into a coherent whole (and kill the rest). That's one of the key points of Beta Labs: letting the thousand flowers bloom, viva la difference, etc. The obvious consequence is that the portfolio doesn't seem coherent from outside. I guess we can live with it.

The other alternative would be that we wouldn't show these research prototypes in public, but I'm not sure you would want that either :)

I appreciate your point seve and tommi. It's always better to have choice rather than not having any.
Thats advantage of Open system, thats what selling point for me with Nokia devices/services.

Personally I don't use Flickr as much I use Ovi share. But I will give a try to Image space.

Suyog

Just installed it on my Nokia N96
Started the Camera, but theres no compass :(
App does not show any error or anything.

Hm gotta try it these days outside. Maybe it collects the data without showing the compass
btw pressing 0 (zero) doesnt help

Gonna post if I got some news.

Cheers
Chris.

@daswuffi: The "Nokia Image Space Capture for S60" application does not work on N96, because N96 does not have a build-in compass.

The reported compatibility::

"Tested on: N97 mini, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6720 Classic. Should work in S60 3.2 and 5.0 devices with inbuilt compass"

Test on Nokia N97 mini,
Q: Why when IS capture is ON, caputured images are rotate with 180 degrees?

Regards
Kryss

Hi, this leaves me baffled..

Are your photos now rotated so that they show e.g. in Flickr wrong way up? Or do you mean they e.g. point to north when you are sure they should point to south? We would be eager to hear more. Also, could you please confirm your mini is a CE device and not a proto, just in case.

Apparently this is not the intended behavior of the IS Capture.

Kindly,
Seve

This is really cool! Are the orientation tags standard or Nokia proprietary, i.e. can we expect photos from other sources to integrate with the 3D rendition? Also, any chance to see this supported in Maemo phones?

In reply to those who claim that this is another service doing the same thing as share on ovi etc., I disagree. The photos are still shared with the usual service (Flickr), it's the visualization that is different. If this becomes mainstream (and it should because it's great) nothing prevents Flickr from adopting their own 3D visualization.

Another question, is there any metadata about the distance from the subject in focus, or are you assuming the same distance for all? I suppose it would be possible to obtain it from the camera autofocus data.

Hi and thanks for your constructive comments! You can see the orientation tags in the metadata, so no, we haven't encrypted those or anything so they are available for you "raw".

Distance information is not included in metadata, as it is not as straightforward as one might think to dig it out. It has been a matter of where to put the resources as well, so we haven't explored that much further yet.

Kindly, Seve

Hi Seve,

My Nokia N97 mini a CE device product code 0585127, fw 10.0.020
When IS Capture is on a new picture are rotate with 180 degree, e.g. take a new picture with IS Capture on and some text inside, after this go to gallery/nokia pc suite / ovi/.. and if you what to read text you need to rotate picture/phone with 180 degree to read text, So with IS capture on when new picture is saved and rotate with 180 degree. This bug is gone after first time when is set off, next time when IS is set on picture is take/save normal. Is possible to reproduce like this: hard format, install NokiaImageSpaceCapture_S60_beta 243,720 bytes, take picture 1,2,3 (this will be 1800 degree rotated). go to application setting take off, take picture 4,5,6, and now set back IS on take new picture 7,8,9, and download picture to PC, and you can see just picture 1,2,3 need to be 180 degree rotated.

Kryss

Hi!
Congratulations! The initiative is perfect!
The Augmented Reality is pretty close!!!
I have a N97 and I installed the app and it says "(Auth) Network error: 4" .
Anyone could explain this kind of error?
The app itself still shows ..."loading" forever..
TKS!

Selma Blum from Berlin

Thanks for the positive comments and info on the error message, we'll look into that, but cannot give you an answer right away. Please use it anyways if it works.

Loading time obviously depends on the amount of content around you or on the area you are looking at (on map), as well as the connection speed. You did get content after that loading period, right?

Seve

Thanks for the detailed info, highly appreciated. We'll have a look at this. This is ...interesting!

Seve

Thanks for the info. I will try it.
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