It seems that Microsoft Corp.’s brand new photo-stitching service could not handle the public’s enthusiasm very efficiently; immediatly after Wednesday’s release, because of the huge demand, it stopped working. The company was very prompt however, and by 7 p.m. EDT, the Photosynth had returned already.
Thursday afternoon, Microsoft said on the Live Labs blog that demand had been simply overwhelming and that Photosynth.com had momentarily been switched to a special static/read-only mode.
A few hours later, the company posted an update to the previous post and announced users that the situation was close to coming to an end. At 6:40 p.m., Microsoft said Photosynth.com was back online; although new synths were still not functional, it was announced they would soon be up and running.
Microsoft admitted that the huge demand for Photosynth was quite a surprise; although massive performance tests had been carried out and several capacity models had been changed while preparing for the service’s launch, company people realized the system was not ready for so much traffic and that more work had to be done.
With the help of Photosynth, users can stitch digital photos and obtain three-dimensional images. For putting this service together, Microsoft's Live Labs group worked alongside the University of Washington.
In another blog post, the Live Labs team warned users that, as Photosynth is still at its first steps, some bugs or hiccups are likely to be encountered. The team then encourages the service’s users to inform the company on any ideas they may have or on any bugs they may find.
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