Microsoft Research launches WorldWide Telescope, Scoble cries

I still don't understand what made Scoble cry... perhaps just a fanboy thing

OK, now let's have someone make a cool screencast so we can easily skip to the "OMG it's full of stars" awe stuff and not have to waste time futzing with silly Microsoft user interfaces.

I will stick to the Google version primarily because of its platform independence. I have no interest in Windows applications.

It's neat, but not that much better than Google Sky. Perhaps slightly better imagery, but I don't see why this would make Scoble cry if he had previously seen Google Sky.

Apparently if you have another installer called "setup.exe" on your desktop when you try installing WWT it actually tries to install that instead.

[sigh]Windows[/sigh]

wow, it's breath taking

the tours are cool!