Picme To Bring 3D Navigation To Photo Catalog Software
Picme is a photo sharing application currently in development over at Raizlabs. This could well turn out to be vaporware, but there is a movie (after the jump) that seems to show a working app. Normally we don’t give much attention to software announcements, we prefer to wait for the actual product, but PicMe is novel enough to warrant a look.
Picme seems to be aimed at the photo catalog market which would put it alongside Google Picasa, Adobe Lightroom and others, but it features a very unique 3-D interface that offers a “perspective view” to allow users to sift through large collections of photos.
Some the highlights listed on the site include:
- Unique view to handle large collections of photos (Patent Pending)
- Sharing-centric design makes it easy to share with individuals, clients, groups and social networks.
- Plug-in architecture allowing us to support photo editing tools as well as sharing service providers such as Flickr.
- Progressive on-demand client side upload means no wait uploads and quick downloads even for large image files.
Picme certainly looks and sounds like an interesting piece of software. And the 3D nav system seem like it would right at home with Windows Vista’s Aero interface. Perhaps spatial navigation is going to be the next Windows UI design trend.
Raizlabs claims Picme will be released later this year. In the meantime, if you’d like to find out more there’s a mailing list you can join. We’ll be sure to give you a full review if and when Picme becomes available.
