{"id":169909,"date":"2002-04-04T11:54:18","date_gmt":"2002-04-04T11:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/worldwide-telescope\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T16:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T23:37:52","slug":"worldwide-telescope","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/worldwide-telescope\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldWide Telescope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-179234 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2016\/02\/wwt-pg-title_new.png\" alt=\"pg-title_new.png\" width=\"248\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wwt-pg-title_new.png 248w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/wwt-pg-title_new-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwidetelescope.org\/\">WorldWide Telescope<\/a> (WWT) is a virtual telescope to astronomers, a virtual observatory of the Earth to geo-researchers, and an interactive teaching and learning tool to science educators. Since its initial release in late 2006, WWT has become an integral part of many scientists\u2019 research platform and an indispensable curriculum companion for many science teachers worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The WWT project is\u00a0a collaborative effort between Microsoft Research and a variety of academic and governmental agencies. Microsoft Research is making WWT available as a free resource to the astronomy and education community with the hope that it will inspire and empower people to explore and understand the universe as never before.<\/p>\n<p>You can install the WWT Windows client on your computer or run the WWT web client. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwidetelescope.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Learn more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>WWT and Microsoft Translator Integration \u2013 <\/b><em>Powered by Windows Azure Marketplace<\/em><br \/>\nLocalization of the WWT user interface (UI) has never been easier. With the integration of WWT and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsofttranslator.com\/\">Microsoft Translator <\/a>(MT), machine translation of the WWT UI is immediately available for the 38 languages that MT currently supports. More importantly, a user can modify and validate the translation and contribute to the language database in Windows Azure Marketplace. Learn more\u2026<\/li>\n<li><b>WWT UI Localization<br \/>\n<\/b>The WWT UI can be configured to display in almost any spoken language. The localization of the\u00a0WWT UI is truly the result of a community effort.<\/li>\n<li><b>Layerscape<\/b> \u2013 <em>Powered by WWT and Windows Azure Marketplace<\/em><br \/>\nLayerscape provides a cloud-based user experience to make it easy for users to create and share three-dimensional geo-based data visualization with time series.<\/li>\n<li><b>WWT Ambassadors Program<br \/>\n<\/b>WorldWide Telescope Ambassadors (WWTA) use WWT to educate the public about astronomy and science. WWTA is run by a team of astronomers and educators at Harvard University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldwidetelescope.org\/\" target=\"_self\">Visit the WorldWide Telescope website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Downloads<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=52472\">WorldWide Telescope Add-in for Excel <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a virtual telescope to astronomers, a virtual observatory of the Earth to geo-researchers, and an interactive teaching and learning tool to science educators. Since its initial release in late 2006, WWT has become an integral part of many scientists\u2019 research platform and an indispensable curriculum companion for many science teachers worldwide. 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