There is a article on popsci.com that states that the research on the code going into PhotoSynth has gone on:
The grail section of the computer science department of the University of Washington has released new papers in 2009 that describe how one can match more photos in a PhotoSynth like way, in order to create 3D models of objects (houses / town).
You can find their site at: Building Rome in a Day.
There are some examples on youtube:
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