Microsoft says its DeepZoomPix website provides a “tactile” way of exploring and interacting with photographic images on the web, and a seamless experience for navigating large numbers of images regardless of internet connection quality.
The imaging technology will “empower users to dynamically zoom in on photos without having to navigate to higher resolution versions,” the company claims. “You never wait to reload a page – the entire experience is fluid.”
DeepZoomPix' “Image Ingestion” imports images from a PC, or from Facebook, a Flickr API, or RSS feed.
The Tile Processing slices the photos tiles for use by Silverlight Deep Zoom technology.
The Tiles are stored as “blobs,” using the storage on the Windows Azure Services Platform.
The Silverlight client viewer application manages and displays images, and the shareable mini-viewer can embed slide shows in websites.
An evolution of PhotoZoom, DeepZoomPix is a web-based service and requires nothing other than a web browser with the Silverlight plug-in installed on a user’s PC. “It enables end users to create Deep Zoom experiences with the same ease of use as a typical photo-sharing site.”
Microsoft calls DZP “a technology demonstration designed to showcase key technologies that enable the rich exploration of high-resolution photographs.” Currently, there are no plans to offer DZP as a product or a service.
April 27, 2009
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