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Microsoft Demos "Deep Zoom" Technology

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-interested-in-the-image-capture-and-storage dept.

Barence writes "Yesterday, during a presentation for this year's Imagine Cup, Microsoft's Mark Taylor demonstrated the company's Deep Zoom technology to appreciative gasps of admiration from the computing students present. It's pretty impressive stuff, and you can try 'deep zooming' for yourself at the Hard Rock Memorabilia Site." Unfortunately the demo requires the Silverlight plugin and the story is pretty thin on technical details. I would be interested to see how they captured the image data to that level without massive pixelation.

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  1. Haven't you ever.. by katterjohn · · Score: 5, Funny

    seen CSI? This technology is so passe.

    1. Re:Haven't you ever.. by billcopc · · Score: 4, Funny

      (Blade Runner)

      Load photo image.

      Enhance.

      (zooms in)

      Enhance.

      (pans around some obstacle)

      Enhance.

      (pans to the back door, opens the door?, reads license plate from some car a half-block away)

      Enhance.

      (finds intelligent life in Arkansas)

      --
      -Billco, Fnarg.com
  2. The image is only 21K by statemachine · · Score: 4, Funny

    But the viewer is 126G.