Years ago, I blogged about emerging technology for deep zooming called Seadragon. This was inspired by a TED Talk, in which Blaise Agüera y Arcas demostrated the capabilities of Seadragon alongside Photosynth, software that assembles photos into 3D environments. Before my recent trip to China, I never had enough photographs of a single object for …
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Seadragon
In 2006, Microsoft acquired the Seattle-based Seadragon Software, reputedly for improving image access for cell-phone users. Seadragon specializes in high-resolution image viewing and manipulation that has applications in digital asset management and web image services. This emerging technology could provide efficient, seamless zooming functionality for museum’s wishing to make high-resolution images available through the web.