OpenZoom

Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Live Labs is closing its doors on Friday, November 5, 2010. In acknowledgement of the innovative work of the people who worked here, I’d like to highlight once more the biggest achievements from the past five years: Seadragon Photosynth Pivot Post Mortem The spirit of Live Labs will live on. [...]

In case you haven’t heard, Microsoft Live Labs has (re-)launched Zoom.it (formerly Seadragon.com), a free (high-resolution) image sharing service. If you’re a developer, the most important aspect of the announcement is the Zoom.it API. Why It’s a Big ... [More] Deal Basically, the Zoom.it API lets you convert any image — PDF or even page — on the web into [...] [Less]

I am thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining the Seadragon team at Microsoft Live Labs as a research intern. Ever since I first watched Blaise Agüera y Arcas present Seadragon & Photosynth at TED, I knew the Seadragon team was at the cutting edge of changing the way we will interact with vast amounts [...]

After many months of hard, fun, frustrating & rewarding work, I am happy to announce the first public release of the OpenZoom SDK. What Is the OpenZoom SDK? The OpenZoom SDK is a free & open source framework for delivering high-resolution images and Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs) to the web and desktop. It is built on top [...]

Lately I've been working a lot on very technical stuff around OpenZoom. I desperately needed a break. Then I stumbled upon Is This Your Luggage and I fell in love with the site instantaneously. But then I asked myself… Wouldn't this be even more awesome using zooming? Here we are, a couple of hours later. I've [...]

How will we view and publish images on the web in 5 years? Today I’d like to share with you my vision of how we could improve the publication and viewing of high-resolution images on the web. Before discussing what this vision entails, I’d really like you to explore it yourself. Join the Discussion: Improving Zoomable [...]

Want to find your friend on the gigapixel Obama Inauguration panorama no matter where you are right now? With GigaPan Mobile you can. GigaPan Mobile brings the full range of currently more than 14′000 gigapans from GigaPan.org directly to your iPhone ... [More] and iPod touch through Seadragon Mobile from Microsoft. Quick Setup Get an iPhone/iPod touch. Install Seadragon Mobile. Add [...] [Less]

Ever wanted to check out those super-high-resolution images from GigaPan.org in fullscreen? Now you can with GigaPan Desktop. Last week I’ve built a desktop application for viewing GigaPan images in fullscreen using Adobe AIR and the OpenZoom SDK. You can choose gigapans from a list of the most recent ones or simply by typing in [...]

This weekend I’ve been playing around with a couple of things related to the OpenZoom project. The following is a small but beautiful example I wanted to share with you: A visualization of the Z-order (Morton-order) curve in a zoomable environment using the OpenZoom framework. Behind the scenes there are some real gems: Bit Twiddling [...]

Part of my passion for OpenZoom is the promotion of the beauty of large photos on the web and giving people the right tools to publish them. Enabling people to publish their images means building tools that support and enhance the workflow they're already familiar with. You might know that since version CS3 Adobe Photoshop has [...]