Sea-dragon Technology allows users to smoothly browse high-resolution graphics and photos. It was created by Blaise Ag端era y Arcas in 2003 at Microsoft and was named after a team in Microsoft Live Labs. Photosynth is an open source software that generates a 3D panorama from multiple 2D photos by identifying and matching features across images. Deep Zoom Composer allows continuous zooming in and out of very large images, like those over 100 megapixels, through its deep zoom algorithm that reduces processing time for sparse images.
2. Visual Technology
Deals with pictures, and videos
E.g. POV, Infrared, Laser, LEDs,
Famto photography, Sea-dragon
Technology, 3D, HD, etc.
3. Sea-dragon Technology
Founder Blaise Ag端era y Arcas (2003)
Named after team in Microsoft Live
Labs
Graphics and Photos smoothly
browsed
Microsoft Silverlight, Photosynth,
Pivot and Deep Zoom Composer
4. Photosynth
Open Source Software
Augmented Reality
Generates a 3D Panorama from 2D
photos
Point cloud
Online Sharing
6. How does Photosynth work?
Adding 2D Images (20-300)
Identifying features
Matching features across photographs
Image Segmantation
Assembly into 3D space
15. Application of Photosynth
Mapping by geo-tagging data.
Navigation
Augmented Reality
Explore the model to check for any
Damage
Virtual Earth
16. We have a real world outside
the window, but it will be
unprecedented if you can feel it
in Microsoft Windows!!!
17. Limitations of Photosynth
(In Present version)
Synth cant be downloaded to disk
(Data stored remotely)
Limitation of storage on server
Computer may crunch, when images
are more than 600
18. Deep Zoom Composer (DZC)
Continuous zoom in and out
Panning through Images
100 MP image take longer to operate
Deep zoom algorithm reduces the
time
DZC can operate 4 billion pixels very
quickly
19. Deep zoom Technology
DZI file format(.xml/.dzi)
Platforms: AJAX and XAML
Sparse Images
25. Deep Zoom Advanced
Codeing
XAML (Adding Interactivity to DZI)
<MultiScaleImage
x:Name="deepZoomObject"
Source="source/dzc_output.xml"
MouseEnter="DeepZoomObject_Mou
seEnter" />
26. Applications of Deep Zoom
Google Earth
Universe Navigation
World wide Telescope
Environment for newspapers and
magazines
Human can understand the real
meaning of picture
27. A Picture May Tell A Thousand
Words,
But How Many Of Those Words Are
Fair And True?