Qing Luan
USTC
Hefei, China
Steven M. Drucker
Microsoft Live Labs
Redmond, WA
Johannes Kopf
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Ying-Qing Xu
Microsoft Research
Asia Beijing, China
Michael F. Cohen
Microsoft Research
Redmond, WA
SUMMARY:
Panning and zooming interfaces for pictures with billions of pixels(gigapixel images) have recently appeared on the internet. The huge size of the images causes some issues that are discussed in this paper. There are three main types of annotations a text label, an audio loop, or a narrative audio. The main contribution of this paper is a distance function between the individual annotations and views of the image that guide the rendering of both audio and text annotations.
DISCUSSION:
Although this paper is somewhat short, they introduce some important concepts. Annotating gigapixel images is going to be important as computers become faster and more powerful. It is important to annotate the images in a way that is quick and doesn't obstruct the user's view of the image.
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From watching the video I go the feeling I was looking a museum display. These huge images don't have much utility and this seems to add some along with even more entertainment value.
ReplyDeleteIt did feel like a museum display.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm find with that.
It was a good museum display and I could see myself playing with that kind of thing for hours.
lol