Kurt Shintaku's Blog

This is so cool, it ‘goes to 11’. 

MSNBC is using our ultra-high definition photography to give you the opportunity to view a multi-gigapixel photo of the floor of the Republican National Convention.

You can ‘pan’ and ‘zoom’ into the photo to a ridiculous degree.  The ‘zoom’ is so good, you can look at the expressions on individuals facts very clearly.  It’s kind of like an adult “Where’s Waldo?”

First of all, you need to install the HD View plug in from Microsoft Research:

• INSTALL: 
  http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/HDView/HDInstall.htm

Here’s the photo used on MSNBC:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain makes his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. (John Brecher / msnbc.com)

• MSNBC Photo:
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/
  26552359/

There are better photos available – like the one used in the TEDTalk a few years ago of Seattle.

• OTHER HD VIEW DEMOS:
  http://research.microsoft.com/ivm/HDView/HDGigapixel.htm