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In the news | HuffPost
Gigapixel ArtZoom Photo Of Seattle Has Over 100 Artists In It
Microsoft teamed up with over 100 of Seattle’s creative best to insert them all into this massive panoramic of the city’s epic skyline.
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft Research Team Creates Seattle Gigapixel ArtZoom, an Interactive City Panorama
The Seattle Gigapixel Art Zoom project pushes the boundaries of the Image Composite Editor technology to deliver an image that enables anyone to pan and zoom through the city of Seattle at an amazing level of detail.
In the news | Huffington Post UK
Gigapixel ArtZoom Photo Of Seattle Has Over 100 Artists In It
We’ve seen a lot of impressive gigapixel cityscapes but there’s something a little extra special about this one… Microsoft teamed up with over 100 of Seattle’s creative best to insert them all into this massive panoramic of the city’s epic…
In the news | Gizmodo
Can You Spot All the Hidden Easter Eggs in This 20 Gigapixel Panoramic?
Multi-gigapixel panoramas are rad. It’s like peeping at the world through a telescope from the comfort of your own ground-floor living room. But Microsoft has made the concept even more fun with its 20 Gigapixel “ArtZoom,” and has hidden a…
In the news | Fast Company
Microsoft Creates A 20-Gigapixel “Where’s Waldo?” Of Seattle
‘The mission of Microsoft Research is to extend the state of the art, and technologists really benefit from seeing the world through artists’ eyes,’ he (Michael Cohen) says. ‘It challenges us to build better tools and technology. Artists are the…
In the news | Fast Company
Microsoft Creates A 20-Gigapixel ‘Where’s Waldo?’ Of Seattle
Gigapixel ArtZoom will allow you to swoop and zoom through the streets, parks, and bays of Seattle, on the prowl for a colorful cast of more than 100 eccentric characters who make up the city’s art and design community.
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft Research’s Lauter Named Next AWM President
Kristin Lauter’s love for mathematics has enabled her to take the next significant step in her professional career, as the next president of Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Lauter manages the Cryptography group at Microsoft Research Redmond.
In the news | Washington Post
Feeling mad? New devices can sense your mood and tell — or even text — others
Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Research. She can’t remember the subject, but she does recall…
In the news | Brazilian National Academy of Engineering
Henrique Malvar becomes Member of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering