Oh, that is cool.
Only one thing i want to make sure.(I couldn’t make it out from the video)
Are they or could the portal boxes be visible and “enabled” only when the mouse pointer is on the picture, cause that would quarantee that the art/beauty aspect of the photo isn’t affected.
[…] Dafür bin ich auf folgendes Video im Zooomr Blog gestoßen. Für mich grenzt das an Folter. Ich will diese Features jetzt! Was hasse ich unfertige Prototypen. […]
[…] Kristopher Tate, Zooomr creator, highlights his latest photo innovation in a 5 minute video that is absolutley fantastic. Photo portals is scheduled to be released Monday. How to describe this? Photo notes inside a photograph that is interactive. That’s all I can think of until I play around with it. But for now, wow. Watch the video on portals here. […]
I’m sure there will be lots of things I’ll add to this once I see how people are using it, but regarding your second suggestion, it’s only used to reference what people might be already used to — It was not meant to come off as petty or obsessive.
Aside from the breadcrumbs idea of keeping track of where you’ve been, how about showing inbound links [as well the outbound links you’ve demo’d] to the photo that allow you to “hop out”? This won’t be possible as a visual on the photo, but perhaps could be displayed as a separate dimension.
Who will have permission to overlay portals onto a photo - the photo author only or anyone? Could be you’ve got an image of an event/place, and other people can add detail with their photos via portals. In similar manner to blog comment moderation, you could allow people to propose portals on a photo, which the author approves.
[…] I’m so excited it looks like Zooomr’s portals are actually being released right on time. Just one step in the direction to take away any advantage Flickr may have still had over Zooomr. Oh happy day. […]
[…] Photosharing upstart Zooomr today launched a number of new features, the most notable one called Portals. It’s a means of linking zoomable pictures inside of each other. The company won’t disclose how it works under the hood, but a demonstration video is available over on the Zooomr blog. It’s quite striking. […]
[…] Ergens in Juni 2004 ben ik met een paar kameraden naar Salamanca getrokken voor een dag of 4-5. We gingen er E. bezoeken die er de laatste loodjes van een Erasmusjaar aan het leggen was. Het is een gans verhaal op zijn eigen maar ik wou eigenlijk gewoon het nieuwste feature van zooomr testen. Portals. Klik maar even door op de foto en beweeg er dan even over met je muis, je zal zo’n typisch flickr-note-vakje zien verschijnen en als het vakje binnenkomt… Enfin, go see for yourself! […]
[…] On balance, I think I’d prefer this implementation to the Zooomr version, if only it used Google Maps! In the meantime, Zooomr now has some other cool features such as portals, so I guess it will be interesting to see how both services continue to develop. […]
[…] the Zooomr blog Kris has demonstrated a new feature he is calling “Photo Portals“. Debate whether this is “innovation” or not it is a useful extension to the […]
August 20th, 2006 at 3:00 am
That is amazing.
August 20th, 2006 at 3:02 am
Nice work!
August 20th, 2006 at 4:02 am
That is a pretty nifty re-imagining of the kind of concepts that date back to image maps and QTVR hotposts. Nicely implemented—kudos!
August 20th, 2006 at 4:38 am
Thats really neat. It would be good for walk-through instructions and things of that nature
August 20th, 2006 at 5:17 am
Sweeeet. Great Job.
August 20th, 2006 at 6:31 am
Great Work!!
August 20th, 2006 at 7:56 am
It’s like but not the same as Microsoft’s 3D photo technique.
August 20th, 2006 at 9:08 am
Hott!
August 20th, 2006 at 10:54 am
That is so cool.
August 20th, 2006 at 11:33 am
Oh, that is cool.
Only one thing i want to make sure.(I couldn’t make it out from the video)
Are they or could the portal boxes be visible and “enabled” only when the mouse pointer is on the picture, cause that would quarantee that the art/beauty aspect of the photo isn’t affected.
August 20th, 2006 at 1:33 pm
Taavi, when you mouse out of the photo, the notes / portals disappear naturally.
-Kristopher
August 20th, 2006 at 2:22 pm
[…] Dafür bin ich auf folgendes Video im Zooomr Blog gestoßen. Für mich grenzt das an Folter. Ich will diese Features jetzt! Was hasse ich unfertige Prototypen. […]
August 20th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Very nice…
August 20th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I was waiting for notes, and the portal feature is a sweet idea, can’t wait.
August 20th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
[…] Kristopher Tate, Zooomr creator, highlights his latest photo innovation in a 5 minute video that is absolutley fantastic. Photo portals is scheduled to be released Monday. How to describe this? Photo notes inside a photograph that is interactive. That’s all I can think of until I play around with it. But for now, wow. Watch the video on portals here. […]
August 20th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Okay, finally something that I won’t cringe over when I hear you bragging about how much better you are than flickr. Keep at it.
Suggestion #1: how about showing a breadcrumb of thumbnails indicating the chain of photos you’ve ‘zooomed’ through?
Suggestion #2: Don’t mention flickr by name in your demos. It comes across as petty and obsessive.
August 20th, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Hi Anony-moose, thanks for commenting.
I’m sure there will be lots of things I’ll add to this once I see how people are using it, but regarding your second suggestion, it’s only used to reference what people might be already used to — It was not meant to come off as petty or obsessive.
-Kristopher
August 20th, 2006 at 4:51 pm
Off topic.
I was wondering around trying to find my sets page. I would expect to see them on my profile page.
August 20th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
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August 20th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Really Cool!
Amazing function, very clever…
August 20th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
[…] Click through to have a look at the video. It’s about 5 mins long, and it shows extremely well what can be achieved by this new feature. […]
August 21st, 2006 at 12:20 am
Kris
Very neat. Some suggestions.
Aside from the breadcrumbs idea of keeping track of where you’ve been, how about showing inbound links [as well the outbound links you’ve demo’d] to the photo that allow you to “hop out”? This won’t be possible as a visual on the photo, but perhaps could be displayed as a separate dimension.
Who will have permission to overlay portals onto a photo - the photo author only or anyone? Could be you’ve got an image of an event/place, and other people can add detail with their photos via portals. In similar manner to blog comment moderation, you could allow people to propose portals on a photo, which the author approves.
August 21st, 2006 at 2:29 am
[…] « An Innovation Moment: Photo Portals […]
August 21st, 2006 at 4:08 am
Zooomr demonstrates “photo portals”
August 21st, 2006 at 5:17 am
[…] I’m so excited it looks like Zooomr’s portals are actually being released right on time. Just one step in the direction to take away any advantage Flickr may have still had over Zooomr. Oh happy day. […]
August 21st, 2006 at 11:11 am
[…] Photosharing upstart Zooomr today launched a number of new features, the most notable one called Portals. It’s a means of linking zoomable pictures inside of each other. The company won’t disclose how it works under the hood, but a demonstration video is available over on the Zooomr blog. It’s quite striking. […]
August 21st, 2006 at 11:48 am
Wow! That’s a really nice idea. Looks like you’ve implemented it really well too!
August 21st, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Nice feature. Looks like it blows Flickr notes out of the water!
August 23rd, 2006 at 10:14 am
[…] Ergens in Juni 2004 ben ik met een paar kameraden naar Salamanca getrokken voor een dag of 4-5. We gingen er E. bezoeken die er de laatste loodjes van een Erasmusjaar aan het leggen was. Het is een gans verhaal op zijn eigen maar ik wou eigenlijk gewoon het nieuwste feature van zooomr testen. Portals. Klik maar even door op de foto en beweeg er dan even over met je muis, je zal zo’n typisch flickr-note-vakje zien verschijnen en als het vakje binnenkomt… Enfin, go see for yourself! […]
August 29th, 2006 at 5:06 am
[…] On balance, I think I’d prefer this implementation to the Zooomr version, if only it used Google Maps! In the meantime, Zooomr now has some other cool features such as portals, so I guess it will be interesting to see how both services continue to develop. […]
May 10th, 2008 at 4:49 am
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September 20th, 2008 at 8:08 am
hi…
agree…
March 30th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
[…] the Zooomr blog Kris has demonstrated a new feature he is calling “Photo Portals“. Debate whether this is “innovation” or not it is a useful extension to the […]