<s>
Seadragon	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
team	O
within	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
Live	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seadragon	O
is	O
the	O
technology	O
powering	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Silverlight	B-Application
,	O
Pivot	B-Application
,	O
Photosynth	B-Application
and	O
the	O
standalone	O
cross-platform	O
Seadragon	O
application	O
for	O
iPhone	O
and	O
iPad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
would	O
eventually	O
become	O
Seadragon	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
was	O
originally	O
named	O
Sand	O
Codex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
after	O
this	O
injection	O
of	O
capital	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Seadragon	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2006	O
,	O
Seadragon	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
organized	O
within	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Live	O
Labs	O
,	O
a	O
midpoint	O
between	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
online	O
product	O
groups	O
and	O
MSR	O
,	O
under	O
Dr.	O
Gary	O
William	O
Flake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silverlight	B-Application
2	O
released	O
in	O
2008	O
with	O
the	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
marked	O
the	O
first	O
publicly	O
shipped	O
Seadragon	B-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seadragon	O
made	O
further	O
contributions	O
in	O
Silverlight	B-Application
3	I-Application
and	O
announced	O
others	O
for	O
Silverlight	B-Application
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photosynth	B-Application
launched	O
the	O
summer	O
of	O
2008	O
;	O
almost	O
2	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
Community	O
Technology	O
Preview	O
,	O
the	O
public	O
can	O
now	O
create	O
and	O
view	O
synths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Photosynth	B-Application
team	O
officially	O
broke	O
off	O
from	O
Seadragon	O
to	O
join	O
MSN	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
feature	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Silverlight	B-Application
technology	O
is	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Seadragon	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seadragon	O
technology	O
is	O
based	O
around	O
two	O
distinct	O
platforms	O
,	O
one	O
being	O
Asynchronous	O
JavaScript	O
and	O
XML	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
being	O
Microsoft	O
’s	O
Silverlight	B-Application
with	O
DeepZoom	B-Operating_System
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
the	O
Silverlight	B-Application
version	O
requires	O
that	O
the	O
user	O
downloads	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Seadragon	O
style	O
content	O
and	O
images	O
,	O
when	O
one	O
uploads	O
a	O
picture	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
converted	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Image	O
(	O
DZI	O
)	O
format	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
can	O
be	O
combined	O
to	O
make	O
up	O
a	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Collection	O
(	O
DZC	B-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Images	O
create	O
a	O
digital	O
tiled	O
mosaic	O
,	O
of	O
small	O
(	O
256x256	O
)	O
images	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
tile	O
representing	O
a	O
portion	O
or	O
layer	O
or	O
set	O
of	O
pixels	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
at	O
one	O
specific	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
format	O
allows	O
for	O
only	O
the	O
pixels	O
needed	O
for	O
a	O
particular	O
view	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
be	O
loaded	O
at	O
one	O
particular	O
time	O
–	O
this	O
results	O
in	O
a	O
more	O
effective	O
use	O
of	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
computer	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
figurative	O
“	O
secret	O
sauce	O
”	O
behind	O
Seadragon	O
is	O
the	O
technology	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
the	O
seamlessly	O
smooth	O
transition	O
between	O
the	O
tiles	O
and	O
layers	O
amongst	O
the	O
DeepZoom	B-Operating_System
collection	O
(	O
DZC	B-Operating_System
)	O
files	O
that	O
make	O
up	O
an	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
current	O
implementations	O
of	O
Seadragon	O
technology	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Images	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
either	O
a	O
single	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Image	O
or	O
a	O
Deep	B-Operating_System
Zoom	I-Operating_System
Collection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Photosynth	B-Application
uses	O
Seadragon	O
for	O
its	O
D3D	O
viewer	O
and	O
Silverlight	B-Application
for	O
its	O
default	O
viewer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pivot	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
Seadragon	O
and	O
WPF	O
to	O
render	O
images	O
and	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
