Today Microsoft announced the go live of DeepZoomPix technology demo . DeepZoomPix is a Technology demonstration of of Microsoft® Silverlight™, Deep Zoom and the Azure™ Services Platform.

Using Silverlight’s exclusive Deep Zoom technology, DeepZoomPix enables you to interactively explore and share photos like never before:

• Enable a seamless experience for navigating large numbers of images regardless of Internet connection quality.
• Make possible a “tactile” way of exploring and interacting with photographic images on the web.
• Empower users to dynamically zoom in on photos without having to navigate to higher resolution versions.

Directly access photos from Facebook, Flickr or any photo RSS feed and share your DeepZoomPix creation with the world through your blog or website.

DeepZoomPix is a technology showcase that enables end-users to see something familiar yet exciting. It shows designers the capabilities of Silverlight for creating rich user experiences. Finally, it shows developers how they can use various Microsoft technologies to create compelling and scalable systems.

DeepZoomPix is a technology demonstration that will run until December 31^st.

For more information, please read our FAQ and the DeepZoomPix developer story.

• Try it! Go to www.deepzoompix.com, sign in with your Live ID and create an account. Then upload some pictures.
• Tell the DeepZoomPix developer story
• Join our Facebook group

-Karo