The BBC has a Silverlight deep zoom app as part of the web coverage of the ‘Radio 1 Big Weekend’ event. (“Europe’s biggest free ticketed event” apparently.) If you live in the UK and have watched BBC television at all this week, you’ve probably already seen the adverts for the event itself. The deep zoom app provides a flavour of the event for people who can’t turn up in person – photos of the event will be uploaded throughout the weekend. (And I guess people who did go could try and find themselves in the crowd shots next week.) From a technical perspective, it’s nothing you won’t already have seen if you’ve looked at the Hard Rock Cafe’s memorabilia site – indeed, the BBC app is somewhat simpler. The main difference is that the BBC’s photo collection that will grow as the event unfolds – not quite live of course, but a bit less static than the Hard Rock application. (And more raw for it of course, but that’s probably in keeping with the nature of the event.) Deep Zoom and Photo Collections Read More...