{"id":170709,"date":"2011-04-21T21:11:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T21:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/large-artwork-display-on-surface-lads\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:54:08","slug":"large-artwork-display-on-surface-lads","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/large-artwork-display-on-surface-lads\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Artwork Display on Surface (LADS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176117 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/large-artwork-display-on-surface-lads.jpg\" alt=\"Large Artwork Display on Surface (LADS)\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/>Created for Microsoft Surface 2.0 by the Graphics, Visualization, and Interaction Group at Brown University, led by Andy van Dan, LADS is a platform for viewing large, digitized images on touch screen devices. LADS takes advantage of Deep Zoom, Surface, and other novel Microsoft technologies to create an intuitive browsing experience combined with a simple and powerful authoring interface.<\/p>\n\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-2\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-2\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBackground\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-2\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Large Artwork Display on Surface (LADS) grew out of the earlier <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/dl.lib.brown.edu\/garibaldi\/panoramaFlash2011\/side1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garibaldi<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> project on Microsoft Surface 1.0 that was a part of the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/beneath-the-surface\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beneath the Surface<\/a> project.\u00a0The success of Garibaldi led Andy&#8217;s team to generalize the effort toward supporting any large artwork that may be otherwise difficult to view and study.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-4\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-4\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-3\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tPre-Release\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-3\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-4\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Recently an internal release was made available to Microsoft Research Connections\u00a0that contains a full demo repository including a large black-and-white image of the sun, a large <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Along_the_River_During_the_Qingming_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chinese scroll<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and the entire <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/dl.lib.brown.edu\/garibaldi\/panoramaFlash2011\/side1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Garibaldi Panorama<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, as well as a number of other images to populate the collection.\u00a0LADS also comes with a content authoring tool to allow one to populate a collection.\u00a0We are excited about the progress being made and look forward to a full public release! (In the meantime, an early version of the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.brown.edu\/research\/lads\/release\/LADSGuide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">user guide<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> is available to the public so that you can learn about some of its features and functionality.)<\/p>\n<p>LADS is available as an open source release on CodePlex.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lads.codeplex.com\/\">Learn more and download code<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-6\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-6\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-5\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tThe Future\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-5\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-6\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Andy&#8217;s team has ambitious plans for extending and improving LADS as they combine it with WorkTop (previously known as HumBub) over the coming year, under continued support from Microsoft Research Connections.\u00a0It will be released to the public once the Microsoft\u00a0Surface version 2.0 software development kit (SDK) is officially released.<\/p>\n<p>LADS requires the Surface 2.0 SDK, which is currently under a non-disclosure agreement with Microsoft. Downloading and installing the SDK should be done via an agreement with Microsoft, and may require installing other Microsoft runtimes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-8\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-8\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-7\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tResources\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-7\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-8\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>LADS Resources<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/cs.brown.edu\/research\/lads\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LADS website<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.brown.edu\/research\/lads\/release\/LADSGuide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">User Guide<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> (pre-release)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/lads.codeplex.com\/\">Download Code<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(pre-release)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/23011345\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Video Walkthrough<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Resources<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/beneath-the-surface\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beneath the Surface<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/surface\/en\/us\/default.aspx\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Surface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Related Links<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Along_the_River_During_the_Qingming_Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Along the River During the Qingming Festival<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(Wikipedia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>About Us<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/academic-programs\/\">Education and Scholarly Communication<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Created for Microsoft Surface 2.0 by the Graphics, Visualization, and Interaction Group at Brown University, led by Andy van Dan, LADS is a platform for viewing large, digitized images on touch screen devices. 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