KDDI developing Zoom Enhancement For HD Videos (Video)

Japanese network operator KDDI has been demoing a rather handy little innovation that should help those with low resolution screens. The idea is pretty simple, when watching a video stream you can zoom in on a particular part of it and have the stream cropped to show just the zoomed part.

The benefit is obvious for those who are not using devices with high resolution displays as it lets you see the important bits without a significant loss in quality. Not too shabby at all. The legwork is done server side and it also has the added bonus of reducing the data load on the network.

Video Demo Below!