new parameter: upscalingFactor

TODO.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+- Allow interacting with the scene as soon as we have segments,
+  even if we don't have the full upscaled image yet
+- Make sure we convert PNG to JPG before sending it back
+- Try a different segmentation algorithm (one where we don't need to pass a list of words)

src/app/engine/render.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ export async function newRender({
       width: isForVideo ? 576 : 1024,
       height: isForVideo ? 320 : 768,
 
+      // on VideoQuest we use an aggressive setting: 4X upscaling
+      // this generates images that can be slow to load, but that's
+      // not too much of an issue since we use async loading
+      upscalingFactor: 4,
+
       // note that we never disable the cache completely for VideoQuest
       // that's because in the feedbacks people prefer speed to avoid frustration
       cache: clearCache ? "renew" : "use",

src/types.ts

@@ -29,9 +29,20 @@ export interface RenderRequest {
   width: number // fixed at 1024 for now
   height: number // fixed at 512 for now
 
+  // upscaling factor
+  // 0: no upscaling
+  // 1: no upscaling
+  // 2: 2x larger
+  // 3: 3x larger
+  // 4x: 4x larger, up to 4096x4096 (warning: a PNG of this size can be 50 Mb!)
+  upscalingFactor: number
+
+
   projection: ProjectionMode
 
   cache: CacheMode
+
+  wait: boolean // wait until the job is completed
 }
 
 export interface ImageSegment {