Interactive Image PDF: grainy pixel, labels off

I have been wrestling to understand how to create an interactive image. I added the Interactive Image widget, then I dropped a nice scalable (small) vector PDF as image. I got some views, but it doesn't work very well. E.g. the labels end up at large distance of the image, even if I drop them closer, the nice scalable PDF looks grainy on the iPad, it seems it has been rendered to pixels in a low resolution. Put the explanation text on the side ad it overlaps my image so parts of it become blocked. It all does not work intuitively for me.
That insect body plan interactive image in the E.O. Wilson book, how was that done? Is that advanced HTML5 hacking?
And is everything rendered to pixels? Or are scalable vector images a possibility?

It can be done by creating buttons and using Show/Hide Fields. Do a Google search on "InDesign show hide fields tutorial".

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