Comments on: panoramic navigation made easy

panoramic navigation made easy

Dave Faris — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:15:24 -0800

Field of View's SPi-V engine (pronounced "spiffy") lets you take panoramic images from places like flickr, and turn them into interactive, full-screen environments. (note: shockwave required)

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:17:08 -0800

Here's one of mine, the amphitheater near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:23:46 -0800

That "equirectangular" tag is well done.

By: davebush

davebush — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 14:24:34 -0800

This totally reminds me of Peter Gabriel's "Eve" CD ROM. Anyone else spend endless hours clicking through those environments?

By: public

public — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:13:04 -0800

And this is better than QuickTime how?

By: Dave Faris

Dave Faris — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:19:43 -0800

You can do it on the fly. All you need to do is append the url of a photo on flickr to the url for the SPi-V site. "http://fieldofview.com/flickr/?page=" + photos/davefaris/411697455 = this

By: your mildly obsessive average geek

your mildly obsessive average geek — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:38:40 -0800

Nice find! I shoot a fair number of panoramas and this is an interesting new way to see them. Here's one from my photostream :)