MetaFilter posts tagged with qtvr

What a wonder-full world

dersins — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:55:47 -0800

360-degree quicktime VR panoramas of the new seven wonders of the world.

QTVR Inside of a Wind Tunnel

jonson — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:36:45 -0800

Excellent news if you're overwhelmed by feelings of being imposingly huge & impressive; this brief set of QTVR photos taken inside of a wind tunnel should help realign your sense of place in the world. Warning: those feeling tiny & insignificant should under no circumstances click the link in this post.

360-degree panoramic galleries of European cities

funambulist — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 04:07:33 -0800

Arounder has an ongoing collection of high-quality full screen Quicktime VR panoramas of European cities, focusing on famous artistic and cultural landmarks (in Rome, Florence, Köln, Barcelona, Cyprus), with interactive maps and travel information. A collaboration with national tourist offices by Swiss company Vrway Communication, which also publishes Vrmag, a bi-monthly review of panorama photography, and the FullscreenQTVR directory in collaboration with the well-known panoramas.dk (previously mentioned on metafilter: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).

Goetze

tellurian — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:27:00 -0800

500 panoramic views of parks in 'quality' order. [QTVR] Here are the full screen VRs. All by Erik Goetze.

Can't breathe... tell my wife... I...

jonson — Sat, 08 Oct 2005 23:12:33 -0800

What life would look like if you lived inside a plastic water bottle. Details on this interesting panoramic QTVR here.

Panoramic Louvre Museum Photos

planetkyoto — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:57:39 -0800

The Louvre 360 by Virtual Sweden(?) has panoramic photos of the museum. Press 'SHIFT' to zoom in, 'CTRL' to zoom out. Panorama-o-Rama.

Half-Life 2 Panoramics

lemonfridge — Thu, 19 May 2005 17:32:14 -0800

Half-Life 2 Panoramics - "Generally, before releasing games, publishers and developers give game portals some screenshots where you can see the graphic features of the in-development game, and perhaps some game action. I wanted to go further and highlight the architectural and photographic aspects of the game, which I'll demonstrate with QTVR images shot during game play, the first time (that I'm aware of) that this has been done." Read the full article. (via)

Apollo 11 - 17 Mission Panoramas

AlexReynolds — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 23:24:41 -0800

Apollo 11 - 17 Mission Panoramas - Hans Nyberg treats us with a stunning full-screen use of QTVR, taking high-resolution scans of Apollo 11, 12 and 17 panoramic photographs, stitching them together for a full 360° view. [from Slashdot]

endquote — Sun, 21 May 2000 19:25:34 -0800

360-degree video appears to be just like QuickTime VR, only it moves. There's a trippy demo over at Atom Films that uses the technology to put you in an old-folks home. But the downside to 360-video? Lower framerates, and the need for a special camera.