Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Some entertaining VR 360 shots

Some entertaining VR 360 shots, just for fun:

New Year's 2009 Time Square:
http://panoramas.dk/new-year-2009/times-square.html

This one you can actually wander through (follow the arrows on the
floor)(an actual 360 photograph that you can walk through - cool!):
http://photo.photojpl.com/tour/michigan-central-station/michigan-central-waiting.html

A moment of serenity:
http://panoramas.dk/US/california-redwoods.html

Other interesting things related to this:
Build a Google-style panorama rig for $300
IEEE Spectrum: DIY Street-View Camera
TOOLBOX FOR BUILDING PHOTOTRAIL
HARDWARE
Microsoft LifeCam NX-6000 camera (8)
D-Link USB hub (2)
GlobalSat BU-353 GPS receiver
Laptop running Ubuntu Linux

SOFTWARE
UVC driver: http://linux-uvc.berlios.de
Webcam device driver: http://linuxtv.org
luvcview: http://www.quickcamteam.net
Exiftool: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool
gpicsync: http://code.google.com/p/gpicsync
autopano-sift: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~nowozin/autopano-sift
hugin: http://hugin.sourceforge.net
PTViewer: http://www.fsoft.it/panorama/ptviewer.htm

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