> -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Larkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:48 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: ot: 360 degree photos > > Nope. They do virtual tours. That's stand here and turn in a circle" > as opposed to "stand here and turn this other thing in a circle." The > first is done in quicktime and if you are really lucky and have > budget, with an expensive camera that does rotating over the head > shots of some kind. (My old company made one for Tulane but I didn't > ever see the expensive gizmo camera.) The other tends to use flash I > think.
Taking it even further off topic: there's a neat Japanese gizmo I saw once. Essentially it was a rack that held 10 or 12 disposable cameras in a ring facing outwards. The rack was put on a tall pole (like 10') and knocking the pole on the ground would take pictures with all the cameras at once. Since the pictures were taken at the same time and overlapped each other stitching them was easy. I've not seen it for sale again... but if I did I'd buy one. ;^) For small object pieces I recommend a fixed camera and lazy susan arrangement. You have to make the background as static and regular as possible, but that's a LOT easier than moving the camera around a lot. I used to take pictures of Lego constructions this way... but I lost all of the finished files in a drive crash. :^( > It's driving me nuts now. There is a "car information" site online > that has commercials where they spin the car around however you want > and change it's color and stuff. I can't remember the company name and > I've seen the ads a gajillion times. Which tells you how well the ads > work. I think you're thinking of Vehix.com - they do both interior (fixed camera) and exterior (revolving camera) shots. They use QuickTime VR so I can't see them (I'm mad at QuickTime). I used to use a nifty, incredibly simple Java Applet called "Freedom VR" for this - it was only like 8 or 10 kb and worked a treat. But I don't think development was kept up on it. I'm sure once you did the stitching (which you can do in many programs) it wouldn't be hard to put together something in Flash... Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:212924 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
