Ipix has a patent, one that was a bad one to issue, since there was lots of
prior art and also the mathematics is well understood for fisheye
transformations. it basically covers using fisheye lenses to create shots
for stitching panoramas. no competitor has enough time or money to challenge
the patent.
Herb....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Kevin Waterson" <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:21 PM
Subject: Re: 360 degree software
I looked into this quite a bit for doing Virtual Tours for real
estate. The basic issue is that Ipix bought the technology for
dealing with 360 panos and then started suing anyone who was doing
anything along the same lines. So several other players got out of
the business.
The real problem with Ipix is that they charge a royalty for every
pano that you create/publish.
