Re: FLASH: OT: Virtual tours

[Ben Park]

Cool - where can I find out about this quicktime VR?


.......and an even simpler solution, if you didn't physically want the

viewer to be able to walk around the house, it could just consist of a

hallway, where you can click on the doors, which then takes you to a picture

of that room. Not so interesting, but it'll be a lot easier to do.


Ben


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Date: 27 March 2000 17:54

Subject: Re: FLASH: OT: Virtual tours



>A very simple solution would be QuicktimeVR worlds just made with a

standard

>camera.

>You don't need special camera's for this.

>what you need is a standard to place your camera stable. A piece of paper

>with a circle drawn on it. split this circle in 12 pieces, draw lines for

>all these pieces. Plae the camera on top of it. and make a foto rotate the

>camera to the next line (from the pieces) and do this twelve times. You now

>have a panorama view from a room.

>Get yourself a copy of a quicktimeVR editor (we did this ones in the studio

>but I can.t remember the name of the program we used).

>Edit you room, you also have the ability to create hotspots to be placed on

>doors etc. so you can walk through a house or building. Make panorama

>pictures of all the rooms and you've got your virtual tour.

>Without the use of expensive camera's

>

>I suggest you do this only on estates that are really worth the time for

>doing this :)

>

>----- Original Message -----

>> Sorry for the OT.

>>

>> I am doing a site for a friends Estate Agents business, and I've

suggested

>> that she thinks about having a section for 'Virtual Tours'. Does anyone

>know

>> what the simplest and most cost effective way would be to do this? What

>> software to use etc. She doesn't have a very large budget for this.

>>

>> Second, anyone have experience of digital camcorders? What my friend

wants

>> to know is: will she need a digital camcorder for the virtual tours, and

a

>> digital camera for the stills, or can you get good quality stills from

the

>> digital camcorder negating the need to buy both?

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