Introduction to 360 Degree Panoramic Photography

by Dr Karl Harrison

360 Degree Panoramas,
QTVR, IPIX and Equirectlinear Views

Example

Wide FOV Panoramas

Example

Digital since 1993, QTVR on the web 1995

US History from the 1839

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections

Examples

SeeOxford.com

Panoguide

Panoramas.dk

VRway.com

VR Seattle / VR Washington

World Wide Panorama Shoot Projects

Tour of World Heritage Sites

VirtualParks.org

FullScreenQTVR.com

Examples

http://www.colinprior.co.uk/colinprior.storefront

http://www.guyedwardes.com/panoramic.htm

http://www.charliebrownphotos.com

http://www.tawbaware.com/maxlyons/

http://www.starvingphotographer.com/

Digital Techniques

http://www.panopticvision.com/index.htm

http://www.panoscan.com/MK3/ReadMore.html

 

Film and Cameras

http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/panoramic.htm

http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/linhof.htm

http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/hasselblad.htm

http://www.pbase.com/cameras/hasselblad/xpan

Equipment

http://www.360precision.com/360/360.cfm

http://www.kaidan.com/

http://db.manfrotto.com/303SPH/

Software and Demos

Canon PhotoStitch (Mac & PC)

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Photomerge (Mac & PC)

Realviz Stticher (Mac & PC)

PanaVue ImageAssembler (Mac & PC)

PTMac, PTGUI and PanoTools