Archive go to main homepage   VRMAG ARCHIVE > feature stories | hotlist | column | reviews | day trips V-ARTIST ARCHIVE > spotlight | guest artist | gallery | showcase | VR industry | community     Feature Stories   Article Section     HEADING FOR INNOVATION Switzerland’s annual Geneva International Motor Show is reputed the world’s best by media and professionals alike. feature stories RURAL GOES GLOBAL IN GENEVA Situated along the shores of the Lac Léman, it is Switzerland's third largest city and capital of the canton Geneva. feature stories THE WORLD YOU SCREEN Jook Leung recent appeared on ABC News' New Now 'Ahead of the Curve' program in an unprecedented 14-minute interview. feature stories A NIGHT IN NEW YORK The first thing that strikes one about Alberto Veronese are the eyes, wide and luminous as if they were drinking up the light in the room. feature stories THE VATICAN SHOOT In the Third Millennium, during the year of the Jubilee, the Vatican granted VRWAY permission to release some of Rome's architectural treasures online. feature stories ART-HOUSE Milan, capital of fashion and design, once again experienced grid-locked traffic on for the 40th edition of the Salone del Mobile. feature stories STARS SHINE BRIGHT IN CANNES Amongst the Riviera’s star-studded events, the Cannes Film Festival is undoubtedly the most glamorous of all. feature stories RACING THROUGH MONTE CARLO From the 24th to the 27th of May, the Formula One World Championship circus moved to the famous streets of Monte Carlo for the 59th running of the Monaco Grand Prix. feature stories MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH SPORT On 22 May 2001, the second annual Laureus World Sports Awards took place in Monte Carlo. feature stories I AM SAILING... Between 21 and 24 of June this year, the fourth edition of the Trofeo Yachting Library returns to Argentarioís Sailing Week. feature stories CINQUE TERRE Geographically on the Ligurian coastline, Cinque Terre exerts a magnetism all of its own. feature stories LA RIVIERA DI LEVANTE In Italian, the word Levante signifies the point on the horizon where the sun rises. feature stories THE 54TH FESTIVAL A typical Locarno Festival day goes something like this. feature stories PICTURE-PERFECT In Locarno festivalgoers are referred to with the term: Festivalieri. It’s easy to spot a typical film fest groupie. feature stories TOURING LOCARNO Not many people know that Locarno has one of the largest roundabouts in Europe (not counting the Place de l’Etoile in Paris and London’s Piccadilly Circus), and that in 1925 it made history by hosting the Peace Conference. feature stories THE ART OF SELF-EXPRESSION Although we started late on the Web, we had a specific purpose in mind: to create a meeting place for an existing community. feature stories IN STUDIO WITH MINA I arrive at the GSU recording studios early, so i wait outside for Massimiliano Pani whom i’m supposed to interview. feature stories OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS One of the major tournaments of the PGA European Tour takes place in one of the Swiss Alps’ most beautiful resorts. feature stories IT'S OPEN HOUSE AT MINA'S STUDIOS Geographically on the Ligurian coastline, Cinque Terre exerts a magnetism all of its own. feature stories DESTINATION BUDAPEST In 1998 when I was unemployed, I was sent to Hungary by the Swiss government. I took part in an environmental program. feature stories VRMAG LIVE Frank is a busy guy. He created two record labels (Archive, Sonica), and runs head to toe, a sublabel of Irma records of Bologna, Italy's best known electronic listening label. feature stories LIVE! FROM MILAN. IT'S NEMO NEXT SHOP It’s been a busy week for us at VRWAY/VRMAG, first with the relaunch of VRMAG and now our participation at the Franchising & Partnership tradeshow – Europe’s biggest distribution tradeshow - in the enormous Fiera Milano buildings. feature stories MARIO BOTTA, A VIRTUAL EXPLORATION I believe that today making architecture is a way of resisting the loss of identity, a way of resisting the banalization, the flattening of culture brought about by the consumerism so typical of modern society. feature stories CONTRIBUTERS WANTED Got some hot VRs burning a proverbial hole in your pocket? Looking for a wider audience (or just an audience) to showcase your skills? Got an interesting spin on a city, person or event with a VR theme? feature stories PARMA BAPTISTERY AND DUOMO IN VR n the beautiful northern Italian city of Parma, well-known by food lovers for its prosciutto di Parma and parmigiano reggiano, lies a square housing a 12th century Duomo and pink marble Baptistery. feature stories OLIVE OIL - ELIXIR OF THE GODS As the saying goes, life is much too short to drink bad wine. feature stories THE UNDERGROUND CAVES OF SLOVENIA Sometimes it takes a technology like QuickTime VR to let us experience other worlds, and to explore places that we might otherwise never know existed. feature stories WHO AM I ? This title may confuse you but no, you haven’t fallen into an existentialist course on how to find your way in this life…you need no teacher for that. It’s just an attempt to present my humble person to your attention. feature stories FROM COWRIE SHELLS TO ECOMMERCE BY MICHELE PELOSSI It all started with a silver Taler that my grandfather gave me when I was seven years of age. In a child’s hand that was a nice-looking big solid object. feature stories VIRTUAL PARMA: FROM THE 17TH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES The Pilotta Palace is a large complex that houses galleries and art collections, named after the pelota handball game that was played in one of the courtyards. feature stories IDEUM, EXPLORING NEW FRONTIERS Jim Spadaccini is the founder and co-owner of Ideum, a design and consulting firm that develops multimedia-rich educational web sites. feature stories VIRTUAL PARKS, VRLOG BY ERIK GOETZE And with these words from Erik Goetze we begin a journey into the mind of a man who has brought his vision to life... feature stories A VIRTUAL TEACHERS' GUIDE TO THE HOLOCAUST Remember as a child seeing for the first time WWII footage of the Allies liberation of the concentration camps. feature stories WAR GAMES Dermot O’Connor is the Irish animator behind the Flash website with the strange name – Idleworm – an Elizabethan term used to describe what grew under the fingernails of lazy girls. feature stories WORLDWIDE PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS We’ve all read and seen photos of the recent peace demonstrations but how many have really seen them? feature stories MANZANAR WAR RELOCATION CENTER The remains of one of the most shameful acts committed by the United States government can be found in California’s Owens Valley at a place called Manzanar. feature stories ITALY AND THE HOLOCAUST It was pointed out to me that this year, Easter (for non-Orthodox Christians) happened to fall on the same day as Hitler's birthday, 20 April. feature stories VR NEWS In 2002, the prestigious White House News Photographers’ Association named Fox both Camera Person of the Year and Editor of the Year. feature stories BURNING MAN FESTIVAL, ONE MAN'S EXPERIENCE Burning Man, the annual arts festival and bacchanal held in the Nevada desert, has reached mythical status, and the uninitiated are curious. feature stories BLOGS POWER BROADER VR AUDIENCE! A few months ago I discovered weblogs, or blogs, as they are commonly called. I had heard the term before but was vague on the details. feature stories TOMB OF EGYPTIAN PHARAOH OPENED FOR VR PHOTOGRAPHER The tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings - closed to the public for over 10 years. feature stories SYDNEY SNAPSHOTS Where can you find a slice of daily life in Sydney, Australia put under a microscope and then blown large? feature stories THE BEST OF THE FRENCH RIVIERA We’ve put together a collection of 16 fullscreen cubic VR panoramas that represent the best of everything the French Riviera. feature stories SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGIOLI CHURCH The largest and most popular fresco shows seven episodes of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ and the church contains two other frescos by Luini – Madonna with the Infant Jesus and the Last Supper. feature stories VR NEWS A QuickTime VR from the Geo-Literacy Project was featured on the website of the George Lucas Educational Foundation recently. feature stories GOLFING IN THE FRENCH RIVIERA With it’s warm Mediterranean climate, the French Riviera offers golf enthusiasts the luxury of being able to play all year round but spring and autumn are the most ideal. feature stories A 360 DEGREE TOUR OF PORTUGAL To document all the beauty of Portugal in panoramas, from its Romanesque cathedrals to its towns and villages and most things in between, and remarkable in that it achieves this so superlatively. feature stories THE CANVAS MOVES ONLINE - EXISTENTIAL ARTIST DAVID MAXIM Beautifully executed and informational, the ‘David Maxim, Unseen Pictures’ website should be used as a blueprint for other artists who wish to display their art on the Internet. feature stories MOUNTAIN BIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN LUGANO, SWITZERLAND The best mountain bikers in the world descended upon the small city of Lugano in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino a few weeks ago (Aug 31 – Sept 7) for the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships. feature stories AROUNDER WEBSITE LAUNCHES WITH LUGANO, SWITZERLAND VRWAY Communication is proud to announce the launch of AROUNDER, a concept that combines 360-degree panoramas with television promotion on the EuroNews channel. feature stories UP, DOWN AND ALL ROUND OXFORD, ENGLAND One of the oldest and most celebrated university towns in Europe and the oldest English-speaking university in the world. feature stories ITALIAN RIVIERA - A VIRTUAL TOUR IN FULLSCREEN QTVR Liguria’s long, narrow stretch of coastline, from Ventimiglia in the west to Portovenere in the east, lies on the Mediterranean and is sheltered by the Maritime Alps and Ligurian Apennines to the north. feature stories IQTVRA WASHINGTON DC SUMMIT Highlights and impressions of the recent IQTVRA Summit from speakers Michael Quan, Jook Leung, Scott Highton and Bill Meikle. feature stories BEYOND BELIEF - VIRTUAL BURNING MAN 2003, BY CHARLES EVANS After hearing many people describe their Burning Man experiences I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion that just about anything one might say about the festival is equally true. feature stories THE BEAUTY OF THE VATICAN IN VIRTUAL REALITY, WITH ITALIAN DIVA MINA The Vatican granted VRWAY Communication special access that allowed an international team of photographers to capture the beauty of these wonders. feature stories MODERN PARIS: LA DEFENSE, VIRTUAL PANORAMAS BY LAURENT THION French photographer Laurent Thion, of www.ecliptique.com, is amassing a spectacular collection of fullscreen VRs of Paris’ futuristic business district, La Défense. feature stories VATICAN MUSEUMS IN VIRTUAL REALITY The Vatican launched its first website in1995 at an initial cost of $88,000, mainly to serve journalists reporting on the Holy See. feature stories ESCHER VR's BY TONY GARBASSO This interview dates back a few years to when Apple first released the cubic QuckTime VR. It refers to research I did on the new features and potential of this new cubic format. feature stories SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY & STITCHING PRODUCTS We've procured discounts on some great products especially for VRMAG readers. VRMAG does not make any money from these promotions and has passed along its commission to readers in the form of a greater discount. feature stories MINA MAZZINI CANTA NELLE BASILICHE DEL VATICANO Mina non é nuova a progetti internet, infatti il 30 marzo 2001, più di 15 milioni di persone vollero seguire il più grande evento multicast italiano. feature stories TRAVELING THE COLORADO RIVER & GRAND CANYON, VIA FULLSCREENQTVR PANORAMAS Over the past few years, the artist team of Gene Cooper and Taylor Harnisch have traveled over 25,000 miles, taken over 18,000 photographs, and explored more than 30 National Park Service sites. feature stories GET INSIDE THE MERCEDES-BENZ SLR MCLAREN! The Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren made its world debut on September 9, 2003 at the Frankfurt Motor Show in Germany and DaimlerChrysler launched the super car in Cape Town, South Africa, in late 2003. feature stories VIRTUAL TOUR OF CASTELGRANDE, BELLINZONA, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE Bellinzona, in the Swiss canton of Ticino, is the site of three medieval castles named by UNESCO in 2001 as a World Heritage Site. feature stories MOSCOW METRO STATIONS - UNDERGROUND PALACE PANORAMAS There are 150 metro, or subway systems, in the world and the Moscow Metro is almost without doubt the grandest. feature stories NEW VIRTUAL REALITY SITE - FULLSCREENQTVR.COM The growing popularity and success of Hans Nyberg’s panoramas.dk, especially the fullscreen panorama of the week, was the impetus for creating a fullscreen QuickTime Virtual Reality website. feature stories MARS - SPIRIT AND OPPORTUNITY LAUNCH PANORAMAS “We do not know where this journey will end, yet we know this: human beings are headed into the cosmos." - President Bush. feature stories JUNGFRAUJOCH - ON TOP OF EUROPE IN FULLSCREEN PANORAMAS The high altitude, clear air and easy access by mountain railway makes the Jungfraujoch one of Switzerland’s most attractive destinations, as well as an ideal location for scientific work such as meteorology. feature stories INSIDE A WIND TUNNEL: ONERA'S S1CH Paris-based photographer Laurent Thion, of www.ecliptique.com, recently photographed ONERA’s S1Ch Wind Tunnel, which was the biggest in France until the end of WWII. feature stories EBAY SHOWHOUSE 2004 WEBSITE DESIGNED BY VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE eBay invited eight top interior designers, gave them each a budget of $100,000 and asked them to design a different room in a Manhattan townhouse – only using furnishings purchased on eBay. feature stories VRWAY PRESENTS THE AROUNDER MILAN ISSUE IN FULLSCREEN QTVR The Arounder concept was devised by VRWAY Communication’s R&D company - webidentity dot com - as a product to best showcase and inform potential travelers of what its city has to offer. feature stories DUOMO DI MILANO IN FULLSCREEN QUICKTIME VIRTUAL REALITY Famously referred to by Mark Twain as a “poem in marble”, Milan’s Duomo cathedral is not universally admired for its abundant mixture of architectural styles, frequently categorized as Gothic-Lombard. feature stories SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE WITH LEONARDO DA VINCI'S LAST SUPPER The first object of the painter is to make a flat plane appear as a body in relief and projecting from that plane. feature stories SAN AMBROGIO CHURCH IN FULLSCREEN QTVR, MILAN San Ambrogio was built by St. Ambrose, the Patron Saint of Milan, and is dedicated to the martyrs whose bones rest beneath its altar. feature stories SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM QTVR PROJECT At 10:35 A.M. on December 17, 1903, after four years of experiments, Orville Wright achieved the first piloted, sustained, controlled and powered flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. feature stories DANISH ROYAL WEDDING SHOT BY HANS NYBERG Hans Nyberg of panoramas.dk was chosen to capture the recent Danish Royal Wedding and is likely the first panoramic photographer to be hired for such an event. feature stories WORLD WIDE PANORAMA - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 180 PHOTOGRAPHERS Before you decide to visit the new World Wide Panoramas website be sure you’ve set aside some free time, as it’s next to impossible to view just a few of these panoramas. feature stories CASE STUDY: PRODUCTION OF AROUNDER MILAN When VRWAY received the contract for Arounder Milan the team immediately felt that this could truly be a special project, given the beauty and historical significance of the subject matter. feature stories PHOTOKINA: SEP 28-OCT 3 IN COLOGNE, GERMANY Photokina is the world’s biggest photography expo and this year the IQTVRA and IAPP will host a print exhibit of about 40 members’ panoramas from around the world. feature stories IQTVRA SUMMIT IN SEDONA UPDATE The Summit in Sedona is rapidly approaching (October 25-29) and the VRMag team has been busy preparing for it, along with this month’s Photokina in Cologne, Germany. feature stories SUMMIT IN SEDONA KICKS OFF October 31, 2004, Sedona, AZ - When I landed in Phoenix from chilly Toronto early Sunday afternoon, the hot sun raised my hopes that the upcoming week in Sedona would be full of summer-like weather. feature stories CHRIS RAMIREZ RIDES THE EVENTCAM WAVE Chris Ramirez must be getting used to the questions and stares the ten Canon S60s mounted on a 10-foot high tripod elicit. feature stories MAN ON THE MOON - PANORAMAS OF FIRST AND LAST MISSIONS, APOLLO 11 AND APOLLO 17 Hans Nyberg is currently at work creating full screen panoramas from all six Apollo missions, the next one he will post on www.panoramas.dk will be Apollo 12. feature stories BRIDGES - A WORLD WIDE PANORAMA Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known. feature stories AN INTERVIEW WITH AERIAL VR PHOTOGRAPHER ROMUALD VAREUSE Romuald Vareuse, a native of Nice, France, has been living in Reunion Island since 1986, and working as a professional photographer specializing in architecture and aerial photography since 1988. feature stories DISCOVER SEDONA BY HELICOPTER It’s Saturday morning, the day after the IQTVRA Summit in Sedona officially ended, and the clear, sunny weather is perfect for an impromptu helicopter ride. feature stories VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE WHITE HOUSE What: VR Tour of the White House (the only one we could find on the Internet). Panoramas of the South Lawn, the Blue Room, and the Red Room. feature stories ALOHA DEAN AND VTHAWAII Ahh Hawaii, the land of hula skirts, big waves, lais and Don Ho (singing his version of ‘Tiny Bubbles’, which became ‘Tiny Boobies … on my chest’, at least that’s what I remember from my childhood visit to Honolulu and exposure to the crooner). feature stories NEW WORLD WIDE PANORAMA EVENT - SANCTUARY Please join us in producing the next World Wide Panorama. This will be the fourth quarterly event, completing a full annual cycle. feature stories REALVIZ RELEASES STITCHER EXPRESS REALVIZ® Stitcher® Express draws on the award-winning technology of Stitcher® 4.0, already used by thousands of professional photographers, architects, multimedia and 3D artists worldwide. feature stories VRWAY RELEASES AROUNDER ROME Arounder was conceived as a series of online magazines, each profiling a different city and the best that city has to offer with a series of 360-degree panoramas. feature stories VRWAY RELEASES AROUNDER MONACO Monaco – land of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier, the grand Casino, beaches, affluence, fashion, fancy cars and playboys. feature stories VRWAY RELEASES AROUNDER BARCELONA Located on the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula and the shores of the Mediterranean, Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain in both size and population (1.5 million). feature stories WORLD WIDE PANORAMA -SANCTUARY You have to hand it to the two guys who envisioned and continue to organize the WWP events: While each series challenges photographers to conceive of a panorama. feature stories CELEBRATE 2005 NEW YEAR'S EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE If you feel like reliving New Year’s Eve 2005 all over again, or just want to see how others across the world celebrate, Hans Nyberg of www.panoramas.dk has put together the largest collection of full screen panoramas depicting the events that took place. feature stories JOOK LEUNG TALKS PANORAMAS ON ABC'S AHEAD OF THE CURVE INTERVIEW Award-winning panorama photographer Jook Leung hiked the awareness of virtual reality to a new level this week with his interview on ABC’s digital cable news channels. feature stories PANORAMAS OF CHRISTO’S CENTRAL PARK SAFFRON-FEST. Photographer Elizabeth Gentile, of Evergreen Studios, shot five fullscreen panoramas in the early afternoon of Tuesday, February 15, a day when over 200,000 visited the park. feature stories GREG DOWNING PRESENTS PANORAMAS AT GATES PLANETARIUM VIDEO DOME. Greg Downing recently held a two-day, sold-out show of his panoramas at the Gates Planetarium, the world's largest, public, high resolution virtual reality theater. feature stories FROM PARIS BY ERIC ROUGIER. Fly over the Eiffel Tower in a hot air balloon and take virtual tours of Notre Dame and Sainte Chapelle at VR blog FromParis.com. feature stories AROUNDDENVER IN 360 DEGREES BY DAVE KRICK. Explore and learn about Denver, Colorado in over 800 VR scenes and a Flash-based map interface at the new website AroundDenver.com. feature stories SUMMER IN SLOVENIA: 10 REASONS TO VISIT THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE ALPS THIS YEAR. Planning your summer vacation? Read this Top 10 list of what to see and do in Slovenia first, complete with fullscreen panoramas by Bostjan Burger. feature stories THE BEIJING GUIDE – HELPING TRAVELERS DISCOVER CHINA INTERACTIVELY. Peter Danford’s Beijing Guide is a must-visit site for anyone planning a trip to China. feature stories TRADITIONS OF THE SUN: THE YUCATAN. Visit the great Mayan cities of Chich'en Itza, Uxmal, Dzibilchaltun, Mayapan, and others feature stories WORLD WIDE PANORAMA - A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES. With the latest World Wide Panorama series, WATER, Don Bain, Landis Bennett and Markus Altendorff's efforts to improve the submission process and website have paid off in spades. Read how they did it here. feature stories AROUND ROME IN FOUR DAYS. The definitive ‘Top 8 List of What to See in Rome in Four Days’. feature stories PANORAMAS FROM ATOP THE MATTERHORN. Matthias Taugwalder has realized an incredible dream and achievement with his stunning series of panoramas documenting his summit and descent from one of Europe’s most popular mountains, viewable in QuickTime, Java, Zoomify and SPi-V. feature stories QTVR PANORAMAS OF HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH. Ed Fink was eager to get to the Gulf Coast to shoot some aerial panoramas in the place he used to call home - but he had to get a major newspaper to hire a helicopter first. feature stories 2005 VENICE BIENNALE - FULLSCREEN PANORAMAS OF CONTEMPORARY ART. Featuring works by Fabrizio Plessi, Balázs Kicsiny and Olafur Eliasson shown at la Biennale di Venezia. feature stories EUROPE'S LARGEST POP FESTIVAL CAPTURED IN IMMERSIVE MEDIA. Europe's largest pop festival, Sziget Festival 2005, is documented in unprecedented detail by Sziget 2005 Media Far. feature stories MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS) IN MALI. VR photographer Mickael Therer heads to Mali with Médecins Sans Frontières. feature stories TRAVELING THE WORLD IN MOTION VR. Paul Iliffe, his wife and two young children travel the globe, taking VR panos and MotionVRs of their many adventures and extreme activities along the way. feature stories CASANOVA'S VENICE. Casanova, the world's best known lover, gambler and all round roguish figure spent his early years in Venice...see the Bridge of Sighs and Piombi Prison, from which he famously escaped. feature stories go to main homepage go to top of vrmag archive Hotlist   Article Section     DREAM BOAT Royal Caribbean’s fleet of luxury liners guarantees cruises "Like no vacation of earth". Hotlist MILAN, BEST SHOPPING YOU'VE EVER HAD Amongst the world’s jet-set, Milan takes the cake for its unabashed label consciousness, in your eye brand-flaunting, name dropping, fake tanning, real fur-parading, handbag-clutching, espresso-sipping, shop-till-you-drop frenzy. Hotlist DAY DREAM IN SAINT TROPEZ The thing is, I love the sea — being close to it, it fills you with its presence. You breathe in the sea salt and you know it’s doing you good. Hotlist A TRAIN RUNS THROUGH IT Besides its rugged beauty, the Cinque Terre is one of the Italian Riviera’s most interesting and fascinating destinations thanks also to its enological tradition. Hotlist ROOM 15 I'm so glad that my friends Mauri and Jamf decided to come to Locarno during the film festival. Hotlist FAST FORWARD TO FUTURE Now that air travel across the world is experiencing a crisis and the public is somewhat anxious about airline security, we are rediscovering alternative means of travel. . Hotlist WHEN IN PARMA... Parma land of Giuseppe Verdi and elegant city of musical tradition, is also a culinary Mecca. Hotlist 145 CITIES ONLINE! Agno, Alassio, Albenga, barcelona, Bari... Hotlist THEIR CIRCULAR LIFE This is an unusual site with a unique perspective on life. Powered with Flash technology, it takes a few minutes to load but is worth the wait. Hotlist WTC A TRIBUTE IN LIGHT I visited Ground Zero in early March, and touched the names of my two friends on the memorial wall - Ralph Gerhardt and David Barkway. Hotlist VIRTUAL CATHEDRAL OF THE DORMITION BY ALEXEY TRUSOV Editorial Director's Note: When I first saw this VR I had a similar feeling as when I first saw Tribute in Light from Jook Leung. Hotlist PANORAMA AWARDS 2002-03 If your panorama is chosen as a winner in any of the categories below, then you automatically win a copy of the 360 Virtual Tour Studio - valued at US$199! Hotlist HARRY POTTER QTVR LINKS In what some see as a small shot of adrenalin for QTVRs, the latest Harry Potter movie is being supported with VRs of some of the movie’s more recognizable settings, all available in low, medium or high resolution... Hotlist SUN-EARTH DAY 2003 Ideum developed both of these projects for Sun-Earth Day 2003 –a major public outreach initiative of NASA’s Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. Hotlist THE EIFFEL TOWER: FULLSCREEN VIRTUAL TOUR If you’ve never been to the Eiffel Tower, or you have and would like to revisit it, this web site is a must-visit. Hotlist COLOR ANAGLYPHICAL VR Alain Hamblenne has produced some unusual VRs that require the viewer wears glasses with one red lens and one cyan. Hotlist TOUCHGRAPH GOOGLE BROWSER Have you ever wondered which websites are most similar to your own site? We recently came across a Google Tool that blew the socks off some of the more technically-oriented people here at VRMag. Hotlist BEAUTIFUL BUDAPEST Many first-time visitors to Budapest are surprised to learn that it is comprised of two cities: the hilly Buda on the west side, historical center and home of kings; and the flat Pest, the economic heart of the Hungarian capital, on the east. Hotlist JOOK LEUNG'S NYC CUSTOM HOUSE PANOS The Beaux-Arts style U.S. Custom House sits smack in the heart of New York City, on historic Bowling Green, location of a fort built by the first Dutch settlers. Hotlist WHAT IS IT? QTVR - an unknown object Hotlist LUZERN CHAPEL BRIDGE, SWITZERLAND While there, you should visit at least one of its two famed medieval covered bridges across the Reuss River. Hotlist MAN IN A BUBBLE How: Photographer Peter Murphy, of Peter Murphy’s Panoramic VR Weblog, says: “This panorama was shot handheld over my head -- overhead has distinct advantages: higher viewpoint, more to see, obviously ... Hotlist TOMB OF DOM PERIGNON Dom Perignon, born in 1640, was a Benedictine monk and noted winemaker often credited with inventing champagne while overseeing the vineyard of the monastery of Hautvillers. Hotlist THE 1906 SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE REVISITED What: The city of San Francisco, California had just experienced a violent earthquake that morning at approx. Hotlist INSIDE THE GOULBURN, AUSTRALIA ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL Where: Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. Australia’s first inland city has a number of heritage buildings and churches. Hotlist BUDAPEST BASILICA, BY FRANCOIS PANCHARD Esztergom is the headquarters of the Catholic Church in Hungary. Situated on the right bank of the Danube at the foot of the Pilis Hills, Esztergom has a long and illustrious history. Hotlist SAN ROCCO CHURCH, LUGANO, SWITZERLAND What: The recently restored San Rocco church was built in the 17th century and features frescos dedicated to the life of Saint Rocco di Montpellier... Hotlist MARIO BOTTA'S ANGELI CHAPEL ON MONTE TAMARO, SWITZERLAND Mario Botta, arguably the most famous living Swiss architect, worked as an assistant to both Le Corbusier and Louis I. Hotlist STATUE OF LIBERTY, NEW YORK, IN VIRTUAL REALITY BY TITO DUPRET "To the sculptor form is everything and is nothing. It is nothing without the spirit - with the idea it is everything." Hotlist SALINE ROYALE VR Saline Royale is a compact website devoted to the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, located near Besançon in the Franche-Comté region of France. Hotlist CLAUDIO NOZIGLIA Please watch this space for a soon-to-come, official announcement. Hotlist THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN PARIS, LAURENT THION There’s more than one Statue of Liberty (in fact there are quite a few scattered around the globe). Hotlist EXTREME ICE CLIMBING PANORAMA What: Extreme Ice Climbing Panorama (XVR?) Ignacio writes, “The guys you see in the pano are professional climbers that were opening a new route; this kind of climb... Hotlist CARIBBEAN CRUISE PANORAMAS Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas Bahamas cruise vacation, between Nassau and Key West, Florida. Hotlist PARA-SKI (PARAPENTE) PANORAMA Para-ski originated as a sport in Switzerland in the early 1960s as a form of mountain rescue. The concept was to jump from an aircraft, parachute to an open area near the victim, strap on skis, and evacuate the casualty down the mountain. Hotlist WORLD HERITAGE BENRATH CASTLE IN DüSSELDORF, UNDERWATER The 18th century Benrath Castle (Schloss Benrath), located 10 km (6 miles) from the center of Dusseldorf, was built between 1756 and 1773 near the former village of Benrath – made a part of Dusseldorf in 1929... Hotlist NEW WORLD WIDE PANORAMA SHOOT - JUNE 19-20-21, 2004 On the Solstice weekend, June 19-21, more than 110 photographers in 32 countries around the world created VR panoramas with the common theme of World Heritage. This site showcases the results of their efforts. Hotlist MARIO BOTTA'S CASINO CAMPIONE CONSTRUCTION SITE The small 1.7 square kilometer Italian enclave of Campione d’Italia is located entirely within Switzerland on the eastern shore of Lake Lugano at the foot of a beautiful mountain. Hotlist TORONTO, CANADA FROM THE TOP OF THE CN TOWER The Tower was the tallest freestanding structure in the world, measuring 1815 feet, 5 inches, and is almost twice as tall as the Eiffel Tower and more than three times the height of the Washington Monument. Hotlist TALLINN, ESTONIA - NEW EU MEMBER Tallinn, just 80 kilometers south of Helsinki and a regular helicopter shuttle flight away, is an exquisitely medieval town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hotlist BRUSSELS CELEBRATES NEW EU COUNTRIES In front of the Lithuanian stand in an alley off the Parc du Cinquantenaire X: 488400m Y: 6560000m Latitude: 50:50:25N (50.8404) Longitude: 4:23:15E (4.3876) Hotlist EXTREME PANO OF LONG HERMANN, TALLINN, ESTONIA What: Extreme Handheld Pano, shot in one attempt at the Estonian parliament at Long Hermann Tower, on top of which the Estonian national flag flies (pan up on the VR). Hotlist MINI VIRTUAL TOUR OF BOSTON CheathamLane, Macworld Expo and Conference/Boston, and the International QuickTime VR Association (IQTVRA) have teamed up to create an interactive look at Macworld's digs in Boston and the surrounding vicinity. Hotlist OBSERVATORY OF THE PIC DU MIDI, FRANCE Located in the southwest of France, Gilles observes that it is a mythical place in the history of astronomical observation with a reputation that has long extended beyond its borders. Hotlist WORLD'S LARGEST STINKIEST FLOWER This was the first flowering at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney of the world’s biggest flower, which originates in the rain forests of Sumatra. The flower peaked October 7 – 8, 2004 and attracted huge crowds. Hotlist GREENPEACE BRINGS 11,000 DEAD SEA ANIMALS TO BRANDENBURG GATE, BERLIN Greenpeace members on a separate ship, the "Esperanza", collected and documented the dead animals, which they said can make up 90 percent of a normal commercial catch. Hotlist CANYON IN THE NATURAL RESERVE OF SIERRA Y CANONES DE GUARA, SPAIN Two park employees guided Ignacio to a place that represented the feeling of the park. The park has many canyons and is one of the best areas to canyoning. Hotlist VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S PRINCIPE DI SAVOIA HOTEL Located in Milan’s business center, the five star Hotel Principe di Savoia is renowned as the focal point of the Piazza della Repubblica. Hotlist BELL ROCK AND COURTHOUSE BUTTE, SEDONA, ARIZONA Bell Rock (on the left) and Courthouse Butte are popular hiking destinations. The bell-shaped monolith is a Sedona landmark and also one of four so-called vortexes... Hotlist SWAROVSKI CHRISTMAS TREE IN MILAN On November 28, Swarovski unveiled the beautiful 2004 Swarovski Christmas tree at the Galleria Vittoria Emanuele II in Milan. Hotlist KURT COBAIN'S BRIDGE' IN ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON The Young St. Bridge in Aberdeen, Washington. Also known as Kurt Cobain’s bridge. Bohonus created two panoramas of the bridge... Hotlist NEWLY REOPENED APOLLO GALLERY AT THE LOUVRE, PARIS he Apollo Gallery, one of the glories of Paris’ Louvre Museum, reopened to the public in November 2004 after a EUR 5 million (USD 6.5 million), three-year renovation. Hotlist FRENCH SKI RESORT VAL THORENS he treeless village of Val Thorens is the highest ski resort in the European Alps with a base elevation of 2300m; the challenging skiing takes place nearly 1000m higher.