Welcome to our first issue or VRmag (Virtual Reality Magazine). We have created a space in which you will find news on events and geographical locations around the globe as well as many interesting links to people and places.
Hello and welcome to the second issue of VRmag.
There are places on the Côte d’Azur you never imagined how glamorous they could be.
During our time on the road the goal was to map the Mediterranean Riviera.
Let’s just say, I felt like I’d returned to my university days, in other words, I bunked at a-friend-of-a-friend’s home.
One of the major tournaments of the PGA European Tour takes place in one of the Swiss Alps’ most beautiful resorts.Well, it sure seems like an eternity since I last wrote this column. In just a few weeks the world came to a stand-still and then, inexorably...
Lately i’ve been waking up early, so i say to myself, “might as well exercise.” But i look out the window and it’s still dark. I hear the delivery boy on his scooter, stuffing the junk mail into our mailbox. Sneaky.
So MP3 is making everybody happy, isn’t it? Er,…not really, there is a big lobby that smells the scent of the money flying away.
I arrive at the GSU recording studios early, so i wait outside for Massimiliano Pani whom i’m supposed to interview.
Winter would not be complete for me without visiting snow covered mountains. That white stuff magically transforms the wilderness into a sparkling new world, with its own vocabulary.
I had the pleasure to pass some nights making the soundtracks for the ‘PARMA BAPTISTERY AND DUOMO IN VR’ project.
At first glance, shooting panoramas seems to impose many limits on the photographer as compared to freeform single shots.
When the people of VRMAG asked me to write about my numismatic collection, I thought: nothing will be easier, I have a lot of things to muse over.
When telling people about QuickTime, the first thing we say is, “It’s not just for movie trailers!” Since this is a VR magazine, you already know this, so to you we say, “QuickTime is not just for movie trailers and VR Tours!”.
First of all I’d like to thank you for the constructive feedback I received and invite you to further send me your comments or proposals.
You may have asked yourself why we're hosting an audio column in a VR focused magazine, dedicated to surrounding images.
I now have greater appreciation of turtles, having hauled a house on my back for five week-long high-Sierra backpack trips in recent summers. And it is a well-equipped house, complete with what I need to shoot panoramas.
The founders of Armchair Travel, William Donelson and William Beckett, have begun charging an entrance fee to view two of their extensive sites, Taj Mahal and Kew Gardens.
I recently decided to start charging small amounts for people to view my “premium content” wilderness panoramas.
Ian Wood has documented the launch of the flybot, a radio-controlled blimp carrying a hi-res wireless video camera at the Eden Project in Cornwall, England.
While I impatiently wait for Scott Highton’s upcoming Virtual Reality photography book, the book's companion website has silently been published.
One of the major tournaments of the PGA European Tour takes place in one of the Swiss Alps’ most beautiful resorts.
Just before the end of 2001, thousands of security vans have been crisscrossing Europe from one and to another carrying around countless tons of metal discs and paper slips.
Australian Mark Fennell’s love for adventure and nature, and his predilection for traveling to some of the more offbeat spots in the world...
I arrive at the GSU recording studios early, so i wait outside for Massimiliano Pani whom i’m supposed to interview.
This page describes how to use full-frame fisheye images with REALViZ Stitcher.
Any normal (rectilinear) camera lens having a focal length of 11mm to 999mm. A rectilinear lens is one that preserves straight
lines.
Virtual Reality Photography is pleased to present an excerpt from Mikkel Aaland's new book, ‘Shooting Digital’.
Hans put together a list of his Top 10 panoramas from 2003, which include New Year's Eve at Times Square, by Jook Leung, and The Top of the World, Mount Everest Summit.
VRWAY’s Research and Development team and Hans Nyberg, of panoramas.dk, have been working with QualiLife engineers to develop a new module for the QualiWorld application – QualiVR.
I’m grateful to VRMAG for hosting my ‘vibrating’ considerations once more. Though this time these will not be too VR-specific but more web and site oriented.
Feast your eyes on more than four million pixels in the first high-resolution 30-inch flat panel display designed for the personal computer.
William Donelson, of Armchair Travel, announced that his company’s beautifully produced and informative virtual travel websites
IAPP European Conference, BlogVR, IVRPA panos at Panorama Mesdag, PangeaVR goes final, panoramas.dk celebrates three years, and don't forget the WWP Marketplace event March 17-20.
In the first of this series geared towards VR beginners Roger Howard takes you through a detailed PanoTools workflow.
A photographers gets inside Half Life 2 to shoot some panoramas of the game.
Ladies, Gentlemen and Photographers: Start your engines!
A battlefiled panoramic view.
VRMag began by reviewing HalfLife 2 with panoramic screenshots.
360-degree fullscreen panoramas taken inside Quake IV, see them here!
New gaming site will feature 360-degree panoramas shot inside all your favorite game!
New panoramas from inside Call of Duty 2.
New panoramas from Need For Speed Most Wanted.
New panoramas from Doom 3.
Simplified Workflow for Partial Pans.
Fullscreen QTVR panoramas taken inside Oblivion.
Pat St. Clair demonstrates three ideas to get you started on creating VR object movies in this tutorial.
Unlike most MMOs, Second Life encourages its users (they're called "Residents") to literally build the world with the construction and programming tools provided for them.
Fullscreen QTVR panoramas taken inside Half Life 2.
IO Interactive's bald assassin is back, this time with new moves, extensive realistic environments, and a reputation to avoid. Get inside the game here!
Prey: Ugly aliens and gorgeous gameplay
Every photographer comtemplating entering the VR market has common questions. Pat St. Clair fully answers these questions here and gives guidance based on his years of experience in the industry.
Work with an unretouched image from a dreary-day shoot to create bright and colorful, yet realistic, images of a beautiful day.
Call of Juarez is an impressive Wild West-themed first person shooter from Polish developer Techland.
In the realm of fantasy role playing games, environment is the king. And Gothic 3 from Piranha Bytes wears the crown.
Pat St. Clair's experimentation with PTGui Pro 7.2 and Stitcher 5.6.1 Unlimited, using three lensing options and a new rig. In this findings, Pat tries to bring focus, common sense and clarity to a complex topic. header.
10.000 years ago the climate changes were much more dramatic.
Seeing in the Dark.
The outstanding memory of Stephen Wiltshire and his breathtaking panoramas.
