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THE PRESIDENT WILSON HOTEL
Excellence is a tradition at the President Wilson Hotel. Situated along Geneva’s lakeshore, the hotel is the ultimate luxury experience and synonymous of impeccable service and style.
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GATEWAY TO DISCOVERY
Today companies on the Net recognise that visibility doesn’t suffice to guarantee ongoing readership.
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CLIMB THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN
Step into the VRWAY Mountain Channel to discover some breathtaking views: the snowy peaks of the Jungfraujoch, the glaciers of the Corvatsch, the Novena pass and many more.
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THE GREEN AND THE BLUE
With it’s warm Mediterranean climate, the French Riviera offers golf enthusiasts the luxury of being able to play all year round.
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RISTORANTE LA PINTA
There’s no better place to savor the fishermen’s daily catch than on Ristorante La Pinta’s terrace, overlooking the clear waters of the Argentario.
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A SWISS IN HOLLYWOOD
n the occasion of the 54th International Film Festival in Locarno, the city hosted Hollywood Portraits, an exhibition by the Swiss photographer Isabel Snyder.
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INVISIBLE RECORDINGS
At first glance, Riccardo Studer (Rich) and Jonathan (Jo) are an unlikely pair. One is lanky, with a sharp goatee and a lime-green beret propped on his bald skull; the other has soft wavy hair and wears slacks and glasses.
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EMPIRE OF THE SENSES
n 1988 Luigi Zanini senior made a dream come true when he bought a small wine growing estate and established his new label, Castello Luigi.
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VITRUVIO, AN ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCE
Sometimes we forget that one of the founding reasons for the creation of the Internet was to enable the free exchange of ideas and information.
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WORLDWIDE VR PANORAMAS
Hans Nyberg has a mission: create a web site that links to all the VR panoramas in the world, sort them geographically for easy accessibility...
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VIRTUAL BISTIBADLANDS
tep into a little-known planet, 70 million years old and just over 6 square miles in size, located in northwestern New Mexico.
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LATEMAR SKI CENTER
Nestled in the Dolomites in northern Italy lies the Ski Center Latemar, a ski resort boasting 18 modern lifts and connecting 50 km of pistes.
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THE CARLI OLIVE MUSEUM USING VR TOURS
We’re always pleased when we find companies using VRs to promote their services and, in some cases, are quite surprised to discover who is using them. In this case, it’s a wonderfully informative Olive Museum in northern Italy.
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MUSICBOX
Our Interactive Collective (OIC) launches a unique music delivery system, The MusicBox , which presents a full album's worth of music in mpeg4 or mp3.
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RANCHO SANTA MARIA
Looking for a warm sunny place to call home, complete with swimming holes, orchards, a lagoon and ancient ruins where you can satisfy your inner archeologist?
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RAPELLI REVIEW
We would like to draw your attention to another company utilizing virtual tours on its corporate website. Rapelli, a Swiss company based in the Italian canton of Ticino
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STEINZEIT-MEDIENDESIGN REVIEW
Steinzeit-mediendesign, located in Dusseldorf, Germany, is a graphic design house that also focuses on 360-degree photography.
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LEBANON PANORAMA
Lebanon -- a beautiful country rich with geographical, cultural and religious diversity -- isn’t a place that is well represented in the VR community,
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REALVIZ LAUNCH NEW CORPORATE WEBSITE
REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, has launched an all-new version of their corporate website.
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CASE STUDY, TRIBUNAL PLAZA, NICE
Greg Downing has recently developed a technique for creating image-based 3D models from panoramas, and then texturing them, allowing the capture of complete environments with a few panoramas that can then be used to "walk" around in, as if in a game.
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VIVA L'ITALIA. SEASIDE RESORT RICCIONE, ITALY
If you’re planning a trip to the northern region of Spain known as Aragon, you’ll want to view the beautiful panoramas of its most well-known
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VIRTUAL VISTAS OF ARAGON, SPAIN.
One of the major tournaments of the PGA European Tour takes place in one of the Swiss Alps’ most beautiful resorts.
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THE SWISS CAMERA MUSEUM
The Swiss Camera Museum, located in Vevey, Switzerland, between Lausanne and Montreux, houses an interesting and informative collection.
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19th CENTURY PAINTED BOURBAKI PANORAMA
Although many are now familiar with VR tours or panoramas, you may not be familiar with their historical predecessor – the painted panorama.
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A TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK FULLSCREEN QTVR PLAYER
Photographers Jook Leung, Jim Galvin and Daniel Maurer have put together an interesting QuickTime player application that pays homage to the great city of New York entitled “A Tribute to New York”.
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PITT RIVERS MUSEUM
Dr. Karl Harrison of Oxford University has produced a 29 panorama virtual tour of the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England, a museum devoted to archaeology
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A VIRTUAL WALKTHROUGH ERFURT, GERMANY
Andreas Kaempf, of vr.refocus.de, has built a literal walkthrough of his much-beloved hometown Erfurt, Germany.
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THE TAJ MAHAL - WORLD WONDER ON THE WEB
The Taj truly is… a poem... It is not only a pure architectural type, but also a creation, which satisfies the imagination, because its characteristic.
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A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO PHOTOGRAPHY: MAURA DONATI
Gallery 2V opened in May 2002 in Lugano, Switzerland displaying works from 14 Argentinian artists.
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A VIRTUAL ART EXHIBIT: DE FELLRATH
German artist and sculptor De fellrath (Detlef Fellrath)has had his canvas paintings displayed in a number of important institutes, most recently
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NEW AUTOSTITCH PANORAMA SOFTWARE
University of British Columbia computer science PhD candidate Matthew Brown has developed software that automatically stitches
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TAMBORINI - TICINO WINE PRODUCER'S VR SITE
Tamborini is a Ticino, Switzerland wine producer, founded in 1944, that produces fine merlots.
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NEW SOFTWARE - CONVERT CUBIC PANORAMAS INTO VIDEO
Ian Wood of AzureVision recently released Qtvr2mov, an application for producing video sequences from cubic QTVR panoramas.
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STITCHER 4.0 RELEASE - AN INTERVIEW WITH REALVIZ CTO LUC ROBERT
With the forthcoming release of Stitcher 4.0, due in January 2004, VRMAG thought it would be a good time to ask REALVIZ CTO Luc Robert and Product Manager Stephane...
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MULTINODE QTVR TOUR WITH EMBEDDED FLASH NAVIGATION
A tutorial by Michael Edlund of www.helloworld.se.
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A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE VENETIAN HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS
The first and only time I visited Las Vegas I was dumbfounded by the bizarre Wonderland quality of the various hotels, seemingly...
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PEACE RIVER STUDIO'S PIXORB TRIPOD HEAD
PixOrb is a motorized head for panoramic and spherical photography developed by Peace River Studios.
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FULLSCREENQTVR.COM PRESENTS NEW DIRECTORY: EXTREME EXPERIENCE
Looking for a little excitement? Haven’t been inspired enough to exclaim, “KOO-well” lately?
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THE MILAN DUOMO CATHEDRAL CHOIR AND CHAPEL MASTER CLAUDIO RIVA
The silver voices of the "pueri cantores", mixed with the robust voices of tenors attracts the astonished tourist, warm the hearth
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PRODUCTION OF THE VOICE COMMENTARY FOR AROUNDER MILAN
Given the importance of the Arounder Milan project, we asked Riccardo Studer, our preferred sound consultant, to lead the production of the spoken texts required by the concept..
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VRWAY PARTNERS WITH MUSIC LABEL MOTETTE URSINA FOR AROUNDER MILAN
Motette Ursina Psallite, of Duesseldorf, Germany is the premier worldwide organ and religious music label.
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VRWAY PARTNERS WITH MULTIMEDIA SAN PAOLO
VRWAY is pleased to announce its partnership with Multimedia San Paolo, of Milan, Italy, on the Arounder Milan project..
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AN INTERVIEW WITH WORLD WIDE PANORAMA ORGANIZERS
The World Wide Panorama event was held March 20, 2004 - the spring equinox in the northern hemisphere – and was open to anyone who
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KARLINE RODEON VR HEAD
VRMAG is working with a couple Karline products in order to achieve automatic 32-shot multirows with Stitcher 4.0.
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CATCH THE QTBUG TOUR WITH DENNIS BIELA OF LIGHTSPEED MEDIA
The QTBug Tour is an extremely imaginative concept devised by Dennis Biela to promote interactive video and immersive imaging, its use on the web.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF HOTEL CASTELLO DI CARIMATE, COMO, ITALY
Located in the beautiful Lake Como region of northern Italy, the Hotel Castello di Carimate stands in the Piazza Castello...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF GIANFRANCO FERRE'S E'SPA
Gianfranco Ferre’s new Milan boutique, opened in March 2004 at 15 Via Sant’Andrea, has the novelty of an attached E’SPA...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S IDROPARK FILA
Idropark Fila, formerly called Idroscalo Park, is a huge amusement and water park near Linate Airport where popular events such as rowing regattas...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF IMMOBILIARE COPPO
The Immobiliare Coppo virtual tour is comprised of two panoramas of the office and apartment.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF GRIMALDI PRESTIGE FERRIES
The Grimaldi Prestige Ferries line offers service throughout the Mediterranean, specializing in the western Mediterranean.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF HARBOUR CLUB MILANO
Located just 15 minutes from the center of Milan, the Harbour Club Milano offers superb indoor and outdoor facilities set in 70,000 square meters of gardens that offer an escape from the bustle of city life.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MAZAL GALLERY, MILAN ITALY
The Mazal Gallery virtual tour is comprised of two panoramas. The virtual tour is available in three formats – Fullscreen QTVR
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF LE CAVEAU, MILAN, ITALY
Le Caveau was born in 1993 from the wish of some friends to share the interest in high watchmaking with other people.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF WATCH AND CLOCK, MILAN, ITALY
Some works of art come in the form of exquisite watches, worn on the wrists of those who appreciate fine quality and craftsmanship.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF PISA OROLOGERIA, MILAN, ITALY
Pisa Orologeria, an official watch and jewelry dealer, represents such coveted brands as Audemars Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Chopard, Corum...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF IL BARETTO AL BAGLIONI RESTAURANT, MILAN, ITALY
The Il Baretto al Baglioni Restaurant virtual tour is comprised of three panoramas of the bar, salon and dining room.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF BACI AND ABBRACCI RESTAURANT, MILAN, ITALY
The Baci & Abbracci Restaurant virtual tour is comprised of two panoramas of the bar and dining area.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF EXEDRA RESTAURANT, MILAN, ITALY
A refined, creative cuisine, excellent bottles of wine and a beautiful interior with walls-painted in restful pastel colors - combined with the right lighting and nice, large tables.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF LE CLOCHARD RESTAURANT, MILAN, ITALY
The Le Clochard Restaurant virtual tour is comprised of two panoramas of the restaurant and dining area.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF BLUE NOTE JAZZ CLUB, MILAN, ITALY
The Blue Note virtual tour is comprised of two panoramas of the music club.
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360 DAYS WITH MICKAEL THERER
In honor of Remembrance Day, Mickael Therer quickly put together a project –’The War to End All Wars’ - rustling up twelve panographers
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF PORTOFINO'S CENTRO BENESSERE- LUGANO
The Portofino’s Centro Ben Essere Virtual Tour is comprised of three panoramas taken inside the salon. The virtual tour is available in three formats
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S CAROLI HEALTH CLUB
One of the secrets of wellness is physical activity. But just any sport or any program at the gym isn't enough.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S CENTRO COMMERCIALE BONOLA
The Centro Commerciale Bonola Virtual Tour is comprised of two panoramas. The virtual tour is available in three formats
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S ANTARES HOTEL RUBENS
The Antares Hotel Rubens Milan lays in a beautiful location a few steps from the charming shops of Corso Vercelli, from the church...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN'S ANTARES HOTEL ACCADEMIA
Two steps away from Castello Sforzesco and the Fair, the Antares Hotel Accademia welcomes you in its elegant classicism.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF ANTARES HOTEL CONCORDE MILAN
The Antares Hotel Concorde Milan, is just a short walk from Corso Buenos Aires, which is rated among the most important streets in Milan for shopping
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF GIANFRANCO FERRE BOUTIQUE, MILAN
Located in the historical heart of Milan, the Gianfranco Ferré flagship store shows stunning linearity, récherché flair and special versatility
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF AUTOVI AUTO SHOWROOM, MILAN
The Autovi Virtual Tour is comprised of two panoramas of the auto showroom. The virtual tour is available in three formats
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF RONCHI, MILAN
The Ronchi Virtual Tour is comprised of two panoramas. The virtual tour is available in three formats – Fullscreen QTVR...
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF FONTANA ARTE SHOWROOM IN MILAN.
Take a virtual tour of Corsico's Fontana Arte design shop with seven panoramas.
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MOTORSHOW BOLOGNA IN FULLSCREEN QTVR.
The 29th edition of the Bologna Motor Show, International Car and Motorcycle Exhibition, was a huge success. View it here in fullscreen QTVR.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA S.p.A.
Take a virtual tour of the Beretta gun shop, trophy room and clothing areas, including five panoramas.
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NEW VR TOURS IN AROUNDER MILAN.
Growing list of companies added to the Arounder Milan project.
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NEW VR TOURS IN AROUNDER ZERMATT.
Growing success for the Arounder Zermatt project.
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NEW VR TOURS IN AROUNDER ROME.
Arounder Rome adds new virtual tours.
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VR SKY TOUR OF COSTA RICA.
Mark Holdridge, of Market Promotions, created a 50-mile aerial panorama of the Costa Rican coast with over 100 links to local properties and attractions.
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MARKETPLACE - A WORLD WIDE PANORAMA EVENT.
Marketplace, the most recent in the WWP series, attracted over 250 photographers from 44 countries. Check it out!.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF PARIS' SACRÉ COEUR BASILICA, SACRED HEART.
Photographer Laurent Thion has produced a terrific virtual tour of Paris' Sacred Heart Basilica, featuring 10 fullscreen panoramas.
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NEW VR TOURS IN AROUNDER MILAN ISSUE 20. Reviews
PANORAMAS OF WW2 EUROPEAN LANDMARKS
This new website aims to catalogue WWII European landmarks with QTVR panoramas, and is well on its way with over 100 to date.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF WWII D-DAY OVERLORD SITES.
Sixty years later, the D-Day Normandy sites are available online in 360-degree panoramas.
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DELETE! DELETTERING THE PUBLIC SPACE IN VIENNA.
Photographer Bernhard Vogl captured in HDR the DELETE! art installation in Vienna.
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COLOGNE'S GREAT GOTHIC CATHEDRAL (KÖLNER DOM) IN FULLCREEN VR.
Take a peek at the new Arounder Cologne (Koln) Dome project featuring fullscreen VR panoramas.
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LINEA DI CONFINE, TV SERIES PROMOTION IN FULLSCREEN QTVR.
Behind the scene on the new televison drama produced by TSI, Cultura & Fiction department. Six 100-minutes-running episodes will be on air in the autumn 2005.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF MILAN’S MIP POLITECNICO MILAN.
Take a virtual tour of Milan's MIP Politecnico Milano.
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TIZI 'N TICHKA BY MAURA DONATI, AT GALLERY DOPPIA V.
Swiss photographer Maura Donati, who recently held a second exhibition of her work, discusses her creative process.
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ILLUSTRATED PANORAMIC FAIRY TALE.
Belgrade-based Mulimediaworx brings an ancient Serbian fairy tale to life with charming illustrated panoramas.
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DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK, UK - LANDSCAPE LEAP.
A QTVR project featuring 82 hi-res panoramas of England's Dartmoor National Park.
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PARIS' PÈRE-LACHAISE CEMETERY, A VIRTUAL TOUR.
Paris' famous cemetery, home to the famous, can be visited with a 360-degree virtual tour.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF REM KOOLHAAS’ CASA DA MUSICA, PORTO.
"This building is insane. It is also brilliant." See what all the fuss is about with a virtual tour of Casa da Musica.
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VIRTUAL TOUR OF CONQUES VILLAGE AND ABBEY, FRANCE.
Take a virtual tour of medieval Conques Saint Foy abbey-church, by photographer Laurent Thion.
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EXPLORING ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON.
Armchair travel produces another great project - Exploring St. Paul's Cathedral - with their trademark movies, narration and extensive research.
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FINDING MOUNT FUJI, JAPAN.
Toshio Fuji has designed a unique little challenge: From a starting point in Tokyo, find your way through 153 fullscreen panoramas to the summit of Mt. Fuji. (very difficult).
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KITE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY.
Scott Haefner's KAP panos are unique and the kite's-eye perspective - higher than a ladder and closer than a plane - make for truly stunning visuals.
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INTERACTIVE MEDIA IN DUBAI, UAE.
Mahmood Rashid Khan works hard to broaden the scope of VR photography in Dubai.
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a BOLIVIA’S BRAZEN BEAUTY.
A new DVD from the Illife family features ravishing cubic and motion VRs of Bolivia's sights and sounds.
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a CHEEKY PRAGUE360.
If a visit to Prague is in your future, Prague 360 is a must-visit site; if you’re not visiting Prague anytime soon, visit the site for its entertaining and irreverant reviews.
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a A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
A new multimedia CD-ROM about the UN is a superb education resource; innovative, comprehensive, and produced to high professional standards.
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a BALI, NO SUPERFICIAL BEAUTY.
Bert Vierstra's love for his adopted home is apparent in the care he has taken in selecting panos that represent the varied landscape, character, culture and people of the island,on his blog-style website, Bali 3D.
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a LEBANON PANORAMA.
Discover Lebanon, a website devoted to a small but incredibly beautiful and historic country.
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a MEDIEVAL TIMES AT ERASMUS KNIGHT'S TOURNAMENT
Step back into 15th century at Slovenia's dramatic Predjama Castle for the Erasmus Knight's Tournament.
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a BEAUTIFUL BERN, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
With a perfectly preserved medieval street plan with its arcades, street fountains and towers, the real attraction of Bern is its ambience
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a BRUSSELS, THE CROSSROAD OF EUROPE
As the European capital, the 1000-plus year old city of Brussels is home to the European Commission and the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU).
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a LILLIPUTIAN LUXEMBOURG
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg - the name itself connotes fairytale images - is a teeny country landlocked by much larger neighbors Belgium, France and Germany
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a HIP, HISTORICAL AMSTERDAM.
Amsterdam: Beautiful, hip, historical, laid back, liberal. With its cobbled streets, tree-lined canals and old houses, Amsterdam looks like a quintessential Dutch village but feels like a cultural metropolis.
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a BERLIN, HOT AFTER THE COLD WAR
Take a virtual tour of this multifaceted historical city with Arounder Berlin, featuring fullscreen panoramas
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VALENTINO AT RICHARD MEIER'S ARA PACIS MUSEUM IN ROME
45 years of Style in the modern temple of classicism.
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CYPRUS THE WONDERFUL ISLAND
Aphrodite was born in a treasure island where gems of peculiar beauty are waiting for discovery.
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VIENNA FULL OF HISTORY AND FULL OF CHARME
Walking in Wien can be a quite seductive experience ...
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AN IMPRESSIVE BUILDING THE OPERA HOUSE OF COPENHAGEN
An interactive Virtual Tour with 3d Maps realized by John E. Kroll of VirtualWorks.dk.
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WELLENKREIS BY DETLEF FELLRATH
White Box for "Wellenkreis", Lugano, Switzerland. A virtual visit to an art installation showing an endless sine curve in real space.
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IMMERSE YOURSELF IN FRANKFURTS COCOON CLUB
Discover the next generation clubbing experience with a complete virtual tour by Think-Quicktime.com.
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PULE ESTATE LUXURY TIME IN SLOVENIA
Spend time Between Heaven and Earth.
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COWAL HIGHLAND GATHERING DUNOON
Kilts, bagpipes, whisky and...a lot of Scottish atmosphere.
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QUEBEC CITY RED BULL CRASHED ICE PANOS
Try it if you dare!
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FOLLOW THE DEM'S CAMPAIGN: TRACKING BARACK OBAMA AND HILLARY CLINTON
When Panoramic Images enter into politics...
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RATATUILLES RECIPES WITHIN GUSTEAUS KITCHEN
Remy's soup revealed.
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DANCING LAUREN
Unleashing the power of Flash within Panoramic Images.
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BEHIND THE DOORS OF TOPKAPI HAREM
Into the rooms of the concubines and all around Turkey.
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THE WOODEN CHURCHES OF PODHALE IN POLAND
Panoramic virtual tour on a CD through wooden churches in the south of Poland.
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FIGHTING MALARIA
A great project to awaken interest in health issues.
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