Corinna Jacobs' Interactive Panoramas book to be published in Russian
Corinna Jacobs' book 'Interactive Panoramas: Techniques for Digital Panoramic Photography' will now be published in Russian this summer. The original was in German and also came out in English several months ago. Read the review here.The International Association of Panoramic Photographers (IAPP) announced a European Conference in Austria 15-17, April 2005.
IAPP will hold a European Conference in beautiful Gmunden Austria, APRIL 15-17 in conjunction with Gmundner Fotoage 2005. There will be a private meeting on Sunday April 17, where members get together at their own table for the Gala Dinner dinner on Saturday Evening, the 18th. The Gala Dinner on Saturday April 16th takes place in the Gmunden Theater. Should there be space available, tickets,can be purchased for 35 Euros. They also plan a private IAPP dinner on Friday the 15th.
New VR site for VR Tours and Images
Bradford Bohonus has created a new site listing VRs - BlogVR. “Not finding the equivalent of a "What's New" page for VRs -a site where people can go to click to the latest in VR content created by photographers, I have created my own. I hope that all of you will find this useful both for promoting your own images and as an easy way to locate and see the latest creations,” Bohonus wrote on the QuickTime-VR list.
So, if you’ve got a new VR project or updated your existing site, add it to BlogVR.com. There are already new entries from Kuala Lumpur, Lebanon, Miami and Berlin.
Panoramic photography by the International VR Photography Association at Panorama Mesdag
The ‘Eyecatchers’ exhibition, featuring panoramas by Aldo Hoeben, Frank van der Pol, Jan van der Woning and 30 other members of the IVRPA, runs now through May 22nd at Panorama Mesdag, The Hague, Holland.
World Wide Panorama ‘Marketplace’ Event March 17-20, 2005
Don’t forget about the upcoming WWP Event! To get in the loop, join the WWP list and visit ‘Marketplace’ for more information on the event and theme.
PangeaVR 1.0 goes Final
Pangea Software recently announced the release of PangeaVR, a Web browser plug-in designed to speed up the display of QuickTime VR (QTVR) movies using OpenGL-based hardware graphics acceleration.
PangeaVR is FREE and the developer has just released the source code to the public; Pangea is encouraging developers to port it to other platforms.
Early feedback is extremely positive!
Courtrooms Could Host Virtual Crime Scenes
Lawyers, judges and jurors could soon explore crime scenes in three dimensions in the courtroom, in the same way that video gamers explore virtual worlds.
A recent article in NewScientist.com announced that software called instant Scene Modeler (iSM) re-creates an interactive 3D model from a few hundred frames of a scene captured by a special video camera. Users can zoom in on any object in the 3D model, measure distances between objects and look at scenes from different angles.
Panoramas.dk Celebrates Three Years
Hans Nyberg should be very proud. On March 13th he celebrated the 3rd anniversary of his very popular website, panoramas.dk.
He's had great success over the past three years, especially with the Mount Everest, Apollo Missions, and Jook Leung's New Years panoramas. But there are many lesser-known panoramas that deserve to be seen. Take some time to help Hans celebrate by checking out the panos he feels didn't get the attention they deserve.
