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· What
is a 3D Virtual Tour image
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Terms and Definitions
· Frequently Asked Questions
What is a
3D Virtual Tour image?
Our 3D Virtual Tour images are
Cylindrical VR panoramic pictures. You can interactively
"step inside and look around" real places such as a
travel destination, a conference or business facility, a concert
hall or movie set, a museum or campus, inside a vehicle or an
open exterior space.
A conventional static image
(nothing moves) An interactive Java VR image
(click and drag inside image)
Suggestions
for best Viewing:
- The recommended Web browser
is Internet Explorer 5 for both Mac and PC.
- Set your monitor resolution
to 1024x768 at millions or thousands of colors.
- Free up memory by quiting applications
you are not using, except your Web browser.
- Vitual Tour images are larger
and require more computer memory to function. For Internet viewing,
a broadband connection is recommended.
Terms and
Definitions
3D Virtual images is a general term we use to describe 360°
panoramic images that are created to be interactively viewed.
Using different types of viewers, (Java, and QuickTime) they
all work to deliver an undistorted rectilinear image in a viewing
window.
VR comes from the phrase "Virtual
Reality". 3D Virtual
Tour images are viewed electronically with computers and will
give the visitor a greater sense of being virtually there, conveying
much far information about an environment and its relationships
with its contents.
· Cylindrical VR
is a vertically limited view Panoramic VR image. It does not
see fully above and below. The vertical field of view (vfov)
is typically 140 degrees or less.
For web sites, we generally optimize
the VR file sizes to under 100kb for broadband Internet delivery.
· High Definition VR
are higher resolution panoramic images with optimized file sizes
of 800k or larger. This allows greater degree of zooming for
inspection of scene detail and for full screen presentations.
We author our
Virtual Tours for both Java VR and/or QuickTime VR
delivery:
Java VR?
Java™ is popular computer language (http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/J/Java.html)
used to give web pages more functionality (like a plug-in does).
Modern Web browsers like Internet Explorer 5 and Netscape Navigator
5/AOL 6 are Java friendly and should automatically play back
Java delivered content without needing a plug-in.
QuickTime
VR?
It is a part of QuickTime™ which is a high performance multi-media
technology from Apple Computer for playing all sorts of digital
media files including 360 VR images on your Mac and PC. A Mac
computer will already have QuickTime installed while a PC computer
may need to have this additional software installed.
QuickTime
Plug-In?
It is additional software like a RealPlayer™ or Flash™
plug-in for your Web Browser that extends its capabilities to
view web pages that contain rich media files like QuickTime VR
Images. The QT plug-in comes with the basic installation of the
QuickTime software. The current version is QuickTime 5 and has
support for Cubic VR images. The basic installation is free and
includes the QT Plug-In: http://apple.com/quicktime/download.
Frequently
Asked Questions
Should I choose QuickTime
or Java for my web site?
Pick Java VR if you have to choose the single largest and most
available Internet delivery solution for your web site audience.
Java must be enabled on the client's computer and the playback
is more responsive on faster computers with more memory.
Choose QuickTimeVR if you can
control the hardware and/or software used to view your virtual
tour like a company network , kiosk installation, CD-ROM or PowerPoint™
presentation.
QuickTime™ will easily handle
larger High Definition-high resolution files much better than
Java as well as streaming sound and video. A Mac computer will
already have QuickTime installed while a PC computer may need
to have this additional software installed.
You can offer to display both
and give the visitor a choice: Java VR for the widest audience,
QuickTime VR for targeted higher performance such as full screen
presentation of High definition VR.
How soon after
you take the pictures can I see the images?
Normally 24-72 hours after we leave your location. We will host
your new 3D Virtual Tour images and Tour package in our client
review area of our pocono3Dtours.com web site so you can see
them as fast as we can get them up on the Web.
I don't have
a web site. Can I still use 3D Virtual Tour Images?
Certainly. We can host your virtual tour or set up a new web
site for you. If you don't need a web site, 3D Virtual Tour images
can work with most software capable of playing QuickTime™.
This means you can integrate 3D Virtual Tour images into presentation
software like Microsoft PowerPoint™ or MacroMedia Director™
for a CD-ROM project.
I do have
a web site. How do I put these images on it?
When you review your 3D Virtual Tour images or Tour package in
your client review area of our web site you will also have the
underlying client-side html code to integrate them into your
own web site. Your Web designer can copy and transfer this code
to your web site. If you need assistance in how this works we
are here to help you also.
Our Basic
Virtual Tour package is an economical way to add this exciting
technology to your organization's web site.
For tour package pricing, visit our Solutions Page
For more information
contact:
Pocono Web
Works
PO
Box 94
Pocono Pines, PA 18350
570-643-6994
Toll Free 866-345-8002
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