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Posted:  18 May 2006 10:34

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When I first purchased Microsoft Encarta, I was awed by these "Virtual Tours". More so when I played "Gundam 0079: the War For Earth." It featured a full 360 view of the surrounding, but I know that it was only a still shot and wondered how it was done.


Up to now, I have no idea on how to do it. I wished I could make one for the company website to show off the radio booth and all, but I really don't know how to go about doing it.
Posted:  19 May 2006 20:01

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I think to create a virtual tours or 360 degree panorama, you need a special lenses. I have found this website selling the special lens 360 lense and you can get the 360 tour using only one shot:

http://www.0-360.com/index.asp?ID=ov

You can use Nikon D70 and Photovista Panorama and PMVR here:

http://www.duckware.com/nikond70/index.html

Hope this help.
Posted:  22 May 2006 11:52

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Oh I see...

That was exactly what I was planning to do - mount the camera on a tripod, swivel the tripod via remote and take a shot every few seconds.


This site's nice. Will check it out! I thought it could only be done with Quicktime at first. Thanks!
Posted:  26 May 2006 04:39

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I also wondered about this when I had the Worldbook Encyclopedia 2000. The pictures revolved and I could even see the upper part of the picture.

Is there a camera that will take one shot and it will get a 360 image?
Posted:  26 May 2006 11:57

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For what I know, there are some common 180 degree shot cameras. But I haven't come by any 360 degree shot cameras before.

One example is that camera on one of Jackie Chan's movies... I don't know the brand, but that scene was funny.
Posted:  25 Jun 2006 11:08

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What film of Jackie Chan was that?

I just have a theory of how they get a 360 picture image, they would have a 2 or more camera's and then put them together in one place but facing all directions. Then they shot in one time to get a picture of the place at one time. Then they would just make the pictures connected and turned into a 360 degree picture view.