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05 Sep 2006

Always carry …. a sound recorder?

A new twist on an old saying.
Which of us has not heard “Always carry a camera”? The exhortation is rarely informed, of course. Any Englishman will tell you that it never rains when you carry an umbrella, and for most, the same applies to cameras. You never see good pictures if you […]

31 Aug 2006

Enhanced QTVR interactive features

CubicConnector does the trick.
That rather intimidating title is nothing more than the addition of ‘click here’ functionality to a QTVR movie/panorama.
This is best illustrated by the enhanced version of the 360 degree panorama of my home theater which has graced these pages before.
Once the QuickTime image loads - click below - cursor over any of […]

26 Aug 2006

QTVR on the big screen

100″ of forest glory!
I wrote the other day about displaying QTVR pictures on the TV screen.
Today, using the same connecting cables with my iBook I plugged the computer into the ‘Video 1′ input on the AV unit in our home theater and what do you think I got?

Surround sound quality from the MP3 soundtrack - […]

23 Aug 2006

QTVR on the TV screen

A couple of cables, a smart nephew and the iBook do the trick.
My eventual goal for the QTVRs + sound that I am making is to show them on the big screen, meaning the 100″ screen in the home theater on which I project movies.
Well, my iBook, a nice portable source for all of this, […]

22 Aug 2006

Surrounded

Having close detail all around you makes for strong QTVR panoramas.
Click here
Three image HDR pictures, combined in Photomatix, were used here.

20 Aug 2006

Adding sound to QTVR panoramas - Part III

Alternatives and first field experience.
The weekend finds me in the Bay Area and whatever you may say of the frenetic pace, the overcrowding and the relentless drive for this year’s BMW, the environment does come with lots of great sound locations, so naturally the Edirol R-09 sound recorder came with me.
First, a few words about […]

18 Aug 2006

Adding sound to QTVR panoramas - Part II

Batteries not included! Heck, lotsa things not included.
I looked at incorporating public domain sound into QTVR panoramas in Part I. How about recording your own sound track?
Meet the latest addition to the digital household:

Made by the fellas who gave us all those rock-’n-roll consoles, Roland, it is mightily costly at $400 (whadya expect? […]