My home, my new tripod & some QTVR
I’ve always been a fan of Quicktime VR (QTVR), you know those funny little images that allow you to rotate around and get a 360 degree view of wherever they were taken. There’s something about them that just fascinates me so when I bought a new Canon SLR Camera not long ago I had it in mind that I’d explore the style more and set about taking some wonderful panoramas while I’m away.
Little did I know to have the “professional” set up and tripod mounts to do it would cost a small fortune and seeing how I’d already sold one kidney to fly to PAX at the end of August it seemed like my dream was over. Fortunately for me I found this little baby called the “Panosaurus” which allowed me to have a fully functioning panoramic camera mount for under US$100.
Armed with my new SLR, the Panosaurus and a trial copy of PanoramaFactory I quickly threw together this quick QTVR of my new living room. It’s nothing special but a good trial run and a chance for me to have a play! Look out for more of these (of much more interesting topics) in time to come.
August 5th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Dude, that looks awesome, VERY clear pic.
August 5th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
It would be good if it did not cause my Mac to crash.
August 5th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
@Stu That’s weird. Is it happening for anyone else?
August 6th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Nah just making my shit run as slow as ….. something that runs really slow
August 13th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I never managed to put that Panosaurus together… how did you manage it?
August 13th, 2008 at 9:00 am
@Jon I just followed the instructions that came with it. Took me a long time though, there’s plenty of measuring to do. You can download some updated instructions as a PDF from it’s website.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Works fine for me and your new digs look good.
September 5th, 2008 at 10:06 am
was sluggish for me too, but nice pad 8)