Friday, October 7, 2005

A number of companies have new VR products, so I'm bunching those news items together into one post, in no particular order. --editor Altostorm Rectilinear Panorama corrects most asymmetrical and irregular panorama distortion (as well as lens and perspective distortion KARLINE rodeon modular is a brand-new pan-tilt head for cylindrical 360∞ and spherical 180∞x360∞ panoramas that features Bluetooth for communicating with a PDA or PC/notebook control unit. Mapwing Creator Pro is an authoring application enabling users to build virtual reality (VR) tours from digital photographs. 7:33:53 AM

How Was That Photograph Taken?: "Ever seen a great photograph and wondered exactly how it was taken, right down to the exposure, and Photoshop techniques? Well, wonder no more, as a new series of articles over at the promising new blog I Like Cameras takes you behind the scenes of their photographs." (Via PhotographyBLOG.) 6:31:54 AM

New website launched to serve travel enthusiasts: "" (Via Eye For Travel.) 6:30:19 AM

Play Ogg Vorbis files in iTunes 5 / QuickTime 7: "Install Arek's OggVorbis QuickTime component, and you can listen to Ogg Vorbis files in QuickTime 7. Tested with QuickTime 7.0.2 and iTunes 5.0.1 on OS X 10.4.2. [robg adds: Back in 2002, this hint covered another Ogg Vorbis..." (Via Mac OS X Hints.) 6:30:03 AM

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