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Happy Holidays! We[base ']ve got some holiday cheer of our own coming your way in the form of product giveaways (Zoomifyer for Flash[dot accent]), discounts on many popular VR products, and something less tangible too (but no less heartwarming) in the form of bytes: soulful music and lovely visuals of the Vatican basilicas.
Thanks for your support this past year! We wish each of you the very best in health, holidays and happiness.
Holiday Cheer:
HO HO HO[sigma]Santa arrives a few days early for VRMAG newsletter subscribers! We have a fabulous FREEBIE exclusive: Zoomify is giving away 100 copies of Zoomifyer for Flash[dot accent], a US $129.00 value! Designed for seamless integration in Macromedia Flash MX 2004[dot accent] and backward compatibility with Macromedia Flash MX! Quantities are limited to the first 100 readers who respond; go to http://vrm.vrway.com/vartist/index.html and read [OE]SPECIAL DISCOUNTS ON POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY & STITCHING PRODUCTS[base '] for directions, along with many more exclusive VRMAG discounts on great products from Zoomify, REALVIZ, Totally Hip, Click Here Design and Agno[base ']s Equipment.
Many thanks to Serge Gutwirth, Jook Leung, Laurent Thion and Peggy Stein for their HOLIDAY PANORAMAS. Also, find the easter egg (hidden hotspot) of Italian diva Mina Mazzini in one of the fullscreen VRs and you[base ']ll enjoy a tour of Mina in her studio.
Special Fullscreen Projects:
We[base ']ve added a new fullscreen template, which we[base ']re launching with several exciting projects: THE BEAUTY OF THE VATICAN IN VIRTUAL REALITY, WITH ITALIAN DIVA MINA (our Holiday gift, visit http://vrm.vrway.com/projects/minainvaticano/english/ consisting of 16 fullscreen panoramas of the Vatican[base ']s basilicas and surroundings, accompanied by Gregorian chants performed by Mina Mazzini, Italy[base ']s legendary diva (we also sneak a peek at the Holy See[base ']s official website and virtual tours in VATICAN MUSEUMS); BEYOND BELIEF - VIRTUAL BURNING MAN 2003 with 15 panoramas and commentary on this year[base ']s Festival by Charles Evans; MODERN PARIS: LA DEFENSE with panoramas by Laurent Thion; and MARIO BOTTA[base ']S ANGELI CHAPEL ON MONTE TAMARO, SWITZERLAND.
Technology:
STITCHER 4.0 RELEASE - AN INTERVIEW WITH REALVIZ CTO LUC ROBERT and Product Manager Stephane Negri is the first interview REALVIZ has granted regarding its forthcoming Stitcher release, with questions by Charles Evans and Scott Highton. Evans also contributes two Stitcher tutorials: USING FULL-FRAME FISHEYE IMAGES WITH STITCHER, and LENS TYPES SUPPORTED BY REALVIZ STITCHER. And Michael Edlund contributes another tutorial - MULTINODE QTVR TOUR WITH EMBEDDED FLASH NAVIGATION. Ian Wood, of AzureVision, answers some in-depth questions on his QTVR2MOV application in NEW SOFTWARE - CONVERT CUBIC PANORAMAS INTO VIDEO.
Places:
SALINE ROYALE is a website devoted to the World Heritage listed Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans. In THE OFFBEAT TRAVELLER, Mark Fennell takes us on a journey to Tasmania, the Easter Islands and the North Pole while Francois Panchard shares his hometown BUDAPEST BASILICA. Tito Dupret, who was recently in New York with a CNN crew, shoots the STATUE OF LIBERTY for his project WHTour and VRMAG[base ']s Giuseppe Pennisi captures the SAN ROCCO CHURCH and ROTONDA, both in Lugano, Switzerland.
An old ESCHER VR article, by Tony Garbasso, has been very popular lately so we[base ']ve updated and republished it in this issue, as well as the VIRTUAL CATHEDRAL OF THE DORMITION by Alexey Trusov. And of course, don[base ']t forget to get caught up with all the VR NEWS.
Michelle Bienias,
Senior Editor
michelle@webidentity.com
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