Steve Schacht wrote:
>> An example tells the story better than a
>> thousand words (requires Shoclwave):
>> <http://dativ.at/fotos/panoramas/adr/adr.html> (Bernhard Vogl is one of
>> the best HDR/ADR authors out there).
>
> A beautiful high resolution panorama indeed. However, I must say
> that, to my eye, the illumination of the scene doesn't change in a way
> that I would consider "natural". If I were standing in that spot and
> just turned my head 90 degrees, the areas I'm turning _from_ wouldn't
> get darker. I honestly don't find that it adds much to the panorama,
> and in fact I find it somewhat distracting (which is probably why I
> didn't pursue it when I found that ptviewer demo).
>
> If, on the other hand, you were moving _through_ the scene (as in
> computer games), the illumination most certainly _would_ change, and I
> could see some real benefit to ADR.
>
> Of course, that's not to say _HDR_ doesn't contribute anything.
Of course these are two different things, though both share the same
fate that the judgement on them is purely subjective and what applies
for you might not apply for me. I have personally never pursued ADR
because it would make me dependent on a single technology that currently
reaches only 48% of users because of the hardware requirements to run
Shockwave, though that will change with Microsoft Vista that makes
accelerated video cards necessary. If only Adobe would release Shockwave
for OSX in Intel native mode...
>> I have a live example on my company's platform:
>> <http://www.voxcasa.com/visite.php?sia=x42500> defaults to Java if
>> detected.
>
> It defaulted to QT for me (I'm on a Mac). I did override it and
> checked out the Java version though, and I _really_ like the ability
> to overlay the map and hotspots!
I got mixed feedback on that overlay and will probably take it down in
the next version.
> I'm sure this can probably be done with QT, but not with the tools I
> have available.
Indeed it is possible with QT, but it would be manual work for each tour
while in ptviewer, DevalVR and SPi-V/Shockwave it is all automatically
generated by the CMS.
> It would also be cool if the overlays could be toggled off and on.
the user interface is already too cluttered. Technically the toggle is
very simple to implement. I doubt the end viewers would want to play
with that, though. My experience from an improvised usability lab is
that the users spend less than one minute on each pano. In 97% of the
cases they don't even zoom.
> I don't use Google Earth for real estate stuff, though, as the GE
> license seemed to prohibit it.
eh? I did not find anything when I read it - can you point me in the
right direction?
> Thanks for the info,
thanks to you for the feedback too.
Yuv
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