with information about his "Click Away" software and license.
Comments...Analysis...and Legal Opinions Welcomed
All i can offer so far is "Comments"... i'm inclined to buy a
license once a Mac OS X version of this product is available.
I've tried the PC v0.4. It's able to combine two fisheyes, with
auto-cropping abilities. Precise alignment while shooting is a
necessity. The presentation of the stitching process is unique,
but makes *a lot of* sense.
Things i've noticed:
- seems to bring back some legal safety into the usage of 130
years old camera technology...
- uses PTviewer for java playback
- does not intend to sue Prof. Dersch ;-)
- creates cubic QTVRs, too.
- 499 $ is expensive, but i've paid about the same for QTVR
Authoring studio years ago, so what...
- Pay fee only once. I *like* this business model. (may change
once v1.0 is reached, according to website...)
- enterprise licensing is necessary if you *publish* more than
500 panos *per month* - now that's a limitation i can easily live
with...
- My sigma 8mm isn't up to the task. visible seam. Works better
with lenses above 180 degrees FOV.
- I'd like to see support for "more than 2" shot panos. Like free
interactive placement of the shot inside a virtual workspace...
(could be there's another patent for this one? :-S
- ability to add a licensing information to JPEG files
(annotations, not inside the picture), proving that it's produced
with "legally fish-eyed software".
- doesn't care where the pictures come from, works with
"conventional" 360x180 planar images, too.
- causes the same feeling i get whenever i read some
software/hardware license agreement: "You agree to indemnify..."
- why is it that it's always *me* that's supposed to compensate
the company if *they* screw up something with the law? Or maybe
the legal english is just waaay over my head...
--
Strange patent of the day:
Battery powered light
United States Patent 6,366,028
Issued April 2, 2002
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