Bogdan Achimescu

works

Cities and Citizens

technicalities

system requirements

Firs of all, you will need a fast Internet connection. There are seven files, between 1.3 and 2 MB in size, a total of about 11MB to download assuming you want to explore all rooms.

The panorama is optimized for screen resolutions of 600x800 and above. It is meant to be viewed in a browser - not as a stand-alone QuickTime movie.

If you don't have it already, you need QuickTime (TM) to view these images. It can be downloaded for free here.
No, Windows Media Player does not understand this format.

navigation

Click - and - drag in image to look left, right, up and down.
Shift key - zoom in, ctrl - zoom out.
When your cursor changes to a finger you are on a hotspot: you can jump to a different node (=location in the space).
You can also jump to a different node by clicking its location on the map.
The small arrows show the angle of view.

Unless you want to read the technicalities at the bottom of this page,
you're ready to go!


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technicalities

I made this virtual tour on a Macintosh iBook, using images captured with a Fuji digital camera.
Processed in Apple's old but still best QTVR Authoring Studio. Map added using Squamish Media Group's incredibly buggy piece of software - MapsaVR.
Also used: Photoshop, NodesaVR, RevolVR.
I plan to optimize the files for Internet delivery with DeliVRator, as soon as I learn how to use it.

Many thanks to Limell Lawson from the University of Arizona MLL for providing both hardware and software and to Daan Bruijel for lending his beloved Fuji.