panoramas
360° virtual reality and static panoramas.
360° virtual reality panoramas
Below are most of my virtual reality panoramas. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did making them.
requirements
You will need the free Quicktime player to view these VR panoramas (~26mB download). Tip: Select the option without iTunes. Also, you can enter a false email address if you are so inclined.
Dialup users may want to download Quicktime 6.5.2 - an older version - as it's only 12mB (and not 23mB as the webpage states).
various quality versions
For your convenience, I have rendered several qualities of each panorama:
Low - under 500kB;
Medium - under 2mB;
Full - 3mB to 6mB (explanation).
all linked together
This entire collection of virtual reality panoramas are linked together; you could start at Mansfield, jump over to The Paps then hop over the lake to The Pines for example.
direction maintained
I have taken care in perfecting the implementation of this technology. The background website code has been developed to keep track of which panorama you have come from, and subsequently keeps you pointed in the right direction in order to not disorient you; each panorama knows the precise direction of it's neighbouring (linked) panoramas, and tells the browser to be pointed 180° from the place it came from.
Cookies have been utilised to achieve this. If cookies are not enabled, panoramas will default to low quality beyond the first one.
Main Street, Mansfield
low / medium / full
Mansfield Main Street, taken from the roundabout.
Links to:
The Paps, The Pines #11.
The Paps (South)
low / medium / full
Due to the sheer height and distance of this vista, I shot it fully zoomed in to capture as much detail as possible.
Links to:
Mansfield, The Pines #2, The Pines #11.
The Pines #1
low / medium / full
Entrance to The Pines, near the ranger's office.
Links to:
The Pines #2, The Pines #10.
The Pines #2
low / medium / full
Looking down Burnt Creek Inlet.
Links to:
The Pines #1, The Pines #3, The Pines #4, The Pines #5, The Pines #6.
The Pines #10
low / medium / full
On the track that follows the power line South-West.
Links to:
The Pines #1, The Pines #2.
The Pines #3
low / medium / full
On the lake bed, Burnt Creek Inlet.
Links to:
The Pines #2, The Pines #4, The Pines #5, The Pines #6.
The Pines #4
low / medium / full
Next to Burnt Creek Inlet.
Links to:
The Pines #2, The Pines #3, The Pines #5, The Pines #6.
The Pines #5
low / medium / full
On the lake bed, Burnt Creek Inlet.
Links to:
The Pines #2, The Pines #3, The Pines #4, The Pines #6, The Pines #11.
The Pines #6
low / medium / full
See static panorama below, with plenty of water in the lake.
Links to:
The Pines #2, The Pines #3, The Pines #4, The Pines #5, The Pines #11.
The Pines #11
low / medium / full
This one was taken from one of the highest peaks in the area.
Links to:
Mansfield, The Paps, The Pines #5, The Pines #6.
static panoramas
The Pines #6
Ahh, this image captures two of my favourite things; motorbike riding and the natural beauty of our landscape. My brother and I are seen here appreciating the view.
As you will see from the caption, this panorama was too good to not give away - I presented it to my mother as a birthday present.
Taken at The Pines in Spring of 2005, this panorama shows Lake Eildon at its best.