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Re: What is VR going to be called by the General Public.
Landis 2005-Jan-21 03:56:00
>With Jook's excellent TV spot VR and Pano's is really get some
>mainstream attention, my personal guess is that we are going to see a
>lot more websites using it in the near future.
>My question is what is it going to be know as by the general public
>and the media? Just VR? Or Pano? All-around?
>
>What do you think?
VR Photography with two major subsets: VR Panoramas and VR Objects.
The public already knows the term virtual tour, so this keeps us in
the same bit of vocabulary. QuickTime VR being one of the first and
most widespread technologies really pushed that 'VR' term on us, and
I think it fits pretty well.
I tried out 'Immersive Imagery' and 'Interactive Photography' for a
while, but it just never seemed to stick the way the terms VR
Photography and VR Panoramas do.
Plus the uncorrected source image (seen outside a 'viewer') is most
definitely a Panorama.
Which brings me to another little rule that I use. A panorama goes
360 degrees, a panoramic is less.
My pennies.
-Landis