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Re: What is VR going to be called by the General Public.
Jeff Pelletier 2005-Jan-21 18:03:00
I find using the term 'VR Photography' along with 'Immersive' and
'Panoramic' to differentiate between cubic and cylindrical works quite
well..
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> This is something that's been an ongoing topic of discussion throughout
> the VR world... IQTVRA/IVRPA has certainly had an interest in this too.
> Likewise, when I worked at a large commercial VR studio, we cycled
> through a number of marketing-friendly names for interactive panoramas
> - in fact, in my current employment at a major fine arts museum with
> huge photographic holdings, I try to always avoid using the word
> panorama at all - as it always conjures the wrong mental picture in
> folks with interest in classical photography/panography.
>
> I've heard these and many more:
>
> VR - I don't like this term, but I eventually got used to it and
> probably use it myself... but it's not what I originally thought of as
> VR.
> Bubbles, photobubbles
> Photospheres
> Spins
> Panos, panoramas
> 360's
> etc etc
>
> None very good, very memorable, or obvious enough.
>
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