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Re: What is VR going to be called by the General Public.
tflyfish2002 2005-Jan-21 20:02:00
VDU? Now there's a term that I haven't seen for quite a while.
My son who is eleven, saw some of my spherical pano's and called it
Virtual Reality, or at least is thought it was. Maybe it was because
it reminded him of playing a video game.
I am personal really interested because I want to come up with a
million dollar web site url....or a least a web site that potential
clients might look at.
Barry
--- In #removed#, "mark1schuster" <#removed#> wrote:
>
> --- In #removed#, Landis <#removed#> wrote:
> > >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.
>
> Why? Just because Quicktime incorrectly addopted the term. It's an
> exageration. Much as I admire the work of other members of this
> group and their technical expertise (I wish I could do half as well)
> it ain't virtual reality. As a child I watched a "3D" movie through
> red and green glasses and went on a "virtual" big dipper ride. It
> was scary and made me flinch as it - I - dived towards the water.
> That was virtual reality. I suppose what an airline pilot
> experiences on the deck of a flight simulator is virtual reality.
> What I see on my VDU isn't virtual reality anymore than a landscape
> hanging in the National Gallery. Using an appropriate term doesn't
> detract from either.
> >
> > 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.
>
> What about "Full Spherical Panorama", "Full cylindrical Panorama"
> and "Partial ..." Yes I know spheres are often produced by cubes,
> but the observer wouldn't notice the difference. - Anyhow,
> isn't "panoramic" an adjective?
>
> That's my tuppence worth. Hope I didn't upset anyone, especially as
> I am just a beginner. Please don't expel me!
> >
> > My pennies.
> >
> > -Landis