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Re: VR Photography book - discount ending & thoughts on new iPad for VR
Pat Swovelin 2010-Jan-30 19:37:00
On 1/30/2010 10:47 AM, #removed#'s hamster got loose on the
keyboard and typed ...:
Quicktime is dead as a VR presentation method. Get over it.
> Hello All
> I am sorry if I am out of line in saying this ...(& I am one on the
> pre-order list for the book).....
> but... I'll be glad to have the "commercial(s)" finally end...
>
> I realize the content of the book fits in with "our" WWP group...
> however if all the pros out there took advantage of posting
> commercials, amateurs like myself & other list subscribers would have
> to wade through so much more reading to find the true WWP topic content.
> Is there a way of organizing topics (as in magazines) where commercial
> advertisements could appear at the "end" of the message threads ....
> or even a separate link/section for advertisements equipment/books/job
> (search)/commercials/ etc.... separate nonprofit vs profit?
>
> I sincerely apologize to all & especially Mr. Highton if I am being
> rude with my comments.
>
> .......... ------>
> Shifting gears here...
> How many of you viewed Steve Jobs keynote opening for the new iPad
> intro?.....
> During the (video) segment where he was into the demo of web browsing
> and then got down into Google Maps??... he ended up on street level
> and "started" to "spin-view" around !!! ???.... He even exclaimed
> how cool it was !!...
> In my mind it "flashed" how this new device, the iPad would be the
> perfect tool to revolutionize (bring back) quicktime VR (or "any" VR)
> as a viewer on this tablet.....
> If you can already zoom down to street level in google Maps &
> experience "some" vr effect(s) then what would a full immersive VR
> player for the iPad do for our cause???....
> Just imagine the portability to immerse "clients/individuals" into a
> location on our planet and navigate around with the touch of your
> fingers... 2 finger squeeze to zoom in & spread to zoom out....
> I am certainly not a programmer .. however my imagination is leading
> me to think/wish/dream for "someone" (if possible) to develop a new
> "app" just for VR....
> Could this bring quicktimeVR back from the brink?.... could someone
> sit down & influence Steve Jobs by showing him some of the fantastic
> work created on the WWP site.... has he ever even seen the site??....
> if not at the "top" could someone he respects & has his "ear/eyes" be
> shown & get the "vision" of possibility(s)... influence/talk
> "them" (Apple) into saving their quicktimeVR baby from their bathwater??
> And (although over my head) with the SDK available & open to new app
> developers, is there someone out there who could do a "decent" viewer
> for object & cubic/equi/sperical VR content that so many are producing??
>
> just imagine .......an iPad
> --in hospitals with QT "Object" VR of cat scans... orthopedic views,
> blood vessel views, a tablet that drs & specialists can pass around &
> manipulate in 3D
> --in the hands of ecologists & naturalists with the gps capibility in
> the field & ability to capture & view VR views of vernal --pools ...
> old growth stands.... glacier receding... on & on...
> ...virtual field guides that can be viewed with object VR of the
> organisms... (spin a bug around 360 to identify all parts)
> --in the hands of real estate professionals with a "tour" of
> prospective properties for clients
> --and on .... & on....
>
> There was a start to a msg thread somewhere back in the "digest" that
> called for a discussion of future possible business opportunities for
> VR.... how could such a device "fit" in?
>
> These are just a few of my thoughts in the heat of excitement & I'd
> appreciate what others thoughts/feelings about this may be? What
> place in our Pre--- During --- Post VR workflow would such a device as
> the iPad have/serve?
> Jobs said it was a "better" way to present photos.... well certainly
> why not VR "photos".... "duhhh".... is there anybody out there who
> could "show/convince/influence" him of such an awesome use potential
> as a VR viewer !!! ???
>
> Thanks to all out there for their contributions & willingness to help
> others "learn" & thank you for your time & thoughts of my "ramblings"
> above
>
> Regards from the deep frozen coast of Maine USA
> -L
> Larry Cassis
> Science & Technology Educator
> MLTI Laptop Technology Coordinator
> Camden Hills Regional HS
>
>> Re: VR Photography book - discount ending
>> Posted by: "Bo Lorentzen" #removed# bo_online
>> Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:36 pm (PST)
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>> Scott,
>>
>> Thank you for this additional commercial update.
>>
>> Bo
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large