FAQ |
1. What is an interactive 360 VR image?
2. What is a QuickTime VR?
3. What is a Java VR?
4. Should I choose QuickTime or Java for my web site?
5. I don't have a web site. Can I still use 360 VR Images?
6. I do have a web site. How do I put these images on it?
7. How soon after you take the pictures can I see the images?
More terms and definitions
A conventional static image
An interactive 360 VR image
(click and drag inside image)
VR comes from the phrase “Virtual Reality”. 360 VR images are viewed
through computers and will give the visitor a greater sense of being
virtually there, conveying much more information about an environment,
its relationships and its contents.
• Spherical 360 VR (including Cubic VR) images records the full spherical
environment: 180 x 360 degrees.
• Limited view VR (including Cylindrical VR) does not see fully above
and below and is typically 120 x 360 degrees or less.
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What is an interactive 360 VR image?
Our 360 VR images are full 360 degree spherical panoramic pictures used in building
“VR-style” virtual tours. You can interactively “step inside and look around” real places
such as a travel destination, rooms of a home, a conference or business facility, a concert
hall or movie set, a museum or campus, inside a vehicle or an open exterior space.
What is a QuickTime VR?
QuickTime™ is a high performance multi-media technology developed by Apple
Computer for playing new kinds of digital media files including 360 VR images on your Mac
and PC. A Mac computer will already have QuickTime installed while a PC computer may need to
have this additional software installed. The current version of QuickTime™ is 6 and QT5 or
later supports Cubic (full spherical) VR images. The basic version is free download to extend
your Web browser's capabilities to view web pages that contain rich media files like QuickTime
VR Images. http://apple.com/quicktime/download.
What is a Java VR?
Java™ is multi-platform computer language used to give web pages more
functionality. We use small Java Applet programs like PTViewer or the iPIX Java Viewer
for our Java VR Web pages to play back our 360 VR images. Popular Web browsers like Internet
Explorer 5 and Netscape Navigator 5/AOL 6 are Java friendly and should automatically play
back Java delivered content.
Should I choose QuickTime or Java for my web site?
Pick Java VR if you have to choose the single largest and most available
Internet delivery solution for your web site audience. The main disadvantage is the poorer
performance of showing larger higher resolution images.
Choose QuickTimeVR if you can control the hardware and/or software used to view your
virtual tour like a company network, kiosk installation, CD-ROM or PowerPoint™ presentation.
QuickTime™ will handle larger higher resolution files for full screen presentations much
better than Java as well as streaming sound and video. A Macintosh computer will already
have QuickTime installed while a Windows PC computer may need to have this additional software
installed. You can offer to display both and give the visitor a choice. The main disadvantage
is not all Windows PC will have QuickTime already installed.
Choose QuickTimeVR if you can control the hardware and/or software used to view your virtual
tour like a company network, kiosk installation, CD-ROM or PowerPoint™ presentation.
QuickTime™ will handle larger higher resolution files for full screen presentations much
better than Java as well as streaming sound and video. A Macintosh computer will already have
QuickTime installed while a Windows PC computer may need to have this additional software
installed. You can offer to display both and give the visitor a choice. The main disadvantage
is not all Windows PC will have QuickTime already installed.
I don't have a web site. Can I still use 360 VR Images?
We can host your virtual tour or set up a new web site for you. If you don't need a web site, 360 VR images can work with most software capable of playing QuickTimeú. This means you can integrate 360 VR images into a HTML presentation or use software like Microsoft PowerPointú.
I do have a web site. How do I put these images on it?
When you review your 360 VR images or 360 VR Virtual Tour package in your
client review area of our web site you will also have the underlying client-side HTML code
to integrate them into your web site. Your Web Master can copy and transfer this code to your
own site. If you need help we are here to help you also.
How soon after you take the pictures can I see the images?
Normally 24-72 hours after we leave your location. We will host your new 360
VR images in our client review area of our 360VR.com web site so you can see them as fast as
we can get them up on the Web.
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360VR Studio, 44A Honeck St, Englewood, NJ 07631 Phone: 201.894.5881 Email: jook@360vr.com
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