The QuickTime VR Book : Creating Immersive Imaging on Your Desktop - Softcover

Kitchens, Susan A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201696843 ISBN 13: 9780201696844

Publisher: Peachpit Pr, 1998

Synopsis

For people new to the software or who want to milk more out of it, explains how to conceptualize, create, and deliver movies on a computer. Considers the steps for taking photographic or three-dimensional input for panorama and object movies, working in digital form, delivering the movie to the Web and multimedia, and other operations. The CD-ROM includes demonstration movies, and can be run on a Power Macintosh or in Windows 95 or NT. A list of resources is included, but no bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Review

Susan A. Kitchens teaches beginners how to use QuickTime VR (QTVR) to plan, create, and deliver virtual worlds. Kitchens first provides an overview of QTVR, explaining the uses of the technology and describing the technology behind and the process of producing movies. You also learn about the elements of QTVR: panorama movies, object movies, hot spots, navigation, and the importance of planning and collaboration.

The second part of the book details how to create QTVR input. Kitchens teaches you how to make panorama movies and object movies from start to finish. She also shows you how to add hot spots and deliver your QTVR output for the Web or multimedia. The book includes information on the QTVR API and a gallery of real-world QTVR projects, including some on the Web. Throughout the book, you get lots of help on using extra software tools for Macintosh and Windows and on exploring various hardware options to help you achieve your results. An appendix lists resources for software and hardware companies selling related products, professional associations, and mailing lists. A second appendix introduces you to other immersive imaging technologies. The cross-platform CD-ROM features a variety of QTVR demos. --Kathleen Caster

From Library Journal

QuickTime VR (QTVR) software was originally developed by Apple on and for the Mac, but with the latest release the software operates cross-platform for either a Mac or Windows. Kitchens covers creating QTVR panoramas, preparing hot spots for mouse clicks, compression for playback, and delivery via the web or CD-ROM. This is a good book for designers new to QTVR but not for design novices.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Pr
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0201696843
• ISBN 13: 9780201696844
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296