PhotoVR
(PhotoVR.exe, 282,596 bytes)
Object
Viewer (obv.exe, 183,189 bytes)
PhotoVR stand-alone version for win95/98/NT/2000(dynascen.zip, 243,935 bytes)
Installation
Download these files and execute directly.
PhotoVR Plugins
(pvr.dll, 396,800 bytes)
Installation
Download this file and copy it to netscape plusins directory(C:\Program Files\Netscape\Communicator\Program\Plugins\).
If IE 4.0 is used, remember to set the network security level to "LOW",
or the browser will refuse the PhotoVR ActiveX control module.
PhotoVR can only work at 16-bit-per-pixel modes. If you are not in such mode,
please change mode with control panel.
Panning Held the left button, and move the mouse left/right.
Moving forward/backward Held the left button, and move the
mouse up/down.
Swinging Held the right button, and move the mouse left/right.
Tilting Held the right button, and move the mouse up/down.
Viewing objects To view a specific object, double click the
left button on it.
Wen-Kae Tsao and Ming
Ouhyoung, "An Alternative Approach of Rendering High Quality Images
for Virtual Environment Using Scanned Images", Proc. of HDTV, p.7B-1 -
p.7B-8, Taipei, R.O.C., 1995.
Wen-Kae Tsao and Ming Ouhyoung, "An Alternative Approach of
Rendering High Quality Images for Virtual Environment Using Scanned Images",
Proc. of RAMS, p.71 - p.78, Taipei, R.O.C., 1995.
Wen-Kae Tsao, Jiunn-Jia Su, Bing-Yu Chen and Ming Ouhyoung,
"Photo VR: A System of Rendering High Quality Images for Virtual Environments
Using Sphere-like Polyhedral Environment Maps", Proc. of RAMS, p.397 -
p.404, Taipei, R.O.C., 1996.
Wen-Kae Tsao, Bing-Yu Chen, Jiunn-Jia Su and Ming Ouhyoung,
"Rendering Real World Scenes and Objects for Virtual Environment Navigation",
Proc. of ICS, p.1 - p.8, Kaohsiung, R.O.C., 1996.
Jyh-Kuen Horng and Ming Ouhyoung, "PhotoVR Editor: A Panoramic
and Spherical Environment Map Authoring Tool for Image-Based VR Browsers",
Proc. of WCG, p.78 - p.85, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998.
Taipei Fine Art Muesum, Taiwan
Atrium of College of Agriculture, National Taiwan University (A spherical environment map)
Tower Bridge, London
Luzern, Switzerland This scene was captured by a hand held camera.
Hua Zhou Shadow Puppet Treatre, Tainan
Video Brush, http://www.videobrush.com