PhotoVista Virtual Tour

Product version: PhotoVista Virtual Tour v. 3.0

The following features list is not necessarily exhaustive - it is intended to help you compare products

Software (general)   OS / Platform Windows 9x, 2000, NT SP6a+

Image stitching   Stitching types Cylinder but defaults to spherical - equirectangular - projection No. stitchable rows 1 Supported lens types rectilinear and some fisheye lenses Minimum focal length 15mm approx Source file formats BMP, JPEG, GIF, PIC Supported source image orientations camera must be level Correct linear distortion  No / not supported  Stitch greyscale images  No / not supported  Lens selection automatic or specify focal length, horizontal or vertical field-of-view Source Image adjustment  No / not supported  Alignment process Automatic or manual (drag-and-drop) alignment. Full-size alignment window allows for accurate manual repositioning. Automatable  No / not supported  Stitched image adjustment  No / not supported  Output options IVR (Image Worlds) Output file formats JPEG, BMP, RIC and also IVR including all of cylindrical, spherical and cubic projection

Object movie   Object rig support  No / not supported  Source file formats BMP, JPEG, Quicktime VR (MOV), AVI Source Image adjustment  No / not supported  Multi-row Object yes Image "wobble" adjustment Image centring adjustment Set start frame yes Masking automatic mask by colour and manual mask edit Object movie adjustment resize finished object movie Output options  No / not supported  Output file formats Image Worlds IVR (for the plugin or Java viewer) or Reality Studio WRL. For each you can specify whether to store images in FlashPix, JPEG or AVI format. Some combinations of settings are not supported.

Virtual tour   Source file formats IVR, JPG, GIF, FPX Specify entry points specify panorama and object movie entry points Auto spin auto-spin for panoramas and object movies Create hotspots Hotspots in panoramas and object movies Hotspot actions Link to a web page (and specify frame) Multi action hotspots  No / not supported  Hotspot appearance Hotspots are rectangular. Whether they the outline of the hotspot is displayed or not is controlled by the end user in the viewer Hotspot: no click required  No / not supported  Hotspot: specify entry/exit Specify entry/exit points in both panoramas and object movies Multimedia inside a panorama Ambient 2D sound Multimedia inside an object movie Ambient 2D sound Animate embedded multimedia  No / not supported  Position embedded multimedia in 3D  No / not supported  Scripting  No / not supported  Output file formats Image Worlds IVR (XML version) Create web pages (HTML) Creates web pages using a Java viewer and can publish direct to a remote server