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Posted: 3 Feb 2011 at 17:13 GMT
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I got four calls yesterday from clients (all I do is museums)
One wanted to know if I could add a new exhibit. (Coincidence?)
One said the stills were nice, but how come google used such poor panoramas. (quality matters to prestigious institutions, at least things that they will put their branding on. I didn't notice any logos or solid attributions on the museums behalf. That is significant.)
Two wanted to accelerate our current projects so we could go live sooner. (they want to enjoy the free press and favorable contrast)
I started the morning out frustrated with the new McGoogle bringing its "virtual tour" to the masses, but ended the day upbeat. Evidently, free advertising from an inferior competitor has its advantages. However, I'm not dumb enough to think that google won't eventually kick my butt if I stay in this niche. Time to adapt to a changing market.
Loren
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Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 10:57 GMT
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. The app was created using xCode so it is native and does not use the safari browser. The virtual tour encased within the app is using krpano to display the panoramas.
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image size for native app?
Posted: 29 Jan 2011 at 4:51 GMT
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I made a native iPad app last night of a 11 panorama virtual tour. It runs very nicely and I'm looking forward to seeing how it fares in the iTunes store (it will be free, so popularity vice financial). Before I try to submit it to Apple, I was wondering if folks had any tips on image size for iPad and iPhone versions. I'm using krpano tools, but the default export options seem a little undersized. I'm thinking that they are geared toward web limitations and a native app should use something larger. I've seen posts saying that multi-resolution works better, but again that seems geared toward web access.
I'm suspecting that the answer is driven by the final app size. I've seen 20M as a design limit as apps over that require download via computer and synchronization. Since most people download via cell, that wouldn't be a recommended design choice.
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Loren
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 12:47 GMT
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Andrew,
I'll check it out. There are advantages to managing a tour at the code level. For example, making some changes via global replace can be more efficient that a gui.
I'm a big fan of templates and libraries, so I don't really build things from scratch more that a couple of times. I build things with non-descript numbers, so once I've got an interface complete and the folder structure is right, I can swap out content rather quickly.
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 12:42 GMT
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that's an obvious approach I hadn't considered. Do you have a link? I'd like to see it.
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 4:12 GMT
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that's true. I consider myself a hack and learn best by dissecting other's code (that works). A gui (like yours) produces clean and functional code that I can learn from.
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 2:59 GMT
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This may not make sense, but can you use these tools to pop-up an image from a hotspot within a panorama? I am using zoomify at the moment, but have to open a second browser window. It is clumsy and not what I would like to do. I'd prefer a much more elegant and user friendly "shadowbox" to display embedded content. Before I try to figure it out, can anyone tell me if it is even possible? I've got tons of content that I need to embed into panoramas and while the client is happy with an external window, I'm not.
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Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 2:54 GMT
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I'm working on a tour of a very big museum. It has to run on Chrome, IE, Firefox, Safari, Android, iPad & iPhone. The imagery has to go from mobile up to a 10x5K streamed resolution. I didn't have many options to choose from regarding player.
I'm new to krpano, so this is not the project I would have wanted to learn it on. I definitely have that frying pan feeling at the moment, but I'm slowly figuring it out. Digging through the krpano forum is a big help. I'd have to say that community support is a big factor in choosing a player to work with. Klaus and others on that site are very helpful. I'm impressed with the community, though somewhat intimidated by the relative skills. I do recommend struggling to figure something out. It tends to stick that way and the fun of solving the puzzle is there. A GUI can be constraining and tedious. I like the creativity possible with coding like FPP, panosalado or krpano. If you have the time and patience, you are better off being in the code than clicking buttons.
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Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 4:04 GMT
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I've got Tourweaver 5, but I gave up on using it because of a fatal flaw with very large tours. Unless they have changed things, it zips up all the resource files and with a large tour the client machine will slow to a crawl at about 10-15% of the download. Regardless of connection speed, it takes time to uncompress that zip file. People think it is stalled and click away for good, never to return. That was a fatal flaw that killed the program for me. It is fine for small tours, so perhaps it will work for you.
I've been investing my time into learning krpano and am beginning to finally understand it and enjoying its capabilities. It is an impressive program. I am working on a 92 node tour with tons of pop-ups and it runs clean and fast on Chrome, IE, Safari, iPad, iPhone and Android. It is a big undertaking, but it is something that Tourweaver would have choked on.
Go with krpano if you want to grow into something of high quality. Tourweaver is a canned and closed solution you will soon outgrow.
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Posted: 14 Nov 2009 at 5:19 GMT
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Bob,
It took persistence and some up-front portfolio (i.e., free) work for another Smithsonian Museum. I invested too much time in that one, so be careful how much free stuff you give away. I got paid for this one and now anything I do for fun will stay on my site unless paid for.
I'm not successful enough to do this full time, but I respect the skill and hard work that allows others to make a real living at it. Be very cautious about "portfolio" work. You can get locked into degraded expectations or eat up profits that propel the industry forward. If the folks who code the cool tools don't make a living, we get no cool tools.
Thanks for the nice comment. I had to build it at 4x2 resolution to keep it fast for the masses so quality was compromised.
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Loren
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Posted: 14 Nov 2009 at 3:58 GMT
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Trausti,
I'm working on a massive tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tourweaver's limitations on resources means that I have no choice, but to build the better interface. I've dusted off FFC and will make a run at it, finally! I'll likely be spending time searching through the forums to get it right. It is a nice product.
( I gave the first link since it launches the sized, chrome-free window, but you are right. However, there is something cool about seeing your work on a Smithsonian home page)
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Loren
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Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
Posted: 14 Nov 2009 at 2:49 GMT
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Hello,
Here is a simple tour of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum. It was built using Tourweaver, so the image quality is not as good as krpano, FPP or panosalado. I'll eventually build something using one of those (I never seem to have enough time to code all the features that TW does so easily).
www.postalmuseum.si.edu
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Loren
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advice on pop-up images within panorama
Posted: 8 Nov 2009 at 18:19 GMT
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Hello,
I am working on a large tour of a museum and I want to add pop-ups of stills taken throughout the museum. I'd love to use something like "zoomify", but haven't been able to figure out how to add it (krpano, FFP or Tourweaver). I've seen Tommy's nice plugin for images and that seems to be the closest to what I will be able to do.
Any advice or links to point me in the right direction would be appreciated!
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Loren
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Bug in Tourweaver 4.00.091105 build??
Posted: 7 Nov 2009 at 15:41 GMT
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Anyone else seeing hotspots in existing TW4 tours shifted by 180 degrees when using the newest build.
I am also experiencing it when using the 5.0 beta.
It must be something specific to my configuration as Easypano wouldn't release a new build or Beta with a widespread issue like this.
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Loren
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Posted: 9 Oct 2009 at 1:37 GMT
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Has anyone seen a 3D map. When you do something with multiple floors, it would be nice to stack them and allow the visitor to rotate and interact with a skeleton of the layout. I suspect that would have to be done in flash, but I am not certain how. An example of it being done would be helpful.
I am starting to realize that the photography is the easier part of a true virtual tour. A GUI built with style and function is much harder to come by.
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