Here is a website that has panoramic controllable video. It has become a popular site.

http://www.photojpl.com/

Anybody know how it is done? How is the video constructed? How are the controls built to change directions?

Any info. would be appreciated.

Phil

Originally Posted by lifeinfocus Here is a website that has panoramic controllable video. It has become a popular site. http://www.photojpl.com/ Anybody know how it is done? How is the video constructed? How are the controls built to change directions? Any info. would be appreciated. Phil

These appear to be 360 degree, spherical immersive panoramic images, but they are still images and have sound attached. There are several ways to achieve this, depending upon the ultimate resolution and quality desired. 2 cameras, each with a 180 degree fisheye lens, and then special stitching software, can make these instantaneous images fairly easily. The sound was added later and is a function of the web site.

If you want exquisitely detailed images with a standard dSLR and normal rectilinear lenses, you can purchase a paroramic head for a tripod and then adjust the head for the "nodal" point of the lens and then capture a series of still images, ultimately stitching the images together for the panorama.

I have some (lower resolution) samples here:

http://www.clevr.com/pano/3761
http://www.clevr.com/pano/7293

The software I used was:

Autopano-SIFT
Hugin

If you want commercial software that is very high quality I suggest Autopano Pro.

Originally Posted by ziggy53 These appear to be 360 degree, spherical immersive panoramic images, but they are still images and have sound attached. There are several ways to achieve this, depending upon the ultimate resolution and quality desired. 2 cameras, each with a 180 degree fisheye lens, and then special stitching software, can make these instantaneous images fairly easily. The sound was added later and is a function of the web site. If you want exquisitely detailed images with a standard dSLR and normal rectilinear lenses, you can purchase a paroramic head for a tripod and then adjust the head for the "nodal" point of the lens and then capture a series of still images, ultimately stitching the images together for the panorama. I have some (lower resolution) samples here: http://www.clevr.com/pano/3761 http://www.clevr.com/pano/7293 The software I used was: Autopano-SIFT Hugin If you want commercial software that is very high quality I suggest Autopano Pro.

Thank you. Perhaps next time I post I will check my spelling in the title.

This was most helpful.

Originally Posted by lifeinfocus ... Perhaps next time I post I will check my spelling in the title. ...

Title is fixed.