Re: FLASH: OT - IPIX alternative please?

[John Dowdell]

At 9:55 AM 6/23/0,

Jason_Schubringaal [dot] org

 wrote:

>I have to do several 360 VRs in the coming weeks and am curious if anyone has

>suggestions for a similar product with better support and stability.

>**The only conditions are that it should not require a plugin and should

>be true

>360 (viewing all the way up, down, and around) if possible.


The browsers don't tend to do that themselves, so it seems like you'd need

some type of common extension to the various browsers.


IBM has set up the HotMedia extensions so that it can be autoinstalled to

the Shockwave Player. This week MGI (successor to LivePicture?) announced

that they're creating a similar autoinstallable Xtra for Shockwave. If your

audience has the QuickTime system extensions installed then this can also

be run through the Shockwave Player and the autoinstallable QuickTime Xtra.


Otherwise it looks like you're working with some manual simulation of a

navigable panorama, or direct installation of an unusual player into the

browser. Do you see other ways to achieve navigable panoramas in unenhanced

browsers...?


jd










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