Flash

Hi there:

Just a quick note to say that our open source pano viewer from flashpanos.com has gotten its own blog -- this will make it much easier to update and keep folks updated about.

It's still living at flashpanos.com, just with its own niche in the site.

Lots of changes afoot in the viewer recently, and astute readers will notice an increasing dependence on XML. We're trying to keep it friendly to both Flex and Flash developers, and to the novice coder and experienced alike. In any case, enjoy!

Patrick

Blog at:
http://flashpanos.com/blog/79

Hey there:

In an effort to localize information regarding the current crop of Flash based panorama players, and since some of the developers don't have forums (or ones that exist are clunky, spammy or broken), I have widened the focus over at flashpanos.com.

Papervision 3D is an open source 3D engine for the Flash platform; it's "written and maintained by a small core team, and contributed to by its ever-growing community".

Thought I'd share this one with everyone -- there are some final Ts to cross and Is to dot, but the site is live. :) This is my first full-on foray into writing code solely in AS3, for those who care about such things.

This site for Hung Liu, San Francisco Bay Area based fine artist, was just about the first job of mine in 2007 that wasn't based around panoramas. Or so I thought...

I recently photographed some 360° Product Rotations (Object VR) for Bone Clones, Inc. Well, OK, the photography was done about a year ago, and the project has moved and morphed and has a life of its own. :-) Some of you may have seen an in-progress preview of the project at the IVRPA Conference in Berkeley -- it has changed since then.

The Bone Clones Rotational Series is almost live; you can view screenshots & a video demo of the project at the Bone Clones Web site.

I've created a central repository for plugins, tutorials & other knowledge about Flash Panorama Player, since the forum-style structure of the user contributed knowledge at FPP's forum is a little sketchy when you're looking for something in particular, and not really an efficient way to offer updates and support for plugins you've made.

Read more about it at http://flashpanos.com . Enjoy!

CheathamLane recently photographed some 360° Product Rotations (Object VR) for audreybag. audreybag is a division of the Audrey Hepburn Children's Fund, and they're producing limited edition Italian-made handbags. Nice!

Also recently live -- Maura Lane (the Lane half of CheathamLane) recently began selling her custom silver jewelry at Etsy. Interested folks can visit her work at her space on Etsy's site. Enjoy!

Cheers,

Patrick

A while back, I posted about a job down in Los Angeles... After 9 months or so, it looks like the photography/virtual tour is about to go live... Almost! :-)

http://www.supertour.com/branded_v1_2/aspenchamber.aspx

Here's a great virtual tour organized by a chamber of commerce and
produced with SuperTour's flash technology. Very innovative and fun.