More Info:

Your Name:
Patrick Cheatham

Company website:
http://cheathamlane.net

What is the subject of the tour?
Kunsthalle Bremen: Museum Virtual Tour / Virtueller Rundgang

How Many people worked on this tour?
1-5

What photographic Equipment did you use?
Christian Gröger shoots with the Panoscan MkIII.

What Software did you find most useful?
PanoPrep (for the Panoscan photography);

Flash; Flex Builder/SDK; Photoshop; Illustrator; BBEdit & TextWrangler (BBEdit’s GREP based search-and-replace rocks); Coda and Transmit. Other various things as needed, including A Better Finder Rename. Skype (video/voice/text chat amongst folks scattered about the globe).

Not software strictly speaking, but the iPhone came in handy too.

More information:
Christian Gröger of Think QuickTime photographed the Kunsthalle Bremen, in
preparation for their closing and remodel. The museum wanted to be able to not
only document the site before it was torn down, but also provide a way for
people to visit virtually while the Kunsthalle was being rebuilt.

Once done with the 30 or so panoramas, Christian provided me with the basic
design & functionality concepts for the tour; after that we (myself and newest
CheathamLane colleague Zephyr Renner) architected, scripted and produced all the
interactivity for the virtual tour.

The tour uses PanoSalado as its base (naturally ). It includes hundreds of
hotspots for the artworks, many of which link to additional information. There
are videos, audio downloads, “Zoomify” display of artworks, floorplans and
fullscreen layouts & more!

It was a lot of fun to work on, and it grew (like many projects) into more than
expected as we went along. It’s nice to see a virtual tour as comprehensive as
this (and AFAIK it’s the largest one yet using PanoSalado).

The Kunsthalle Bremen’s site:
http://www.kunsthalle-bremen.de/front_content.php?idcat=106

Think QuickTime’s site (w/info and link to press release):
http://www.think-quicktime.com/de/index.php

Enjoy!

Patrick

Open Source Flash panorama viewer:
http://panosalado.com

1 Comments For This Post

1. Julie Andras (November 1st, 2009 at 1:31 pm)

   Hello!

   I have a lot of constructive things to say.
   You afford the most dynamic technology I have seen, yet. I have seen a lot of the similar or the same technology full screen high def flash pans. Some are so crisp and sharp and some are of poor resolution or definition; and once you ZOOM in, things are blurry.

   What you have does not go blurry once you zoom in!

   I will forward you a letter that I had sent many other companies asking for their help in assisting me in what I require in a tour system.
   I am also interested in making a purchase with you immediately.

   I was using a corrupt tour hosting company. Now, I must redo ALL the tours I produced for these people all over again and as SOON AS POSSIBLE. Thank God I still have the panoramas and still images.
   I will forward you the letter that better describes what I am looking for.

   Kind Regards,

   Julie Andras
   Virtual Upstate.tv

Got something constructive to say?