VR Resources

This page provides a collection of resources related to VR and QTVR to help a person get started. It is not complete in any sense. I would appreciate knowing other sites people have found useful.

Books

• 3D Graphics & Vrml 2.0 (Laura Lemay's Web Workshop), by Laura Lemay (Editor), etal, SAMS Pub., 1996
• The QuickTime VR Book: Creating Immersive Imaging on Your Desktop, by Susan Kitchen, Peachpit Press, 1998.
• Quick Time 3.0 and Movieplayer Pro Visual Quickstart Guide, by Judy Stern, Robert Lettieri, Peachpit Press, 1998.
• Teach Yourself Vrml 2 in 21 Days, by Chris Marrin, etal, SAMS Pub Co., 1997

Tutorials/Guides

• The Developer's Guide by Live Picture describes and gives examples of their Image Worlds extensions to VRML 2.0.
•  Digital Photography Primer from the New York Institute of Photography is a good introduction to the use of digital camera. Getting good photo is the first step to producing good VR.
•  Short Courses in Digital Photography provides a collection of on-line tutorials.
• Introduction to VRML '97 (SIGGRAPH 97) gives course notes used at SDSC, SIGGRAPH '97 and VRML 98.
• QTVR Online Tutor is a self-paced course on creating QTVR panoramas, objects, and scenes by The Learning Alliance. While the material focuses on Apple's QTVR Authoring Studio the principles are the same for other authoring tools.
• QuickTime VR Demystified provides information on how to create QTVR panoramas on a minimal budget. This together with QTVR for Educators and Just Plain Folks make a good introduction.
• QTVR tips gives pointers on parallax errors, FOV, and equipment.
• The QuickTime Information by Apple Computer provides documentation and information on getting started with their QTVR Authoring Studio.
• QuickTimeVR Authoring Tricks by Ken Turkowski of Apple Computer focuses mainly on QTVR but provides useful general information like how to determine the FOV, the zoom ratio, tilt limits, etc.

Organizations/Archives

• International Association of Panoramic Photographers is a professional organization devoted to technologies related to immersive imaging. Their website contains links, examples and articles.
• The International QTVR Association is a professional organization for promoting the use of QuickTime VR. Their website contains interesting links and examples.
• VR-issues Archive provides digest of the VR-Issues online forum devoted to QTVR.
• The VRML Repository provides links to authoring tools, developer resources, tutorials, and much more.
• 360Pix is a collection of immersive imaging resources.