Panorama (cylindrical and equirectangular) and 360 video
The following contains information around panoramas, both cylindrical and spherical
(equirectangular).
Digitising the Murten Panorama. The story behind the highest resolution
scan of an artwork.
Panorama paintings.
Omni directional stereoscopic panoramas
Capturing high resolution stereoscopic panorama images
Bhaja cave, India
Mathematics for Omni-Direction Stereoscopic Panoramas
Digital omnidirectional stereoscopic camera. The Experimental Imaging Society. July 2020
Omni-Directional Stereoscopic Panoramic Images. UWA.
Stereoscopic panoramic images.
Computer generation and projection of stereoscopic 3D panoramic images, includes
spherical, cylindrical, planar, and cubic stereoscopic maps.
See also: 360 degree stereoscopic display
Vaishali, India
Capture of Omni-Directional Stereoscopic Panoramic Images.
Siggraph Asia. Hong Kong 2013.
Two images displayed on EpiCentre cylinder, 26880 pixels x 4320 pixels. OzViz 2018
- Representing 360x180 degrees on a plane
- Object panorama and Multiperspective displays
Synthetic stereoscopic panoramic images.
Presented at: VSMM 2006, 18-20 October 2006, Xi'an, China.
Published in: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer,
ISBN 978-3-540-46304-7, Volume 4270, 2006, pp 147-155.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams
360 video
Gallery of 360 video projects
Mah Meri, Malaysia
Two dimensional representations of 360x180 degree image or video
Typical pipeline for 360 video processing
Having fun with the Garmin VIRB camera
YouTube 360 video format and how to undo the arrangement
to form equirectangular images.
From "101 fun things to do with a 360 video camera".
Wanmanna, Australia
Exhibitions
The Panorama: Applications to Science and Heritage Visualisation.
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA.
p a n o r a m a. Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA.
Wollongong Science Centre iDome Exhibit.
Interactive installation at the Wollongong Science Centre largely
using 360 degree footage from the LadyBug-3 camera.
Presentations
360 Video. ECU, September 2019
360 Video. ECU, April 2019
360 video. ECU, August 2018
Data capture for VR. June 2017
Introduction to 360 video. March 2017
Reality in VR. Perth, November
Fisheye and spherical capture using the LadyBug camera.
Including an exercise to capture footage of iron ore ship loading for a remote operations prototype.
Historical: Conversion of footage from the Lucy camera.
Mirror based 360 video panorama cameras.
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan
Random equirectangular photography examples
Particle accelerator, EPFL, Switzerland
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Anechoic chamber, EPFL, Switzerland
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EPFL Tokamak, Switzerland
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Rock Art, Australia
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Rock Art, Australia
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Wanalirri Rock Shelter, Australia
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Rock Art, Australia
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Cave Hill, Australia
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Sheep shearing, Australi
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Fountain, Melbourne, Australia
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Le Picotin bar, Switzerland
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Le Picotin piano room, Switzerland
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Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Taiwan
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Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Taiwan
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Fo Guang Shan Monastery, Taiwan
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Sheshan Qixia Temple, China
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Sheshan Qixia Temple, China
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Tiantong Temple, China
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Lamphun Temple, Thailand
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Wat Phanan Choeng Temple, Thailand
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Ayutthaya Temple, Thailand
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Bedsa Cave, India
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Manmondi Cave, India
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Lenyadri Cave, India
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Photography
Vertical panoramas, also known as "vertorama".
Mapping long thin images into higher dimensions
Filling in the sky on drone generated equirectangular panoramas
Footage captured for the 50 year anniversary at EPFL,
Switzerland. April 2019.
Inverse panoramas, also known as object panoramas.
Mirror effects for 360 viewing
"Little Planet" photography from the University of Western Australia campus.
Workflow for creating seamless, tripod artefact free spherical panoramas
Exercise to convert images from a 4 fisheye camera rig to equirectangular.
Chronopanorama, previously known as Time Lapse Panoramas.
Replacing a rooms floor in an equirectangular projection.
Advanced Applications in Stereographic, Panoramic, and Fulldome Visualisation.
ISVRI (International Symposium on VR innovation), Singapore. March 2011.
Photographic contribution to exhibition in Hong Kong.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and call whatever you hit the target.
Ashleigh Brilliant.
Displays
Reverse mapping VR display projections
Cylindrical display in Yagan Square, Perth.
Framing of 360 video for the iDome, Epicylinder
and AVIE displays
Image warping for projection onto a cylinder
An interactive tool for evaluating projection options onto cylindrical displays
High resolution omnidirectional stereo panorama imaging and tiled displays
ASKAP exhibition by SPICE. Panoramic and interactive digital exhibits. 2008.
Murten Panorama
... it is not that those ancient people told literal stories we are now smart enough to take them
symbolically, but that they told them symbolically and we are now dumb enough to take them literally.
John Crossan.
Software
GoPro MAX 360 Action Cam movie layout/format.
Including a utility for converting to equirectangular..
Converting dual fisheye images into a spherical (equirectangular) projection.
Whirling dervishes, Istanbul
Creating unwrapped icosahedral and dodecahredral maps
Equirectangular to perspective projection
Equirectangular to fisheye projection
Equirectangular to cylindrical panorama projection
Cylindrical panorama to equirectangular projection
Converting to/from cubemaps.
Including CubeRender (Historical). A technique for fast 3D viewing from a single view position.
Sheep shearing shed, Adelaide, Australia
Mapping an equirectangular onto another
equirectangular, and other projections. Includes Mollweide, Tobler, Aitoff, Hammer,
Bottomley, Sinusoidal, Wagner, Werner, Bonne, Eckert IV.
Remapping to an equireangular is used, for example,
to "level" equirectangular (spherical) images from hand held 360 cameras.
pano_align.
A utility and work-flow for aligning film based stereoscopic panoramas.
Convert "Web Mercator" projections to equirectangular.
Creating equirectangular projections using Stellarium.
Creating equirectangular projections using Celestia.
Creating equirectangular projections using GoogleEarth.
Creating equirectangular projection for multipass rendering, eg: Unity3D
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
Alan Dundes
Contents:
Papers, Presentations, Workshops −
Geometry, Surfaces, Curves, Polyhedra −
Fractals, Chaos, Self similarity −
Domes, Planetariums, Fisheye, Spherical Mirror −
Stereographics, 3D Projection −
Panorama, 360 Video −
Photographic Reconstruction −
Miscellaneous: Projection, Modelling, Rendering −
Data Formats: 3D, Audio, Image −
Texture Library −
Fun, Puzzles, Travel
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Recent:
Digitising the Murten Panorama. The story behind the highest resolution
scan of an artwork. −
Markov Blankets and Mirror Symmetries.... −
Focus Peaking - An Algorithm −
Vertical Panoramas −
Symmetry in Chaos −
Dome Projection and Calibration for Offaxis Fisheye Lenses −
Tools for Spherical Mirror Projection
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