Quicktime® VR Movie Interaction Basics
The following 5 images and associated text provide an overview of how
to look at Quicktime VR interactive panoramic movies. These movies allow
you to look at a scene in full 360 degrees, as if you are standing in
the center and turning completely around in a circle. In the movie described
by this example there are 6 different panoramic scenes in and out of the
house that can be visited. You start in the yard and enter through the
front door. There are also several hot spot links that will take you to
additional Web pages with photos from the house.
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When the movie is started, it opens with an image as shown to the left.
When the mouse is placed over the image, you see the circle target as shown |
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When you depress and hold the mouse button, the cursor changes to a set
of arrows as shown to the left, indicating that you are able to move right-left-up-down
in the image |
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While holding the mouse button down, you can move the mouse in the direction
you want to look, If you choose to move to the right, the cursor changes
to an arrow as shown. The more you move the mouse, the faster the image
changes. While holding the mouse down, you can change directions by moving
the mouse in the new desired direction. When you reach the limits (vertical)
a solid line will appear under the arrow. |
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In many views, there are "hot spots" that will take you to a
new view (for example into the house) or to web pages or some other document.
These hot spots can be found by releasing the mouse button and moving the
circular target cursor over the image. If a hot spot exists, the cursor
changes to an arrow as shown to the left. When the arrow shows and you click
the mouse, you will go to the new location (in this example you go into
the room depicted in the next image.) |
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In the new image, there will be a hot spot to take you back to the image
that you came from, or you can click on the far left button (Back)
shown to the left.. The buttons shown here (from left to right) are:
- Go Back
- Zoom out
- Zoom in
- Find hot spots in image
- Drag object (ignore)
You can also zoom in/out with the keyboard buttons Shift and
Control, respectively |
| When you are done looking at the panorama movie, just click in the square
box in the upper left corner to leave the QTVR viewer and go back to the
web browser. You can make the window for the movie larger by clicking on
the "grow box" in the lower right corner and dragging it to the
desired size. Remember that if you make it larger, it may go a little slower
and will be a little "blockier". |
Enjoy the tour!
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