Circular Views from a Great Cruise! (Toys-4-Tots 2015)
I was blown away today at the turnout for the Jeeps-On-The-Run Toys-for-Tots Jeep Cruise to McHenry County! I have attended other Jeep events, and have chaired other car clubs, and I have never seen a turnout as large as the showing which was made Today.
The pride, camaraderie, and playfulness of Jeep owners is inspiring, and I am Proud to be a Jeep Owner!
I was playing with some recent photo technology during this cruise, and have built this site to share the images I have captured. This new technology is about immersive 360-degree perspectives or complete wrap-around panorama pictures. Specifically I was playing with PhotoSpheres which I captured with the Google Camera App (on Android), and I was trying to compare those images with images I captured using a new (released December 3rd, 2015) quick Virtual Reality image from Google, captured using the Cardboard Camera App. (again on Android)
PhotoSpheres are composed of many images, whose subject matter has been stitched together to create one image, specifically designed to fit on the inside of a sphere or ball, so the viewer can be in the middle and be able to see left, right, up, & down (even behind you).
Quick VR images from the Cardboard Camera App, are taken similar to a panorama image, which you take in one long continuous image. the resulting image is then rendered by the app and various 3D Effects are applied (which might make some items Pop Out more than others), and it claims to have an audio track if you view it using a Google Cardboard or new Mattel View-Master (but I do not think this audio track worked for me).
As I was trying to test the two, so I very often took the same 360-view twice, once for a PhotoSphere, and once for a VR image. I was also learning how to capture the best images, so some of the pictures are patchy or goofy looking. Also pictures from later in the day might be better than those from earlier in the day.
***Disclaimer: These images are not meant to be seen as a square or rectangular image or photo. As such I am using javascript to help render these images so they can be seen on your computer, tablet, or cellphone. If you have disabled javascript (or similiar) in your browser you might not be able to view these images here. Also because each image is rendered in memory on your computer, thus allowing you to view it dynamically, if your device is older or does not have much memory/RAM you might also have trouble viewing these images. (Comments on how the best methods to view these available below the images.) ***
PhotoSpheres:
• PhotoSphere3
• PhotoSphere4
• PhotoSphere5
• PhotoSphere6
• PhotoSphere7
• PhotoSphere8
• PhotoSphere9
• PhotoSphere10
• PhotoSphere11
• PhotoSphere12 (Please excuse my finger that mistakenly made it into frame)
• PhotoSphere13
• PhotoSphere1 (Early Attempt, quality is poor)
• PhotoSphere2 (Early Attempt, quality is poor)
if you want to download and view with Cardboard or similiar please go here: PhotoSphere Images
VR Images:
(I am using the viewer from the photospheres to display these. It is not the right thing, but it kinda works.)
• VR_Image1
• VR_Image2
• VR_Image3
• VR_Image4
• VR_Image5
• VR_Image6
• VR_Image7
• VR_Image8
• VR_Image9
• VR_Image10
• VR_Image11
if you want to download and view with Cardboard or similiar please go here: VR Images
Viewing these images is best with a Google Cardboard or a Mattel View-Master. You will also need a hand held device (Smartphone or similiar) or the proper size. And you will need to download at least Google's Cardboard App for either Android or iPhone. And you will likely need to download these images to the device you will use with your viewer..
(Having used both, I believe the View-Master is the better choice for an entry level VR interface, and it can be picked up at a local retailer for ~$30)
Thanks for a Wonderful Day, and an Awesome Cruise!
~Just.Elfin.Around@walcarblue.us