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The fieldOfView products range from virtual tours to to tailormade immersive technologies and experiences.
Active research and development of their in house developed panoramic engine SPi-V provides them with insights and expertise also applicable in simpler projects. With a background in web- and interaction design, their expertise extends beyond that of immersive imaging into the fields of usability and human-computer interaction.
SPi-V is fieldOfView's hardware accelerated panoramic viewing engine. The engine was built on a solid and extensible multimedia core provided by Macromedia's acclaimed Shockwave 3D.
Seitz Phototechnik AG of Switzerland is a market leader in fast panoramic equipment and has been an innovator in 360° solutions for over 50 years.
Seitz' products include automated virtual reality equipment (VR Drive) as well as 360° panoramic scanning cameras (Seitz D3 Digital Scan Back) for high speed and high resolution.
AWAT Ltd is a company dealing with implementation of technological and technical projects in such branches as optoelectronics, mechanics and special technical projects.
Kolor is a global leader in image stitching, virtual tour and 360-degree video solutions. The company has been awarded several times for its expertise and innovation. Kolor is partnered with Intel and a member of the Edit cluster and development hubs of Ora and Imaginove.
SkiVR, based in France, gets you the best hardware and software available on the market to build great panoramas. We distribute/resell different manufacturers such as Nodal Ninja, Sunex, Gigapan, Panogear, and also software editors: Kolor, Easypano...
We speak French and English. We also offer panorama shooting services.
Pano2VR and Pano2VR Pro are multi-platform tools that run natively on Windows, Mac and Linux for converting cubic, cylindrical, and flat panoramic images to Flash, HTML5, and QTVR formats in multiple resolutions that are viewable on multiple devices. Pano2VR also has a transformations output which allows remapping and resizing the input image to different projections for print or other uses.
360cities.net is the web’s largest collection of stunning, geo-referenced, interactive panoramic photos, created by a network of thousands of the finest panorama photographers from around the world. Our unique library of 360 degree panoramas, created by a growing network of thousands of expert panorama photographers, is growing by thousands of images every month. Panoramas are viewed many millions of times monthly on our website and via our distribution channels.
A new way to take pictures.
RICOH THETA is light and small enough to carry with you anywhere. But unlike a normal camera, there’s no need to pose or compose your shot in any way. RICOH THETA lets you take pictures without even thinking, just hold it at any angle and hit the button.
PTGui is panoramic stitching software for Windows and Mac OSX. Originally developed as a Graphical User Interface for Panorama Tools (hence the name), PTGui now is a full featured photo stitching application.
Use PTGui to stitch any number of photos into a panoramic image.
Spinattic is a web app for photographers to upload 360° imagery, create virtual tours and begin to customize them. Photographers can then share the tour on Spinattic's social network and use the given embed link and integrate it into any 3rd party website.
krpano is a small, versatile and high-performance viewer for interactive 3D panoramas on the web. It is based on the cross platform Adobe Flash Player, the world's most popular software platform for interactive software.
krpano supports all kind of panoramic formats for display - 360x180 formats like equirectangular/spherical images, cubical panoramas with 6 images or one imagestrip, cubical QTVR .mov files, and also partial and flat panoramas/images, it would be possible to display also Zoomify images with krpano.
Pixeet provides free hosting to showcase and manage your panoramas on smartphones, tablets or the Internet.
Pixeet also provides 2 size of miniaturized fisheye lenses to create 360 spherical panorama (top to ceiling) from smartphones (iPhone, Android,...), tablets (iPad, Galaxy,…) or compact cameras without any third party equipment or software.
WebRotate 360 are specialists in software and equipment for 360 degree product photography and the developer of WebRotate 360 Product Viewer, a multi-platform desktop software and a web viewer for publishing interactive 360 product views on the web. The software features a complete 360-degree image editing and publishing workflow that eliminates the need for third-party tools and other post-production steps.
Pragmatic and functional: the BUSHMAN Panoramic was inspired by the harsh environment the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert face on a daily basis.
The concept is based on the notion of providing an affordable, high-quality product, durable and easy to use. We have thus created a complete range of innovative panoramic heads, of which Kalahari is the first.
Quality is our top priority. We work directly with our suppliers to ensure excellence in our products. Each item is carefully checked prior to shipment. We provide our clients with expertise based on field experience.
Easypano is a software developer specialized in panorama software and virtual tour software. Main products include Panoweaver, Tourweaver and Modelweaver.
Panoweaver can stitch any type of photos into 360 degree panoramic photo, and convert panorama to swf, or Html-based Flash VR and QTVR.
Tourweaver can create Flash virtual tour with panoramic photos in a customized virtual tour template, integrating Flash, video, popup windows, hotspots.
Modelweaver builds Flash/QuickTime object VR movies from your digital photos or video.
