Post on 08-Jan-2016
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Panorama
A R-evolving Medium
What is Panorama? The enormous peep show pan: all horama: view Overcoming limitations in a painting
Brief History of Panorama Egyptian, Roman wall paintings Bayeux Tapestry Robert Barker, 1787 patent 19th century rotundas
Factors leading to Panorama Horizon See-fever See-sickness Hot-air balloons Hope Dungeon destruction
Scientific illustrations Perspective Curved ceilings Tromp l’oeil Architecture
The Panorama Rotunda Diagram:
Creating a Panorama
Preliminary Sketching Placing Canvas Transferring the Sketch Painting Exhibition Rotation & New Panorama
Visual Techniques Multiperspective: wrapping sketches of a single
perspective to a cylinder
Multiple centers of interest Size does matter!
“Death” of the panorama Not an actual extinction, but an evolution Birth of the “amas” Popular modern form: web-based
panoramic movies, like QTVR
Parallels Between QTVR & Panorama Rotundas 360º view Image stitching Bring surroundings to life
The Parallax Problem The Axis and the Nodal Points How to see Parallax Example:
Problems with QTVR Slow vs. Fast spinning Warping towards the edges The upside down “V” distortion Dizziness
The Leaning Tower of Hoover Play Movie
The Way Lag should be…
Play Movie
Shop ‘til you … Distortion of nearby objects The Dizziness problem, revisited Play Movie
A R-evolving Form The future of panorama
Story-telling Motion Virtual Reality meets Panorama The “all-view”
Panorama, in one form or another, is here to stay!