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!