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Quicktime Virtual Reality Software

Introduction

There are multiple approaches to shooting Quicktime VR movies that range from shooting a series of photographs using standard lenses or shooting two or three with a fisheye lens. Regardless of the photographic technique the photograph(s) need to be processed to convert them into a standard or a cubic Quicktime VR movie.

All of the products listed here have various strengths and weaknesses and Apple Quicktime VR software has been dropped from this list because there is no indication that it will be updated for the Mac Intel processors. It will run under Classic on Mac PowerPC systems but it has not been updated in years. I still use it but I would not recommend purchasing it unless a Universal Binary version of it is released.

Note that Mapwing is a completely different approach to virtual reality touring as it does not rely on stitching images to create panoramas.

Vendor Product Price Demo Comments

Click Here Design
(Mac)

CubicConnector

$79.00

Yes
  • Links cubic QTVR movies to create virtual tours

CubicConverter

$49.00

Yes
  • Convert a variety of media formats into or out of QTVR media

CubicNavigator

$10.00

Yes
  • View Quicktime and other VR format movies

EasyPano

Panoweaver
(Mac / Windows)

$599.95

Yes
  • Stitches panoramas and creates cubic QTVR movies

Tourweaver
(Windows)

$499.00

Yes
  • Creates virtual tours from cubic QTVR movies

Studio
(Windows)

$999.00

Yes
  • Pro bundle of Panoweaver and Tourweaver

Virtual Tour Outfit
(Windows)

$2200.00

Yes
  • Pro bundle of Panoweaver and Tourweaver
  • Sigma 4mm fisheye lens
  • Agnos camera mount

iseemedia

Photovista Panorama
(Mac / Windows)

$79.95

Yes
  • A variety of products are available for home applications through professional systems

Open Source

Panorama Tools
(Mac / Windows / Linux)

Note

No
  • The project will probably have to be compiled
  • Powerful but complex and difficult to install

Kekus

PTMac
(Mac)

$49.95

Yes
  • Stitches panoramas for use with PanoTools

RealViz

Stitcher
(Mac / Windows)

$499.00

Yes
  • Sophisticated panorama creator with export to VR media

Stitcher Express
(Mac / Windows)

$33.00

Yes
  • A less elaborate and substantially less-expensive version of Stitcher

Redbug Technologies

Mapwing Creator Pro
(Mac)

$295.00

Yes
  • This is a different approach to VR as it sequences normal photographs rather than stitches panoramas

Redbug Technologies

Mapwing Viewer
(Mac / Windows)

Free

Yes
  • Mapwing VR sequences can be viewed with Flash or Mapwing Viewer but the viewer is vastly superior

VR Toolbox

VR Worx
(Mac / Windows)

$299.00

Yes
  • A complete Quicktime VR authoring suite

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