Partners:
Camera Manufacturer: Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Panoscan
Software: Realviz, Panotools, Zoomify, Kekus Digital, Apple Quicktime
Panhead: Peace River Studios, Kaidan
Alliance Partner: Qualilife
Bandwith: UUnet-MCI

Realviz
"This is a project which brings together a unique collection of industry players, and which offers a truly outstanding library of material. We are delighted to be able to lend our support to fullscreenqtvr.com. This is a great showcase for the QuickTime community, which really illustrates the stunning results which can be achieved by anyone with a digital camera, a good eye and a sense of adventure. Good software helps too, of course".
Dominique Pouliquen, REALVIZ CEO

About Realviz
REALVIZ is a leading developer of image based creation software based in Sophia Antipolis, France, with U.S. operations in San Francisco, CA; and a satellite sales office in London, Paris and Berlin. REALVIZ develops a suite of image-based content creation solutions for the film, broadcast, gaming, digital imaging, architecture and Internet communities. Derived from years of research efforts at the renowned INRIA Lab in France, the company's applications enable 2D and 3D artists to easily and cost-effectively tackle complex digital imaging projects. REALVIZ award-winning products are used by thousands of professional photographers, as well as leading production and effects houses, web design, game development and architectural companies worldwide including Cinesite, Framestore CFC, Sony Imageworks, Warner Brothers Animation, Electronic Arts, Buf Compagnie and many others.

For further information on REALVIZ & Stitcher 4.0, please go to: www.realviz.com,
or contact:

Kaidan
"We're very excited and honored to be a part of FULLSCREENQTVR.COM. Marco and Hans have done a fantastic job over the years with QTVR technology and their latest effort is just stunning. This year will see exciting and major new product releases from Kaidan that will bring this kind of full-screen imagery within the budget and capabilities of everyone. Now, whenever anyone asks me what QTVR or interactive imaging is all about, I can simply point them to FULLSCREENQTVR.COM."
Jim Anders, president

About Kaidan
Kaidan Incorporated is a leading provider of Photographic VR solutions for the Internet based in Feasterville, Pennsylvania USA. The company was founded in 1986 and specializes in digital imaging technology, engineering and manufacturing products for digital cameras and photographic VR technologies. Create 360° or spherical panoramas with Kaidan's extensive line of panoramic tripod heads.

For further information on Kaidan products, please go to: www.kaidan.com,
or contact:

Zoomify
"Space Imaging distributes earth imager, including satellite and aerial, for use in a myriad of applications. Zoomify’s customizable products ensure quick and accessible visualizations."
John Williams, Space Imaging

"Zoomify and Macromedia Flash are radically changing how medical science uses images. Fast, interactive exploration of images gigabytes in size means amazing new possibilities for collaboration and productivity."
Dr. Jose Galvez, UC Davis Center for Comparative Medicine

About Zoomify
Zoomify enables zoom-and-pan viewing of images of any size on the web -- even gigabytes in size -- without any large downloads. Zoomify uses only JPEGs, HTML, and a tiny Flash movie - no special plugins are required, just Flash Player 6 or higher. Zoomify products include Zoomifyer EZ, for use with any text or HTML editor, Zoomifyer for Flash, for complete customizability, and Zoomifyer Enterprise, for server-side automation and web-based image annotation. Zoomify customers include DisneyWorld, the Smithsonian Institution, Space Imaging, the Associated Press, the University of California, and many more - visit the Zoomify home page to tour the many customer links. Founded in 1999 by former engineers and business managers of Live Picture, Borland, and Apple, Zoomify is rapidly making high-resolution images commonplace in education, entertainment, online marketing, and ecommerce, as well as in vertical arenas including medical/scientific, defense/security, and museums/image archiving.

For further information on Zoomify products, please go to: www.zoomify.com,
or contact:

call us at: 831.420.0400

Click Here Design
Click Here Design is a small and nimble interactive media developer that has been operating in Sydney, Australia since 1994.
We design and author interactive solutions in a variety of forms for deploying on CD-ROM or the Web.
We have an extensive amount of experience in creating educational solutions, and have contributed in whole or part to a number of academically acclaimed interactive tutorials in use in universities around the world. We have also participated in many deadline orientated commercial activities and well understand the added demands of this environment.
Our past clients include Apple Computer Australia , Cable & Wireless Optus , the Clay Brick & Paver Institute , Interactive Digital Options & associated shopping partners, Next Millenium New Media , Webster Publishing , and various faculties within the University of Sydney .
More recently, we have been developing a number of software programs to enhance the tools on offer for people working with interactive panorama technologies:
CubicConverter 2.0 allows different types of panoramic media to be converted into and out of cubic format QuickTime VR movies playable with QuickTime 5.0 or later.
CubicConnector 2.0 links cubic format QuickTime VR panoramas into virtual tours that can be exported as multinode movies or HTML-based single node movies.

For further information on Click Here Design products, please go to: http://www.clickheredesign.com.au,
or contact:

call us at: +61-2-9594 1690

Peace River Studios
Peace River Studios practices what could be called fusion filmmaking. We synthesize filmmaking, interactive media, digital imagery, custom photography, and storytelling to create fresh, one-of-a-kind productions. We've created media for many different environments, from museums, aquariums, and visitor centers to broadcast television, the Internet, and public squares.
Our comprehensive range of media services includes:
concept development,
- story and image research,
- film and video production,
- specialty photography,
- design and engineering of custom equipment for the field and studio,
- Internet and QTVR imagery.
We're based in Cambridge, MA, with satellite locations in Maine,Ohio and Utah, and have worked extensively across the country and internationally.

3Sixty(TM), a panoramic camera mount, which simplifies photographic recording of seamless 360-degree pictures for panoramic or immersion production (these were the first mounts developed specifically for Apple's QuickTime VR Authoring Tools Suite).

PixOrb(TM), a motorized head for fully automated panoramic and spherical photography

For further information on PeaceRiver Studios products, please go to: http://www.peaceriverstudios.com

Qualilife
QualiLife is a Swiss company specialized in the development and distribution of state-of-the-art technologies with the purpose of improving the quality of life of people.
Our assistive devices and systems are designed to help people with disabilities achieve greater independence by helping them communicate, have more control over their living environment, function more easily in the world, and participate in state-of-the-art rehabilitation programs.
Due to the lack of well-designed and comprehensive solutions for improving the quality of life for people with disabilities, we have concentrated all our efforts on the research of valid and real solutions that exploit to the utmost new technologies and scientific discoveries.
Our knowledge and professional specialization in the field of disabilities has allowed us to develop new ideas, concepts, and unique technologies in the form of both software and hardware. Our focus is on technological advancement, innovation, quality assurance, and service.
Working directly with people with disabilities is the only concrete way to efficiently develop and improve our products, incorporating the most advanced technologies and meeting the real needs and requests of the users.

Our mission is to improve the quality of life for people with physical and intellectual disabilities, as well as for able-bodied people. We offer technological solutions forpeople with special needs and also for the professionals who work with them.

Our technologies are the most advanced on the market and have been developed using the most sophisticated instruments available. To guarantee the state-of-the-art of our work we have established professional collaborations with important research centers, National Health Care Institutions and hi-tech companies worldwide.

For further information on Qualilife products, please go to: http://www.qualilife.com/,
or contact:

call us at: +41 (0) 91 980.09.51

Kekus Digital
PTMac is the only Macintosh front end for creating panoramas using the powerful free GPL licensed Panorama Tools package. Users can create a wide variety of panorama types from a variety of lens types including fisheye, normal (rectilinear) and even computer generated images.

PTMac allows you to:
- create panoramas in all of the popular formats including equirectangular, Apple's cubic QTVR, cylindrical, flat, etc.;
- create panoramas editable in photo editing programs such as Photoshop and MacGimp. You can even save stitched panoramas as multi-layer Photoshop files (one layer per input image) for easy editing;
- save custom lens and panorama stitching settings for use on future panoramas; and
- correct distortion in fisheye images; and much more!

For further information on Kekus Digital products, please go to: http://www.kekus.com/