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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 19 th century rotundas. Horizon See-fever
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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
Horizon See-fever See-sickness Hot-air balloons Hope Dungeon destruction Scientific illustrations Perspective Curved ceilings Tromp l’oeil Architecture Factors leading to Panorama
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!