Virtual Tour Images

[davidh]

Hi,

Does anyone know if its simple (or even possible) to use vb.net to display images taken with a fish-eye lens so they can be wrapped around to create a "virtual room"? I know theres loads of software available to do this sort of thing, so its not the end of the world if its very difficult. Just thought Id see if I can save myself a few quid first!

Thanks for any suggestions

Dave

 

[IngisKahn]

Sure it can be done with varying degrees of difficulty depending on how exactly you want it. I would take the DirectX approach. With a basic knowledge of DX it would be very easy to pull off.

 

[davidh]

Thanks for your reply. Do you know of any good directx tutorials or something? Ive never used it before.

 

[IngisKahn]

Id start by downloading the SDK and go over the tutorials in there. Youd need to generate (half a) sphere and generate texture coords to map to your pic.

 

[davidh]

Thanks. Ill have a look.