tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26791893674775602722024-03-14T01:11:53.575-04:00PhotoWebLabBrian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-91212393588821509532020-12-08T20:01:00.007-05:002020-12-08T20:03:50.563-05:00Chouara Tannery, Fes, Morocco<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HCA9A_sZuKwetGNzeQbee0bTNYbgenTfgnLqXNmXEZsJu5YTt_n-yRJQ-PW3dMYr_v-CCFJ-FLfoi3zz-AuH1tEM6eTWqBnU0gbCZhUa4TdlY6fDcYAnSp1OSsk75HBkCis8emDprEg/s800/2020-01-15_12.14.10PS1-IVPRAsmall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HCA9A_sZuKwetGNzeQbee0bTNYbgenTfgnLqXNmXEZsJu5YTt_n-yRJQ-PW3dMYr_v-CCFJ-FLfoi3zz-AuH1tEM6eTWqBnU0gbCZhUa4TdlY6fDcYAnSp1OSsk75HBkCis8emDprEg/w400-h200/2020-01-15_12.14.10PS1-IVPRAsmall.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><span face=""Roboto Condensed", sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: white;">Chouara Tannery is one of the three tanneries in the city of Fez, Morocco. It is the largest tannery in the city and one of the oldest. Since the inception of the city, the tanning industry has been continually operating in the same fashion as it did in the early centuries. The tanneries are packed with the round stone vessels filled with dye or white liquids for softening the hides. The leather goods produced in the tanneries are exported around the world.</span></span><p></p>Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-74658208872881243212020-03-08T12:54:00.001-04:002020-12-08T20:04:15.253-05:00Morocco Mosaic ~ CC Remix<p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WWUqUaiHwW0" width="441" youtube-src-id="WWUqUaiHwW0"></iframe></p><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">A Kaleidoscopic mosaic of Morocco, from Rabat, via Volublis, Meknes, Fes, Sahara Desert, </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;">Ouarzazate, Atlas Mountains, Marrakesh and ending at Ric's American Cafe in Casablanca</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">. This video merges p</span><span style="text-align: center;">hotography, video, and 360 video overcapture.</span></span><span style="color: #111111; text-align: center;">.</span></span></span></p>Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-53178072618097111642019-11-01T23:48:00.003-04:002019-11-01T23:49:30.575-04:00Plenta to/from Bled Island<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-45183032040122731262019-09-18T18:03:00.001-04:002019-11-01T23:50:53.943-04:00Stari Most, aka Mostar Bridge, Bosnia-Herzogovina<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">David Crosby, guitar/vocals; keyboardist/singer Michelle Willis, bassist Mai Leisz, drummer Steve DiStanislao, keybroardist James Raymond (Crosby's son) and guitarist Jeff Pevar. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are more </span><a href="https://photoweblab.zenfolio.com/p1045523648" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">photos</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and videos of '</span><a href="https://youtu.be/l8D2jDyWdrM" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ohio</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">', '</span><a href="https://youtu.be/fd8yOHTnjI8" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Wooden Ships/ Long Time Gone</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">', '</span><a href="https://youtu.be/3umnm-s1o08" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Eight Miles High</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">' and '</span><a href="https://youtu.be/S5KHB_ewTas" style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Deja Vu</a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Back in January 2012 I published a detailed blog posting of our tour from Languna to Las Vagas via Death Valley National Park. Now here for the first time is the </span><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: magenta;">Virtual Tour of Death Valley</span> </span><span style="color: #c27ba0;">that includes 360 VRs and Gigapixel panoramas, augmented with photo galleries and links to a map of the park. The music 'Lux Curvus' from 'The Curved Light' by Elemental Noise is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0. </span></span><br />
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-89051342420440957392018-08-29T16:55:00.005-04:002018-08-29T17:01:19.929-04:00360fusion.net VR Ready<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<a href="http://360fusion.net/" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have updated 360fusion.net </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to be fully VR ready and compatible with the latest version of WebVR. Virtual Tours should be view-able</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> in the major Head Mounted Displays including</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Cardboard, Daydream, Oculus, SamsungVR, Vive and Windows Mixed Reality.</span></span></a></div>
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-31352880588066360502018-07-23T19:51:00.002-04:002018-07-23T19:55:34.635-04:00Sicilian Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Having recently returned, here is our <a href="http://360fusion.net/Sicily/Sicily.html" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan;">Virtual tour of Sicily</span></a> that includes 360 degree VR panoramas and VR videos as well as regular photos and videos of Palermo, Monreale, Castelbuono, Cefalu, Mazara del Vallo, Mothya Island, Valley of the Temples, Villa Romana del Casale, Ragusa Ibla, Modica, Ortigia, Catania, Taormina and Mount Etna.</span></div>
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-16104460447686454432018-03-04T16:05:00.003-05:002018-03-13T13:35:19.730-04:00Sossusvlei ~ Namib Desert, Namibia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-13628902840773015082017-10-10T11:30:00.003-04:002017-10-10T11:33:02.250-04:00After Super Storm Sandy - 5th Anniversary<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-85331679013969993532017-06-19T14:42:00.000-04:002017-06-19T14:42:02.786-04:00Around Jaipur ~ An Interactive Virtual Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And here is the fully<a href="http://360fusion.net/AroundJaipur.html" style="background-color: black;"> <span style="color: cyan;">Interactive Virtual Tour ~ Around Jaipur</span></a> in Rajasthan India, including 360 degree panoramas of the Amber Fort, the City Palace, Jantar Mantar Observatory, Salim's Handmade Paper factory and Jaipur Blue Pottery. This Interactive Virtual Tour is accompanied with music by Sitar Maestro Deobrat Mishra and Prashant Mishra on Tabla. This tour may be viewed on an HMD in VR Mode.</span></div>
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-67329628658810219182017-04-23T17:53:00.000-04:002017-06-19T14:50:02.920-04:00Mystical India ~ A Visual Journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-57376910819882057412017-01-21T19:14:00.000-05:002017-04-17T19:42:21.994-04:00Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra A Concert for Social Justice!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“I have always dreamed of a world without cruelty and greed; of a humanity with the same creative brilliance of our solar system; of an America worthy of the dreams of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the majesty of the Statue of Liberty.” – Charlie Haden<br />
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-36126578659699878732016-08-03T19:44:00.001-04:002017-06-19T14:56:25.424-04:00Gregory Porter @ Celebrate Brooklyn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-56648531411659115992016-07-29T16:19:00.008-04:002017-06-19T14:57:16.182-04:00Wakodahatchee Wetlands ~ Revisited<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-71773342105871297542016-07-18T10:49:00.000-04:002017-06-19T14:58:51.005-04:00DownUnder - New Zealand - Virtual Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This <a href="http://360fusion.net/DownUnderBuildNZvr/DownUnderNZvr.html"><span style="color: cyan;">multimedia virtual tour</span></a> of New Zealand includes Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown, Arrowtown, Gibbston, Milford Sound, Rotorua, Auckland, Devonport, Omaha, Leigh and Waitakere. With 114 VR panoramas and links to maps. This tour may be viewed on an HMD in VR Mode. The music 'Concerto pour passereau et merle' from Oisik by LeRouge & Zreen Toyz is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0.</span></div>
Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-50244961132547243682016-06-30T11:23:00.000-04:002017-06-19T14:59:54.188-04:00DownUnder - Australia - Virtual Tour<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This <a href="http://www.360fusion.net/DownUnderBuildOz/DownUnderOz.html"><span style="color: cyan;">multimedia virtual tour</span></a> of Australia includes the Coral Sea, Cairns, Sydney, Tasmania, Melbourne and Philip Island. With 167 VR panoramas and one 360 Video, augmented with a photo gallery and links to maps. This tour may be viewed on an HMD in VR Mode. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The music 'Lux Curvus' from 'The Curved Light' by Elemental Noise is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0.</span></div>
Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-71145314648687981102016-06-13T12:00:00.000-04:002016-07-18T10:45:10.448-04:00Santa Maria della Salute - Grand Canal, Venice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Santa Maria della Salute (English: Saint Mary of Health), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.</span><br style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">In 1630, Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute). The church was designed in the then fashionable baroque style by Baldassare Longhena. Construction began in 1631 and it was finally completed in 1681 the year before Longhena's death. </span><br style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The dome of the Salute was an important addition to the Venice skyline and became emblematic of the city, inspiring artists like Canaletto, J. M. W. Turner, John Singer Sargent, and Francesco Guardi. </span></span></div>
Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-76112851564460089532016-04-30T17:28:00.000-04:002016-04-30T17:28:33.431-04:00Iceland Outside Inside<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Pipe Organ of Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavik and Skógafoss waterfall in the south of Iceland. State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland's landscape. Skógafoss is a waterfall situated in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline. </div>
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Harpa concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík and the Krýsuvík geothermal area on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. Harpa's façade was designed by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with geometric shaped glass panels that creates a vibrant display of light, shadow and colour. The geothermal area Krýsuvík consists of several geothermal fields, where solfataras, fumaroles, mud pots and hot springs have formed, the soil is coloured bright yellow, red, and green hues.</div>
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0Hallgrímskirkja, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland64.142 -21.92689999999993264.141134499999993 -21.929421499999933 64.1428655 -21.924378499999932tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-85357485800956181472016-03-31T22:34:00.004-04:002016-07-18T10:37:24.373-04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">This view of a Brown Booby and the sea birds of Michaelmas Cay was taken during nearly five weeks travelling in Australia and New Zealand (VR Tour to follow soon, stay tuned)</span><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span></span></div>
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Brian Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02877805274215619435noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2679189367477560272.post-66730209655871874962015-05-23T17:34:00.000-04:002015-05-23T17:52:51.185-04:00Bee in Rhododendron Flower<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Wisteria in the Woods #theta360 - <a href="https://theta360.com/s/rFlKULlvKChngwe5LH2iQCt7o" target="_blank">Spherical Image - RICOH THETA</a></div>
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