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 QuickTime VR – An Image-Based Approach to Virtual Environment Navigation Shenchang Eric Chen Apple Computer, Inc. The 3D modeling and rendering approach has three main ABSTRACT problems. First, creating the geometrical entities is a laborious manual process. Second, because the walkthrough needs to be Traditionally, virtual reality systems use 3D computer performed in real-time, the rendering engine usually places a graphics to model and render virtual environments in real-time. limit on scene complexity and rendering quality. Third, the This approach usually requires laborious modeling and need for a special purpose rendering engine has limited the expensive special purpose rendering hardware. The rendering availability of virtual reality for most people since the quality and scene complexity are often limited because of the necessary hardware is not widely available. real-time constraint. This paper presents a new approach which Despite the rapid advance of computer graphics software and uses 360-degree cylindrical panoramic images to compose a hardware in the past, most virtual reality systems still face the virtual environment. The panoramic image is digi