volt erre anno valamiféle kivitelezés, Krissz & Smarni, BJPhoto, PdotPeter, Fater, Qwer is tán, meg jómagam... pár évvel ezelőtt. Sziget fesztiválon is volt találkozó:) hát oda inkább beszélgetés végett mentem jómagam sajnos kép nem született, ahogy azóta se volt semmi értékelhető produkcióm. Hátha egyszer megint elkap az ihlet:) Várok rá...:D:D:D:D
"You may have heard of the infamous '400 patent. ( US Patent 6,754,400 ). Anyone with knowledge considers it junk.
Amongst the claims:
They own the technology for producing and displaying 360 spherical images. (Although that hasn't stopped them from going after those displaying 360 cylindrical images.)
The use of two or more fish eye images to create a 360 spherical image. (In particular two fish eye images back to back although they also claim it applies to any number of images created by any kind of lens.)
Assembly, storage and display of images in digital form, on a computer.
Use of cube faces in 360 spherical images. (Although that hasn't stopped them from claiming images stored in any other format infringe on their patent.)
In addition they claim to own the idea of hotspots, of linking individual 360 images to produce a tour, even the idea of manipulating an image (especially using a mouse) to look around, navigate, even zoom in and out.... it goes on and on.
Since all this existed, was in common enough use, was even covered by existing patents before they applied for their patent it almost looks like they just copied what already existed, put it on paper claiming they invented it and submitted it for a patent never acknowledging any existing 360 technology (known as prior art). The patent especially copies what already existed in Ford Oxaal's iPix patents and Apple's QuickTime patents. These and many other patents preceded the '400 patent by years. Yet the Patent Office never noticed them much less considered them as prior art that would have caused rejection of the '400 patent. So the patent was granted.
An outfit called Tour Technology Systems, LLC (TTS) now owns the patent and is using it to demand money from our clients including hotels, builders, realtors, media companies, anybody who uses 360 images and tours. TTS's lawyer sends them a letter saying their use of 360 virtual tours infringes TTS's patent and demands significant money for their continued use or they will take legal action.
Clients freak out. It is, after all, a real patent. Even when clients learn that they are protected, for instance IPix customers are protected by the IPix patent, it doesn't matter. The cost of defending against the '400 patent is too great. Sometimes they get mad at us (the photographers and tour producers) for putting them in this situation. Usually they take down the tours rather than pay the ransom and swear never to use 360 VR again. And they often tell others in their industry to do the same lest they get sued. One photographer I know lost a client worth $50,000 because of this.
The more you read the more outraged you will be. Just Google "Patent 6,754,400".
If you haven't lost a client over this prepare yourself. By our estimation there are already dozens of photographers who have been hit financially and many times more seeing the threat to their clients. Anthony Handal, lawyer for TTS, tells us he is just getting started.
What if you don't sell your 360 images? There is nothing to stop TTS from going after PTGui, KRPano, Pano2VR, FPP, EasyPano... any software that produces 360 images since the technology they all use is ostensibly covered by the '400 patent. It is just a matter of time."
"Profilváltás" :-) miatt szeretném eladni a panorámafotózás.hu és a panorama-fotozas.hu domaint. Aki kedvet érez a dologhoz az kérem, keressen meg valahol itt:
Milyen egyszerű és olcsó állványfejet tudnátok ajánlani, amivel a fényképezőhöz közeli tárgyak az illesztésnél nem csúsznak szét? Azt hiszem ezt parallaxis hibának vagy minek hívják.
