I am a final year PhD student at the University of Plymouth.
The objective of this research project is to find a new and compelling method for telling stories and narratives that are presented via the use of an interactive panorama that encompass the use of communication technologies and virtual reality. The final goal of the project is to build on the tradition of touring panoramas and to create a new form of demountable immersive digital 'gallery space' or 'virtual arena' that is suitable for a broad spectrum of audio-visual material and other creative content.
Example of an interactive panorama from Krakow in Poland
Example of a video panorama from Krakow in Poland
Example of an interactive video panorama from Krakow in Poland
I won the Best Student Student Paper Award at the VSMM2009 (15th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia VSMM 2009
Vienna, Austria, September 9-12, 2009).
Title: Embedding Interactive Storytelling within Still and Video Panoramas for Cultural Heritage Sites
Authors: Karol Kwiatek and Martin Woolner
Link to the paper: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.1109/VSMM.2009.36
Link to picture:
http://www.vsmm2009.org/pictures/VSMM2009-132.jpg
I also won Business Ideas Challenge awards:
