360 degree cockpit views

http://www.nms.ac.uk/our_museums/museum_of_flight/games__fun/360_degree_cockpit_views.aspx

by davidedicillo • 16 years ago

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Often with these kind of 360 degree images, you can look "down" and see the camera stand (or a big black circle where they cut it out of the picture). In these, you can't see the camera at all. It's impressively seamless.

Also, you can zoom in on stuff, which is nice.

dbrannan• 16 years ago

It is really nice! Does anyone know what tech is used in 360 degree views?

borism2• 16 years ago

stitching?

http://hugin.sourceforge.net

davidedicillo• 16 years ago

I always wondered how many of those controls and indicators are regularly used during a flight.

borism2• 16 years ago

easy: controls and indicators are used only when it's required :)

zalew• 16 years ago

I wonder how it would look like if they hired Apple to redesign it.

gaika• 16 years ago

When you turn the camera the perspective shifts, as if you're inside a cube with pictures on its walls. Is it that hard to fix to get more real feel like in a 3rd game?

Edit: default zoom is too wide-angle. Zoom in and everything is so much better.

AlexMuir• 16 years ago

The pilots in the Vulcan had ejector seats, but not the crew in the rear area?

samlittlewood• 16 years ago

Yes, the cause of much controversy:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A49097307

arethuza2• 16 years ago

I remember as a child of about 11 watching a Vulcan doing a very low pass over the small village where I lived - what an awesome sight!

Looks like a visit down to East Fortune is called for!

ErrantX• 16 years ago

They flew the Vulcan again near to me (RAF Waddington Airshow) was an awesome sight (a little eclipsed by the Eurofighter/spitfire display) but since then I think they have had huge funding trouble.

Luc• 16 years ago

If you liked that, take a look at the Navigation and Bombing computer from the Vulcan, restored to working condition by the brilliant Tatjana van Vark: http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvve/dduck0.html

(you must look at her other work if you haven't yet, it's a treasure trove of cool stuff: http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/index.html#works )

arethuza2• 16 years ago

There is some seriously cool stuff on that site - "The Inertial Navigator Platform" looks like a piece of sculpture.

CamperBob• 16 years ago

Holy mother of God. Why isn't this person net.famous?

I'm all ready to dismiss her as some kind of kook, except the stuff she's done is impressive. I don't think I've seen anyone else homebrew their own Shortt clock.

sdurkin• 16 years ago

This is one of the coolest things I've seen on HN recently. Thank you for sharing :)

joehn• 16 years ago

iphone, ipad html5 version http://m.ba.net/util/panoramic

360 degree cockpit views

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