Personally I don't get the whole flat Flash thing?
The images are distorted showing curves where curves aren't (like footpath's/sidewalks etc) If the images were converted to cylindrical first maybe this would correct the angles? either way it doesn't display a full 360 x 180 equirectangular image, so personally I think this is a backward step in panorama display. Sacrificing the quality of the image to fit the viewer?
Now that said, if they ever offer a Flash viewer that can display a cubed/equirectangular/spherical image correctly then and only then would I offer this as a viewer (in fact, I would - based on claimed installed user numbers) make it my first choice viewer. The technology already exists for this projection with Macromedia "Shockwave" and this I feel has more of a chance becoming the standard unless they finally include this technology into Flash.
For me at this stage Quicktime is the only viewer for full-screen display. Immersion's G2 is the best choice for applet based full-screen projection.
Oh! and my new computer came with WindowsXP Pro and Java was installed and enabled.
Regards, Smooth
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