On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Yuval Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my personal interest for the OpenMoko is as a device to display Virtual > Reality (VR). That's a 3D application where a picture is mapped on a > sphere or cube and rotated by the user. 3D-accelerated displays have a > much higher frame per second (FPS) resulting in smoother viewing or > faster panning. > > You can see an example of such a VR at > <http://www.photopla.net/080302dufferin/> - click on the thumbnail to > enter the VR in one of the four main technologies available: > - QuickTime > - Java > - Flash > - Shockwave
That would be pretty cool to use the FreeRunner as a "window" to a 360 scene like this. Hold the phone in front of you and spin around: the accelerometers could detect movement, and adjust the view as you rotate. Angle it up or down, and the view would again correspond. Hans _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
