Happy New Year 2009 !
This has become my favourite thing to do for new years, shooting 360 degree panoramas of London New years eve firework celebrations from Jubilee bridge 
hope these panoramas help to get your year off with a bang !
peace and panoramas 2009
At last the wait is over Google have released Google Earth for the web. I quickly got to grips with it using my .kml file from 360 Cities, and using a spare domain I bought with exactly this in mind.
So please check out my newest website, called VR Planet
Simply install the web browser plug-in when prompted and away you go !!!
Here’s some quick screengrabs, enjoy
First, install google Earth Plug-in
Complete with 3D buildings
Fly into the speres
Enter the Sphere and use the mouse to move around the panorama
The Google Earth Plug-in currently supports Microsoft Windows 2000, XP and Microsoft Windows Vista, and works on the following web browsers:
* IE 6.0+
* IE 7.0+
* Firefox 3.0x, 2.x or 2.0x
* Netscape 7.1+
* Mozilla 1.4+
* Flock 1.0+
Support for other operating systems such as Mac OS X and Linux are being planned for the future.
The latest release of Google Earth now features 360Cities panoramas in the preview and gallery layers.
Select 360 Cities from the sidebar in Preview and Gallery layers
Look for 360 Cities Logo on the Map and click to see panoramas from that area
Select from many places in London to go and explore
Sidebar and pop up option for 360cities on Google Earth
Fly into 360 Cities sphere on Google Earth
Well done to the guys at 360 Cities for a great redesign of 360 Cities building on there already award winning website.
Here are some screen shots:
360 Cities now contains over 8000 panoramas to explore from over 100 cities around the world.
Here are just some of the improvements are listed below
- A reseller program for people who would like to provide VR / immersive photography services to local businesses
- All new map page with advanced search, author- , area- , or business-centric searching
- Critically acclaimed fullscreen panorama layout including map, thumbnails, and image transitions
- HOTSPOTS in all panoramas which are automatically created as panoramas are added to the site. You can navigate between images and move all through an area….
- Photographer profile page to show the latest works by author
-RSS feeds for the whole world, by area, or by author.
- Get driving directions to any business on the site.
- Google Earth integration, so you can view any image on Google’s Earth platform.
[this is not new but worth mentioning, as it's really cool!]
So credit crunch getting you down ? Need a holiday but cant afford one ? Don’t worry take a virtual trip to anywhere in the world with 360 cities from the comfort of your own computer
Try these great new destinations for starters
Cutting open a dead whale during a snowstorm at midnight in Barrow, Alaska:
http://360cities.net/image/barrow_whale_081010_0044
Muscovites of all sizes enjoying the sunshine:
http://www.360cities.net/image/the-big-bikini-exibition
Berlin’s holocaust memorial
http://www.360cities.net/image/holocaust-memorial
View from the top of the WTC in NYC
http://www.360cities.net/image/world-trade-center-twin-towers
One of Iran’s most beautiful mosques
http://www.360cities.net/image/sheikh-lotfallah-mosque-isfahan
An ecologial amusement park in Damascus 
http://www.360cities.net/image/amusement-park
The McCall Glacier, in the ANWR, Alaska
http://www.360cities.net/image/mccall-glacier-11-aug-07-13-58
A marketplace in Banjul, Gambia
http://www.360cities.net/image/gambia-banjul-albertmarket-01
Waiting for Marlon Brando in the middle of the Pacific Ocean
http://www.360cities.net/image/waiting_for_marlon_brando
Up to 40,000 will enjoy a free live concert on The Mall on 24 August to celebrate Handover. The Visa London 2012 Party will feature top bands, acts and lots of special guests. Tickets were offered through a ballot and have been allocated. There will be no access to people without tickets, and sadly that included me, so I went down the day before read more about London 2012 Olympics here.
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I have my 2nd exhibition this year in Amelie Les Bains, showing images from the area, Collioure.
I have the complete exhibition online and prints can be bought for £100 only.
I have 10 issues of each print, and they are starting to run out, I’m glad to say
If you would like to licence, or order a print, just get in contact with me here.
