In order to create dynamic tours with a 3D environment and 3D movement, a mapping between a 3D model and the associated panoramas have to be created in the form of alignment, origin and 3D position of the differnet panoramas.
As demonstrated in this video
Display Spoiler
( set as spoiler as to avoid too much 3D Vista display in this forum )
3D Vista has made the process of aligning the 3D environment and panoram's very straigh forward. With this as a base, I have created something simular, but ofcourse in our tool of choice for tour creation: krpano
Demonstration video :
Snapshot:
The idea is that you specify 3 points on the panorama, and then the same 3 points on the 3D model and the tool will give you all the data needed to map the panorama and the model.
The implementation current satisfies my own needs. In order to be usable by others it still needs some further finetuning.
Before putting further effort into this, I was wondering if there is any interest in such a toolset?
Let me know what you think either here, or as a comment on the video.