The Virtual Guide to Slovene Museums and Galleries website comprises of Virtual Reality Panoramic views and a virtual guide with Slovene and English information of 76 Slovene museums, galleries and museum sites. Sites can be picked from an interactive map of Slovenia. Panoramas show detailed interiors and exteriors of sites and objects, also 360 degrees round look. Panoramas are interactive so viewer can walk trough exhibitions, zoom in and zoom out objects, etc.
This is a personal project of photographer Boštjan Burger that did over 4000 java VR panoramas and over 1400 full screen QTVR panoramas on his web site [burger.si]. Slovenian Landmarks show apart from museum and galleries sites also castles, churches, town landscapes, waterfalls, karst caves, mountains, public events, wellness and spa destinations and ski centres. Also some other world landmarks in Egipt, Croatia, France, Argentina, Brazil... are to be seen there. Web site consist of more than 10000 VR panoramic photos. Project has a goal to display the cultural and natural heritage of our planet with interactive VirtualRealityPanoramas and was initiated in year 1996.
About
Boštjan Burger founder of burger.si retired as computer programmer in 90s to become geographic researcher on hydrology of waterfalls. He used VR panoramas as a tool in research of landscape. He was greatly influenced by geographer Don Bain for documenting the landscape with VR panoramas and Hans Nyberg use of Quick Time VR fulscreen panoramas.
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