Best Friends Animal Society
Best Friends Virtual Tour
Project Details
In 2001, I proposed, designed, and built a unique multimedia virtual tour of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary campus. It was modeled after the Sydney Opera House virtual tour, developed in 2001 by Tony Cray. While such a product was ahead of it’s time and typically out of budget for a growing non-profit, the roadmap I presented was practical and achievable, with clear benefits for all. Utilizing the RIA capabilities of Flash 5, we redefined the landscape of interactive web presentations, putting Best Friends on the map with a dynamic Internet presence and a handful of spinning furry friends.
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Presented a novel use of “virtual reality” technology to better serve the member base of a national organization. Got the job.
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Developed wireframe mockups and flowcharts to illustrate the user experience and architecture of the project.
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Explored the organization’s campus, taking hundreds of photos and sound recordings to support the project’s panorama and multimedia requirements.
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Stitched together more than a hundred panorama photos using first generation QTVR software by Apple and lots of editing by hand.
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Developed a smooth panorama engine in Flash, with functionality to embed links to other media assets.
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Developed a process to dynamically load media assets upon request.
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Developed the whole presentation, with attention to scalable content management.
