My VR shooting setup in the garden: Powerbook 5300, Tripod, QuickTake 150, and Kaidan tripod head.

This virtual tour was created to conduct research on how designers can best use QuickTime VR to author virtual experiences (with particular attention to VR on the web). The title of the paper is "The Challenge: Designing A Meaningful Experience with QuickTime VR." This is an M.A. thesis project for the Department of Telecommunication at Michigan State University, expected to be complete in October, 1996.

Virtual Tour by Matt MacQueen.
Email: macqueen@pilot.msu.edu

Extra special thanks to:

Dr. Carrie Heeter
the light

Dr. Pericles Gomes and Dr. Tom Muth
to round out the coolest thesis committee in the Department

Jane Taylor,
creator of the amazing 4-H Children's Garden
that inspired me to do this project.
(thanks for the tour guide material!)

Jeff Kacos and Deborah Kinney
the Landscape Architects who designed the real one

Bob Matson
in the MSU Computer Science Department
for endless help and patience with the QTVR authoring tools

Mom and Dad
who had me working in our own gardens with them
since I was old enough to hold a seed.
Thanks watering me and making sure I got enough sun.

and finally

The Dogcow for moral support!