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Can anyone help by pointing to some good references for the creation and presentation of a 3D environment (a real room) on a website.

Ideally it will not involve too much expense or too high a learning curve as this is a one off requirement for a small project.

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VRML, Java3D, or Flash depending on how adventurous you are.

See Papervision3D (panorama demo) and 360 Degrees of Freedom.

eed3si9n
correct Java3D http://java3d.dev.java.net/
Tahir Akhtar
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Hm... I'm not sure if I understand what exactly do you want to know. But, since I made a similar sites (panoye and ela) I'll try to respond...

There are many different ways to show a panoramic, java applet (ptviewer, very easy but it is java), javascript (bad for spherical images, since it can't deal with equirectangular panoramas distortions) and flash. I use javascript and flashpanoramas flash viewer. With flashpanoramas your php script must create XML files for all panoramas.

For spherical panoramas - I think flash is the way. But then, your panoramas should be cubic, not equirectangular.

Anyway, I'm not sure if there is an quick & easy way...

puzz
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The panotools, and hugin in particular, suite is quite good if you are looking for a free tools. Viewers can also be found here

Tubs
@Tubs: Thanks, the hugin link is great.
Matt
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Check the stores and gallery i'm operating at enjoy3d.com .. They use various implementations of Papervision3D. I have developed a toolset and art-pipeline that allows me to create a rich immersive environment in less than a week. And I am currently working on new tech that can handle an 'endless' world with unbounded quantities of content.

I'd also take a look at Alternativa3D if you don't mind paying for licensing

Scott Evernden