QTVR fun: panorama of Indiana Jones' lost city of Petra

Xeni Jardin 9:53 am Mon Jun 9, 2003

QuickTime VR evangelist and BoingBoing pal Hans Nyberg says:

In the last scenes of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Treasury is a secret temple, lost for hundreds of years. The City of Petra was hidden in the mountains of Jordan for thousands of years when a young Swiss explorer Johan Ludwig Burckhardt rediscovered it in 1812. This place is impossible to capture in a normal still image. You have to visit it — or, see it in the cubic QTVR that Greg Downings created last year on assignment for Intel. Greg visited some of the most famous places in the world during this assignment, but he describes the visit at Petra as the most memorable.

Link to panorama, Link to interview with photographer,
Discuss

Another emulation project disappears amid Nintendo crackdown

Nintendo is cracking down on emulators of its hardware and media depicting their use. First Yuzu was taken down with a lawsuit, and now departs Ryujinx, a similar project that… READ THE REST
Oura the best smart ring, say testers

The Verge's roundup of smart rings seems representative of a general consensus: Oura is just ahead of the game when it comes to these inconspicious gadgets. The competition is either… READ THE REST
Tor and Tails privacy projects merge

The Tor Project protects user privacy and anonymity on the network. Tails is a portable operating system that does so in the software. The two projects are merging, writes Pavel… READ THE REST
How $20 is going to keep my old computer running like a dream

TL;DR: Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro for $19.97 (reg. $199). My 2014 Dell has been chugging along for a cool decade, but I'm not ready to give it up yet, mostly because new… READ THE REST
I'm going to fill this discount 1TB cloud storage with cat pictures and nobody can stop me

TL;DR: A 1TB Koofr Cloud Storage Lifetime Subscription is now $119.99 with code KOOFR40. Google tells me my drive is almost full. Those free 15GB go fast if you're using it for anything… READ THE REST
3 things you can do with a $240 MacBook (that you probably wouldn't with an expensive computer)

TL;DR: Get a computer you can take anywhere when you get a MacBook Air refurb for $239.99 (reg. $999). I already have a computer, but I want another. Here's why: if I rely… READ THE REST