A "Virtual Reality" photographic experience begins with a 360 degree photograph, stitched together from 30 or more individual photos. Imagine that you are at the center of a hollow sphere and a photograph is projected on the inside surface of the sphere, covering the entire surface of the sphere. You can turn and look anywhere! Now imagine that there are clickable hot spots on that photograph that transport you to adjacent spheres and that you can navigate through a labyrinth of spherical rooms, exploring every corner of each room. That's Virtual Reality!

Tour six "rooms" of the Belle Isle Botanical Conservatory.
This work in progress is a 10 MB download, so
please be patient. It's a 30 second load on my Comcast extra high speed connection. Your results may vary.

Serious eye candy for survivors of the long Michigan winters.