Firefly360's Blog
A Collection of Published 360VR Articles and Personal JournalsArchive for March, 2010
Multi-Faceted Landscapes of Manila
Author’s Note: This article uses virtual reality technology to provide an immersive experience. Click the image to view the 360-degree VR. Adobe Flash 10 or higher is required. Average VR size is 1.7Mb.
This 360 virtual tour is in response to the British Council’s “Show Us Your City” contest of Creative Cities in the UK and East Asia for The London Festival of Architecture 2010.
The sun hasn’t risen yet and I’m already half-awake as the sound of oncoming trains rolled by outside my windows. Not exactly a wake-up call, but nevertheless they are a welcome sensation as I lay on my bed, pondering on the things that lie ahead. Such are the daily occurrence in my neighborhood north of downtown Manila, a place that’s near a wet market, at the intersection of two railways – the LRT and the PNR.
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Batanes on My Mind
Author’s Note: This article uses virtual reality technology to provide an immersive experience. Click the image to view the 360-degree VR. Adobe Flash 10 or higher is required. Average VR size is 1.6Mb.
Most of my companions are puking inside the faluwa boat as we made our way to Sabtang Island that day; it was an overcast sky with a little drizzle as our boat rocked back and forth amidst the towering waves of the South China Sea meet the currents of the Pacific Ocean in the most ‘intense’ experience of the entire trip. Loaded with us on the boat are motorbikes, local produce, live animals consist of chickens and goats as we toke the 45 minutes ride from San Vicente port in Batan. It took a while upon landing to got my composure back, by that time, the weather was changing for the best with the moody landscape transformed into a majestic vista.
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