Firefly360's Blog
A Collection of Published 360VR Articles and Personal JournalsArchive for June, 2010
At the Quirino Grandstand
Author’s Note: This article uses virtual reality technology to provide an immersive experience. Click the images to view the 360-degree VRs. Adobe Flash 10 or higher is required. Average VR size is 1.2Mb each.
June 30, 2010 will be the historical inauguration of President-elect Noynoy Aquino at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila. With less than 3 days to go, repair and renovations are still being completed by the DPWH at the cost of 230 million pesos.
Both VRs taken on June 27, 2010. The author can be reached at: fung@firefly.ph
9500+ft. Above Sea Level
Author’s Note: This article uses virtual reality technology to provide an immersive experience. Click the images to view the 360-degree VRs. Adobe Flash 10 or higher is required. Average VR size is 1.9Mb each.
The temperature must’ve been below 10°C when I woke up with chills creeping from my feet; even with two layers of socks, and shoes that I didn’t bother to take off, I can still felt the cold coming from outside of our tent. It’s almost 3am, Sunday, not much sleep for nearly 40 hours, dressed fat like a penguin, quivering inside an “igloo”, at eight thousand feet up in the mountains, the only question on my mind was “WTF am I doing here!!?”
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