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QuickTime and QuickTime VR Help
 How do I get the free QuickTime software
What is a QuickTime VR?
How can I best view the QTVRs?
The Windows Media Player logo appears
when I try to play a QuickTime movie.
Q: How do I get the free QuickTime software?
A: If you don't already have the QuickTime plug-in (a "plug-in" is a piece of software), you can download it, free of charge, from Apple Computer. It takes just a few minutes to download it onto your hard disk and install it. From then on, it will open automatically whenever you access QuickTime movies or QuickTime VRs (often shown as "QTVR"), wherever you are on the Web. QuickTime software is available for Windows 95 / 98 / NT / ME / 2000 / XP and for Mac OSX / 7.5.5 / 8 / 9.
Q: What is a QuickTime VR?
A: QuickTime VR (for "Virtual Reality") is one of the most striking technologies on the World Wide Web today. If you don't already have the QuickTime software on your system, it is worth every second of the few minutes it takes to download it onto your hard disk and install it. What's more, it's free.
QuickTime images give you an extraordinary sense of being there, on location where the photographs that were used to build the VR were taken. With panoramic VRs, you get the sense that you're standing in a certain spot and spinning 360° on your heels, gaining a full-round view of whatever scene is pictured.
Q: How can I best view the QTVRs?
- Click and hold down the mouse button to "grab" the image. Then slide the mouse left or right, up or down to move the image.
- To zoom in, use the Shift key. To zoom out, use the Control key. (On the Macintosh using earlier versions of the QuickTime Software, the 'option' key zooms in and the 'control' key zooms out.)
- If you want to zoom in on a specific part of the picture, center that part and then zoom. You might have to zoom a little and then go up or down to center it.
- If the QTVR has links to other QTVR files or Web pages embedded in it, your cursor will change to a "hand" when passing over clickable links.
Q: The Windows Media Player logo appears when I try to play a QuickTime movie, but the movie never plays. What is going on?
A: Your computer system is configured to try to play QuickTime files in Windows Media Player instead of in QuickTime. Windows Media Player will be unable to play QuickTime movies found on the Dismals Canyon site. Reinstall QuickTime; we recommend downloading a fresh copy of the current version using the links above.
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For more detailed information and help about QuickTime, go to the
Apple Computer
QuickTime Support Page.
Check to see if you have QuickTime installed.
If you don't have QuickTime software for your Mac or PC, download it here.
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