DONORS & SPONSORS > Project Home   QuickTime Movies!   About The Project   You Can Help!   Artifacts   Tools & Techniques   Donors & Sponsors PROJECT STATUS 2010: QTVR photography is currently focused on objects in the National Mall Bldg's Pioneers of Flight galley, now undergoing a major renovation. Funding is needed to continue the project at Udvar-Hazy Ctr & National Mall. DONORS & SPONSORS This project has been made possible through the generous support of donors & sponsors over the years. See a list of generous supporters.
	Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Cockpit
	The XV-15 Tilt Rotor technology demonstrator was the culmination of efforts begun in the early 1950s to produce an aircraft that could take off, land, and hover like a helicopter, but with the speed of an airplane. More info...
Smithsonian Institution QTVR photography produced by Lightspeed Media. If you do not see the movie above, please download the free QuickTime Player.
QuickTime VR Artifact Photography Project In 2003, the National Air and Space Museum embarked on the most comprehensive artifact digital photography project ever conducted. The preparation and movement of artifacts to the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center presented a rare opportunity to photographically document a large portion of the museum's aircraft and space artifacts, inside and out, before they were put on display - many hanging high above the floor & inaccessible for years to come.   The museum decided to photograph artifacts in extensive detail using state-of-the-art high resolution digital photography and Apple's QuickTime VR (QTVR) photographic immersive technology. QTVR allows for viewing of objects and interiors from all sides and can be downloaded for free on the web. The technology allows the Museum to give our visitors a look inside historic artifacts and the virtual experience of sitting in the pilot's seat.   The photographs and QTVR movies produced through this project represent not only a rich archival resource, but an invaluable outreach tool for educating Museum visitors about the aircraft and spacecraft in the National Collection.   This important effort requires additional funding to continue photography of objects moving into the Udvar-Hazy Center, as well as objects on display at the National Mall building.   View more QuickTime VR examples (requires free QuickTime Player to view).