This allows QuickTime VR content to be played back in most applications that support QuickTime, including the QuickTime MoviePlayer application, SimpleText, and others. QuickTime VR is expected to be fully integrated with future versions of QuickTime for Macintosh and Windows, eliminating installation and compatibility concerns. Adding to its award-winning ease of use, QuickTime VR now includes a new control strip that makes it easy to pan and zoom and find hot spots for both panoramas and objects. The control bar teaches users the appropriate hotkeys as well, eliminating the need to explain QuickTime VR's capabilities to first-time users. A museum can actually allow web users to see more pieces of art, more closely, than is possible in real life.
Object animation allows motion to be seamlessly integrated with objects in new and exciting ways.
New training applications abound in sports, medicine, industry, and other areas are now possible. With these improvements, objects too can now serve as interactive interfaces and rich sources of information. QuickTime VR 2.0 benefits in many ways from closer integration with QuickTime, including support for all QuickTime compression technologies. Industry Quotes Industry support for QuickTime VR 2.0 is very high. The launch of QuickTime VR 2.0 opens the doors for a Macromedia Open Architecture Asset Xtra, that will enable easy integration of QTVR into Macromedia Director and Shockwave productions.