Includes PhotoVista and a full version of Reality Studio. You can doanload a demo from their website. Example images can be found at CycloVisions' website. If you're looking for a digital camera the Nikon CoolPix 900 has been receiving some very positive reviews. Of particular interest for those producing sequences of images for stitching into panoramas, the 900 includes an exposure lock which will look the exposure setting used for the first image in a sequence and use it for the rest.
Some people actually question the effectiveness of using exposure locking with a digital camera.
They argue that because of the narrow exposure lattitude of digital cameras you are better off exposing each image in a sequence at the optimal setting for the camera, then fix any problems in a paint program or a stitching tool. This may or may not be a problem depending upon the experience you are trying to provide the user. A lot of tools have been released that support it, and most 3D programs now will at least export to a VRML file. It's primary use has been on the web, and there are plug-ins available for Macintosh and Windows. At the end of 1998 SGI , who was the initial imputus behind VRML sold Cosmo Software to Platinum.