VR Programming With QuickTime VR 2.1
Primarily, this book describes the QuickTime VR Manager, which is the part of the system software for Macintosh and other computers that you can use to control QuickTime VR movies programmatically. You can use the QuickTime VR Manager to give your application greater control over QuickTime VR movies. For example, you can use the QuickTime VR Manager to
Currently, only C-language programming interfaces are available.
This book also describes the QuickTime VR file format (the format of the movie files that contain QuickTime VR movies). You need this information only if you need to parse existing QuickTime VR movies or you want to create QuickTime VR movies programmatically. For instance, you need this information if you want to develop QuickTime VR movie-authoring software. In general, however, you don't need to know about the format of atoms or atom containers simply to use the functions provided by the QuickTime VR Manager.
This book does not describe how to capture VR scenes or author QuickTime VR movies using tools such as the QuickTime VR Authoring Studio. See the documentation provided with your authoring software for complete information.