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Reminded of a classic Star Trek TNG Technical Manual CD-ROM.... And sure enough this guy extracted QuickTime VR panoramas for the TNG portions of this. Pretty well done. Note the little dots on the floorplans take you to viewpoints.

From a random Reddit thread about the site in 2020 (tho it's been an ongoing project for many years earlier)

> _Back in the 90s, 360° panoramas were the new hot thing, and Star Trek was there!_

> I've pulled out a bunch of the old QTVR so we can explore them again.

The 90s plans are from the TNG Technical Manual CD and Captain's Chair, all from set photography except for the 3D renders of the TOS bridge. There's also the Star Trek 2009 bridge photo that was on their old site - they had a few other interior set ones too, but sadly I haven't been able to find a copy of that. I have a feeling there was a higher quality copy of the bridge ones, too, but again.

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palmotea

4 hours ago

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There are mirrors in Picard and Troi's quarters (click the viewpoints near the beds), and I think you can catch a glimpse of the camera they used to make the panoramas. It's blurry, and kind of looks like a droid from Star Wars.

I suppose it's also possible they photoshopped in something that looked sci-fi, to cover up whatever mundane camera they were actually using.

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bayindirh

4 hours ago

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If I remember correctly, the VR setups of the time required fisheye lenses attached to DSLRs and multiple shots. The thing visible in the mirrors are probably edited in.

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anjel

3 hours ago

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Sometimes it was a half sphere mirror rather than a lens

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bayindirh

3 hours ago

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That works, too. However I wonder how good the resolution would be in that case.

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maomaomiumiu

3 hours ago

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Opened this out of curiosity. Lost 20 minutes. No regrets.