Appeal No. 96-3637 Application No. 08/248,123 center of his field of vision. The user is able to turn his head; the prerecorded images change and this object is placed into the center of his field of vision, providing a realistic experience. The Prior Art Smith discloses a method and apparatus for recording of a panorama for display of a portion thereof on a video display device. Figure 7 illustrates a projection 80 of a film record to produce an actual projection representation of a recorded panorama, which can be viewed on a cylindrical screen. This projected representation is then rerecorded using a rotating optical slit scanner for producing a film record 82 or a rotating optical slit scanner in combination with a CCD device 84. After the records have been produced and the necessary timing information reintroduced into the resulting series, the record can be accessed using conventional technology such as a high density T.V., VCR 86, or optical disc player, depending upon the type of format 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007