My name is Robert Abbett, also known as "Rabbett". I'm the owner/operator of
Hot Spots Hawai`i, a small creative services company based in Kailua on the island of O'ahu.
O'ahu is the most populous of the Hawaiian Islands and where our city and state governments are located. Honolulu is our capitol and main city. Honolulu is also the name of our county, which includes both the Island of O`ahu and a whole bunch of ocean surrounding us. Kailua is a little windward town over the mountains and across the island from Honolulu.
Within this folder, I have prepared for you a Quicktime VR Virtual Visit to some very special places around O'ahu.
I hope these sights may inspire you to come pay us a visit, either in person or via the Internet.
Why I've got even more VR's of my home state on board my huge
Hawaiian Web, The H4, Hawai`i's Data SuperHighway ™ at
http://www.hotspots.hawaii.com
Plus you can visit my Internet Radio Hawai`i site at http://irh.com and crank up one of my Hawaiian Music Programs utilizing RealAudio to serenade you while you cruise through the site.
Plus....(aw heck...just come and visit...I've got over 2000 pages up and online for you to share!)
Alas, your little visit here may only be virtual but, thanks to the miracle of Quicktime VR technology, I can bring you these sites alot easier and more realistically than any other technology in existence today (as I write this....).
Quicktime VR is great beacuse it allows me to drop you right smack in the center of some of our most beautiful Hawaiian scenery. QTVR can show you actual places with tremendous photographic realism!
You'll notice right away that I like my VR's to be wide. Just like in nature, our eye's view is alot wider than that which a typical tv screen shows. When I discovered that you could make VR's practically any size, I was delighted. I'm a Panavision kinda guy!
Although anyone can shoot VR's, I believe the really successful users of this technology will be those who can see views and imagery in a circular perspective. Be careful planning your shoots. Study all the angles. make sure you understand the entire view - all 360 degrees before you shoot it, otherwise phone poles, cars and buildings may pop up in rude and unpleasant manners.
Whatever you do...have fun. Don't expect to become an overnight whiz and a millionaire. Use Quicktime VR to help tell a story, share a view, inspire dreams. Success, if it is meant to happen, will surely follow.
For those of you with an Internet Browser, like Netscape or Cyberdog, loaded on your machine, I invite you to skip all the rest of this.....Just go open up that application and take the html excursion I have written for you.
Start by opening the file Aloha.html
If you don't have a browser, well then, please use your Quicktime VR Player to open and enjoy all the VR's inside of the VR folder. I have some very famous sites for you to enjoy including Sunset Beach and Waimea Bay!
Should you want to know more about me and what I do, or should you want some VR work done for you or your company....here's all the pertinent information.
(Yes, I will travel outside of Hawai`i!)
Robert "Rabbett" Abbett
President/ Webmaster/Internet DJ/QTVR Producer
Hot Spots Hawai`i & Abbett VR Services
333 Maluniu Avenue
Kailua, HI 96734-2370
Ph: 808-263-6420
Fax: 808-263-8289
eMail: rabbett@irh.com
Mahalo (thank you) for visiting my little piece of Hawai`i!