Historic Newport Mansions [CD-ROM]

Digital Destinations (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 3, 2000

Take a magnificent personal tour of the famous Newport Mansions with 360 x 360 panoramic images, all from the convenience of your home computer. The product also includes video, sound, classical music, audio narration, interactive maps, navigational timelines and internet links. Makes a great gift, A wonderful educational experience for all ages. Works on all IBM/PC and Macintosh computers.

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Digital Destinations develops virtual reality sightseeing tours and marketing products for the consumer and commercial marketplace. By combining 360 x 360 panoramic images with the latest multimedia applications and location-centric content, we create an accurate simulation of travel to that destination, all from the convenience of your personal computer. Products are also helpful in exploration and orientation prior to travel. Our understanding of technology and usability, allows us to create inspiring products that really give the user an authentic experience.

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Digital Destinations, Inc (January 3, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0966728947
• ISBN-13: 978-0966728941
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,398,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #46 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Rhode Island

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vanderbilts would be proud!, March 6, 2001

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Rick Rascati "RickRMusic" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Historic Newport Mansions (CD-ROM)

After the other reviews in this column piqued my interest, I picked this CDrom up in one of the Mansions stores a couple of weeks ago,and boy, am I glad I did! Great insight to the construction of the mansions including, the materials used, styles used, builders etc.. There is a brief narration for each one that gives dates & facts , along with 8 classical tunes that play at random as you wander about. The only constructive criticism is that you don't get narration for each room as you enter, just at the beginning of each VR tour. I'm sure it would've been too costly and time consuming to do that anyway. But, you can even do an auto tour where you sit back and relax, while the camera pans to different rooms, or you can do the manual tour at your own pace. Great quality! Runs smoothly with no popping or skipping, and the picture quality is terrific! You can zoom, spin, look down, up, to get a closer look at that special vase, or to look at the gilded ceiling tiles. Great for those who have never been to get an inside look, or a great momento for those who have visited the 10 mansions from the preservation society. You'll feel like you've wandered back in time to the Victorian age on Bellevue Ave.......................

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love those mansions!, February 11, 2000

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jilla (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Historic Newport Mansions (CD-ROM)

I just love the Newport Mansions. This CD is great because I can never remember all the details when I visit the mansions, and this CD lets you pan around and up to the ceiling and down to the carpet, also zooming in. You can see all the details that give the rooms their luxurious feel.

Also, it's great because I haven't been to all the mansions and through the virtual tours I can see which one I most want to visit next.

Now, if they could just figure out a way to get the CD to give you that musty dusty smell of the actual mansions...

Seriously, this is very cool and if you are only visiting Newport for a short time, it's worth it to see which mansions you really want to see in person.

Jilla

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cool CD, June 5, 2000

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dan blake (Boston) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Historic Newport Mansions (CD-ROM)

This is a very cool CD showing you the various Newport mansions. You can pan around inside the rooms, looking at all the walls, even the floor and ceiling.

I like it because when you visit the mansions there isn't time enough to see them all, and with this CD I can see them all. Also, I can go back to the rooms that I like and study the details in that room. It is very interesting.

Anyway, I would recommend this CD. It makes great use of new technology and is fun and easy to use.