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Forgotten Places – A World Wide Panorama


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decoA VR panorama (VR for virtual reality) is a specially created computer image that goes all the way around the viewer. It is a revolutionary way to document a particular place and time - the next best thing to being there.

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This event's essay was written by Bernhard Vogl. Thank you, Bernhard.

Forgotten Places

by Bernhard Vogl
Forgotten places exist everywhere, as a place in urban exploration, a historic place or simply deep in your heart.
To forget is an essential capability of our brain. Nearly everything we learn and live to see is forgotten after awhile. Without being able to forget, we all would drown in a flood of information — not being able to discern between dispensable and indispensable. Even mankind's collective memory is prone to forget many things...
All of those memories are connected to a certain place. You are invited to rediscover such a place, shoot a panorama and tell us the story behind it!
Can't find a forgotten place? Maybe it is right under your nose!
  • Find reminders of history, e.g., WWI and WWII. Sometimes they are huge like the flak towers that were built during the WWII Nazi regime — but now are barely noticed by the local residents.
  • In the "Ruhrgebiet" in Germany — or in Detroit in the U.S., large industrial zones changed their face or perished.
  • Have you ever been curious about what happened to old tourist routes after the tourists vanished or a highway was built nearby? Go visit such a village and depict the changes!
  • Visit a subterranean place. Let the panorama tell about the Earth millions of years ago — or just your local subway station that hasn't been renovated in years.
  • Go to the place where you grew up/went to school/worked your first job!
  • Or just take the inward turn: Did you have a dream when you were young? Did that dream come true? Unearth a forgotten place of your childhood and tell us about it!
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All images and panoramas are NOT in public domain, unless stated otherwise by the contributor! The individual photographers retain their rights to their works. Any inquiries need to be sent to the individual participants. The WWP admin team does not provide contact information beyond what has been made public by the participants on their profile pages.

The overall site is copyright by the World Wide Panorama Foundation, a California Public Benefit Corporation.

The World Wide Panorama events were originally sponsored by the Geography Computing Facility at the University of California Berkeley, and hosted by The Geo-Images Project. The WWP is now run by the World Wide Panorama Foundation, a California Public Benefit Corporation.
This is a non-commercial project, done simply to create enthusiasm for VR photography, and provide an outlet for our collective creativity.

The World Wide Panorama was founded by Don Bain and Landis Bennett. Interactive maps and database programming by Markus Altendorff. Logo and region graphics by Kat Bennett. Google Earth management by Thomas Rauscher.
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