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Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by canjobear on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:10AM (#46418818)
Upper left corner of the Enterprise-D bridge, you can see the door to the bathroom.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by dotancohen on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:27AM (#46418900)
To boldly go where no one has gone before.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by UberFly on Monday December 29, 2025 @02:25AM (#46418249)
I don't have anything intelligent to say other than this is extremely cool. Don't miss the "behind the scenes" shot.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by dotancohen on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:28AM (#46418910)
And don't miss the ISS shot either! That's a real, manned space station flying right now. It's the last shot to the right.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by dbcooper on Monday December 29, 2025 @03:52AM (#46418719)
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by maomaomiumiu on Monday December 29, 2025 @03:59AM (#46418758)
Opened this out of curiosity. Lost 20 minutes. No regrets.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by ChrisArchitect on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:59AM (#46418139)
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.

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by palmotea on Monday December 29, 2025 @02:21AM (#46418218)
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.

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by bayindirh on Monday December 29, 2025 @03:06AM (#46418467)
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.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by anjel on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:05AM (#46418788)
Sometimes it was a half sphere mirror rather than a lens
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by bayindirh on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:08AM (#46418810)
That works, too. However I wonder how good the resolution would be in that case.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by sho_hn on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:00PM (#46425610)
Yep, I also immediately remembered the Technical Manual CD-ROM. What a marvel that was.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by whycome on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:43AM (#46418983)
These are better than typical panoramas. These are full 360 photos. These could be easily adapted for VR.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by eliaskg on Monday December 29, 2025 @06:10AM (#46419462)
It's very interesting to look through. My brain somehow gives me the impression that I've been there - especially on the Enterprise-D.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by sho_hn on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:14PM (#46425788)
Forever my childhood's second home.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by doormatt on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @12:25AM (#46429855)
I managed to go to the Star Trek Experience when it was in Vegas, and be transported in, walk through the corridors, and emerge onto the bridge.

It was utterly glorious, and a good day to die.

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by suprjami on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:34AM (#46420033)
How on earth are these made?
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by noworld on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:43AM (#46420098)
I never noticed that the floor of the BoP appears to be mounted on a shock-absorbing suspension
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by KevinMS on Monday December 29, 2025 @08:00AM (#46420222)
I was hoping to see the Enterprise from Brave New Worlds. The show isn't that great, but the interior design of the ship was taken to another level.

https://filmandfurniture.com/2022/08/exclusive-the-star-trek...

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by sho_hn on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:10PM (#46425748)
*Strange New Worlds

Also, agreed. The writing on that show is lousy, but the sets are some of the most beautiful work in the franchise, particularly the Captain's Quarters and Sick Bay.

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by dotancohen on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @10:07AM (#46434016)
The sets are far too big, though. It's roomier than even the Enterprise D. Had they scaled down the size of the interior of the ship, then suspending disbelief would have been far easier.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by KevinMS on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:50AM (#46444553)
> *Strange New Worlds

I told myself I wasn't going to make that mistake again when I posted this, but I did anyway.

Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by robertoandred on Monday December 29, 2025 @12:39PM (#46423091)
There were panoramas of the NX-01 sets at some point as well.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by diimdeep on Monday December 29, 2025 @02:18PM (#46424290)
Feels odd without characters.
Re:Panoramas of Star Trek Sets by xnx on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @10:28PM (#46440960)
In the panoramas for the USS Enterprise (Kelvin) you can see the barcode scanners they used.

https://www.barcodesinc.com/news/price-check-on-the-bridge-b...

https://www.barcodesinc.com/news/barcode-scanners-back-for-a...