Interactive Panoramic Image ofUTP Mosque in Web-Based Environment

With the emerging of panoramic application, it becomes possible for people to 'visit* a
certain place without having to be presence at that place physically. Based on this, an
intelligence and interactive multimedia website, with the combination of several
multimediaelements, has been developed for this project. The subject area used for the
project was Universiti Teknologi Petronas's (UTP's) mosque, Masjid An-Nur. Masjid
An-Nur was chosen due to its significance as one of the most beautiful buildings in
UTP and becomes the admiration of many people. The project is purposely to create a
new way for a user to have a tour or visit and learn about some of the architecture in
UTP area, instead ofuser has to come to UTP or just view it through the photos.
The significance of this project is to develop a multimedia website about Masjid An-
Nur, UTP. The multimedia website was not just providing user with the information and
images of the mosque, but also gave user chance to 'explore' the mosque through the
panoramic application. Several multimedia elements were included in the panoramic
application in order to give more impact on user experience, while them visiting the
website. This was definitely gave user different experience.
The methodology used to complete this project is waterfall development and also
throw-away prototyping methodologies. The tools required in developing the project
consist of multimedia soft wares, HTML scripting and Windows platform workstation.
Findings and discussion of the report focus on the development process of the
panoramic image application until to the final product. The conclusion includes the
achievement of each objective of the project and the recommendations for future work
in the researcharea and the development ofthe panoramic image application.