The VR/360 Competition

The EPSON International Pano VR/360 Awards Competition (the 'Competition') is open to all Professional, Amateur, Student and Non Professional Photographers.
By entering the Competition, You accept these Competition Rules and their Terms and Conditions.
Closing Date: Entries and the Entry Fee must be submitted by Friday 20th April 2012. Late entries will be accepted until Saturday 28th April 2012. Late entry fees apply.
Entry fees are US$18 per image, US$32 for two (2) images, US$42 for three (3) images, US$48 for four (4) images and US$10 for each additional image. There is no restriction on the number of entries per entrant
To enter, you must upload your Entry(s) at the following website: www.thepanoawards.com (the 'Website'), following the on-screen instructions carefully.
Entrants may enter as many images as you wish (the 'Entry' or 'Entries') in the Competition.
Entrants must upload their Entries as digital files at www.thepanoawards.com and comply with the following specifications:
- 6144 by 3072 pixel (equirectangular) image
- jpegs must be 6144 x 3072, but may have black bands at top and/or bottom
- sRGB colour space, JPEG quality setting 10
- no logos, watermarks or nadir caps (blank nadir caps or mirror balls are acceptable)
- You will be able to set pan and tilt when you upload each entry. However, please test these variables prior to uploading as you will not be able to preview your entry once they have been set.
- Note: Final images for judging will be produced with Pano2VR software (see www.gardengnomesoftware.com) and you may like to test your settings on this software before entering.
- Pan is an integer between 0 and 360 (degrees), measured from the center of the equirectangular image (as zero) - remember that it wraps around and increases from right to left
- Tilt is between -90 and 90 degrees, from straight down to straight up
- Final image display aspect ratio will be 16:9
- Initial field of view is set at 60 degrees
- Zoom limits are set at 30-100 degrees
- For resources on VR photography, visit www.vrphotography.com, www.worldwidepanorama.org, and www.gardengnomesoftware.com
Judging will be 'blind'. No names or other indicators are allowed in or on the Entry that could indicate who is the author of the Entry.
Entries will be judged by nominated judges. Each Entry will be scored by 5 separate judges.
The judging process is as follows:
Each Entry will be judged in its category and the judges' scores will be averaged to produce a final score
The Entry with the highest final score will be deemed the VR/360 competition winner
In the case of a category tie, the judges' 5 individual scores for each Entry will be added together to produce a score tie calculation. The Entry with the highest score tie calculation will be deemed the winner
In the event that Entries are still tied at the end of the judging process, those images will be re-judged by a further independent judging panel to produce the winner
Winners will be published on-line at www.thepanoawards.com in 2012 on a date to be determined
Judges, sponsors, entry fees and prizes may be changed without notice up to the closing date of the competition.
All EPSON International Pano VR/360 Awards "general terms and conditions" are in the rules of the main EPSON International Pano Awards Open competition.
All terms and conditions are subject to change without notice.