It’s official. Barcelona FC will play Egypt’s Al Ahly in a friendly match on 24th April 2007. The anticipated friendly is organized as part of Al Ahly’s centenary celebrations.

In 2006, Al Ahly deserved 3rd place in FIFA Club World Cup hosted in Japan, which topped the club’s long history of achievements. I was out in the street last December to celebrate the Al Ahly’s arrival from Japan and took a panoramic 360-degree photo of Egypt’s Red Devils.

These are the kind of VR images that make me want to pick up my camera every morning and take more photos. The Frenchman Tristan is using an 8mm lens on a Canon 20D set on continous shot. He is not missing a beat.

Santiago Ribas of 360˚ Portugal went all the way to Spain to show us big sail ships. It was the 50th anniversary of Tall Ships Races at La Coruña and the ships were all prepared for (virtual) visitors.

Santiago had taken another nice 360 panorama of a Danish boat at Alcantara (Portugal) earlier this year.

The Frenchman Gilles Vidal seems to be where the action is. He uses his skill in VR photography to share with the world big events that are making the news at the moment and that people want to experience.

Today he takes you to the 11th stage that took place on the 13th July 2006. A very physically demanding stage as you will see in the virtual tour. At that point the cyclists had reached an altitude of 2115 meters (2.1 km) high.

Sit back on your chairs, and see the excitement of the Tour de France 2006.

Germany:
Roberto Gómez Torrestrain captured this moment at Cologne train station which is next to the Cologne (Köln) Cathedral. You can see Messi and Riquelme from Argentina, Cisse and Zidane from France, Kaka from Brazil, Raúl from Spain, Beckham from England and Ballack from Germany.

You can also see Hans-Dieter Teschner webpage which displays several VR photos he took outdoors in Stuttgart.

Czech Republic:
Jeffrey Martin took this panorama infront of a giant TV on Old Town Square in Prague during the Czech Republic’s World Cup match against USA.

Australia:
Peter Murphy’s view during the World Cup match between Australia and Japan.

France:
Gilles Vidal captured the anticipation and emotions of the French supporters in 3 VR photos during France and Portugal semi-finals match