MacUser/MacWorld....
What reviewers are saying about Kyoto Gardens....
"Voici un superbe cadeau à offrir pour les fêtes. Ce CD-ROM, qui fait une large place aux films QuickTime VR, est un enchantment et porte immanquablent a la méditation.".
Landscape Architect: "... while not promising that its product will produce spiritual enlightenment, Kyoto Garden's high-tech graphics do impart a greater feel for these exquisite spaces than do traditional two-dimensional photographs".
" This imaginative CD has enhanced the limits of the eyes and ears. The project was an inspired idea waiting for the technology to catch up. And it has surpassed expectations!"
"... Kyoto Gardens is a masterpiece CDROM taking the viewer on an interactive journey through 24 of Kyoto's most exquisite gardens."
"...This very well constructed and often quite beautiful virtual tour is ideal for the great number who will never themselves take the real one. It is carefully thought out, detailed, highly informative and quite representative. " "...Kyoto Gardens is definitely worth a look for those left cold by most 'multimedia' applications. Kyoto Gardens takes nature into the future." "... the CDROM may be exemplary. As real world images swim up from the monitor's depths and dissolve into flat pastel tiles ("in thousands of colors") you can't help but be reminded that yes, all in this floating world is, after all, illusion."
Univers MacWorld (MacWorld France) January 2002:***** (5 star rating):
Berkley Macintosh Users Group (BMUG) Newsletter:
Lonely Planet (Guide to Kyoto):
The Japan Times (Donald Richie):
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Kyoto Journal: