Windows |
Processor: | 400 MHz (1.5 GHz recommended) |
Video Card: | 16 MB video card with 3D acceleration (64 MB or higher recommended) |
Operating System: | Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, or 2000XP (some crashing and freezing can occur with NT) |
Memory: | 64 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended) |
Monitor: | 32-bit colour monitor capable of 800 x 600 resolution |
Sound Card: | Windows-compatible sound card and speakers |
Internet Browser: | Internet Explorer 5 or higher; Netscape 7 |
Additional Software: | DirectX 7.0 or higher; Shockwave 10 (required to view the interactive content of the Virtual Vault 3D Gallery) Download Shockwave for free |
Internet Connection: | High-speed Internet connection recommended |
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Enter the Gallery: | Click on the button "3D Gallery" in the upper right corner of the Virtual Vault homepage. |
Choose an exhibition: | Click on a theme: "People," "Landscapes" or "Transportation and Maps." |
Walk forward: | Click and hold the "Walk Forward" arrow. |
Walk backward: | Click and hold the "Walk Backward" arrow. |
Turn to one side: | Click on "Pivot Right" or "Pivot Left." |
Move to a painting automatically: | Click on the painting. |
Move your head to look left: | Click on "Look Left." |
Move your head to look right: | Click on "Look Right." |
Move your head to look up: | Click on "Look Up." |
Move your head to look down: | Click on "Look Down." |
Read the title of a painting and the artist's name: | Click on the text panel beside the painting. |
Learn more about a painting: | Click on "Source." This will take you to a new Web page showing a descriptive record from the Library and Archives Canada database. |
Examine a painting up close: | Click on the magnifying glass beside the picture. This will open a new image of the painting that will let you zoom in and see it in great detail. Click again to zoom in more. Move the zoomed image around by clicking and dragging your cursor; or click and drag your cursor on the small red box in the small version of the picture in the upper left corner of your screen to move the main image. |