How does one make a QuickTime VR movie?

[Toe]

Seems like a really simple question... I want to do a "virtual tour" of a house. QuickTime VR sounds like a great technology for it. So... how do I make one?

You would think Apple might say, but they are pretty ambiguous...

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/qtvr/
just says that you should use an authoring tool. And it kinda takes you to this list: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/tools/qtvr.html

So I need to purchase one of those? Again, I want to make one QTVR movie. Is there any way to do so for less than $150? In any event, can someone recommend a package that will let me show VR room to someone... preferably the cheapest package (open source?!?).

Thanks!

 

[Cooknn]

There's some discussion about that topic here.

 

[Schmittroth]

Any Canon digital camera with 'stitch mode' will do 360 degree views very quickly and easily. If you want to do hot spots and links within the pictures that requires a more in depth solution.