Another place to look for help might be the International VR Photography
Association's
LiveStage Pro forum. They deal with both of the topics of interest:

http://ivrpa.org/forum/livestagepro



--- In QuickTime@yahoogroups.com, "chris_glick" <chris_glick@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm a LiveStage Pro novice (one of the few left, it seems) and in need of
help. I couldn't
find
> an answer at Totally Hip's StageDoor.
>
> I have a QTVR panorama with a large hotspot (basically the stage in a small
auditorium).
I
> want the user to be able to click on/in the hotspot to cause PNG images (of
traditional
> dancers and audience members participating) to appear in the screen. Ideally
there
would
> be an automated rotation through 11 pictures. However, I have yet to get a
single image
to
> appear properly.
>
> The lamentably best I've been able to do is create a white sprite centered
permanently
> inside the QT window; the sprite contains the 11 images. When previewed, I get
just a
> white box, but when I move through the panorama, nothing appears inside the
white
> sprint. At least, nothing until the sprite passes over a certain location
where the sprite's
> first image appears, slightly curved as if it were part of the QTVR track
itself.
>
> My guess--sorry, the best I can offer now--is: The sprite images' reference
points are
all
> set to 20,20, which seems to refer to the top left corner of the QTVR track's
> equirectangular graphic file. So when the white sprite passes over that point,
the sprite's
> first image appears inside the sprite, only smaller and moving in sync (inside
the sprite
> "window") with the QTVR viewing angle.
>
> Your input is very welcome!
>