Photomerge 360 Pano stitch

I want to make a 360 degree (circular) panorama shot to convert to the QTVR. I have no trouble getting shots with sufficient overlap and using Photomerge to make a long panoramic shot, but what do I use to merge the "2 ends" together to make a 360 degree loop?
I was looking at cubiconverter to format the QTVR http://www.clickheredesign.com.au/.
But there is a missing link in my understanding of how this works and I'd appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Rod
Mac CS3 environment.

Have you looked into VRWorx?
http://www.vrtoolbox.com/vrthome.html
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