QuickTime VR is dead?

Question

QTVR is nearly dead! Read below on a QTVR forum.
Do you think this is true?
Surely QTVR and iPhone = augmented reality possibilities.
Michael
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QTVR has never worked in 64bit windows, so if you're using Windows7, Vista
or XP 64bit, no QTVR for you. You'll need a plugin to replace quicktime in
your browser, Devalvr.com (
http://www.devalvr.com/paginas/productos/index.html bottom of page) does a
good job of this.
If you're on Mac, the lastest Quicktime doesn't do VR, so you need to
download an old version.
The best option for all your clients and viewers is to convert your QTVR's
to Flash, or use a flash viewer which can do this on the fly. *QTVR is a*
*dead format.*

Answer 1

If you're on Mac, the lastest Quicktime doesn't do VR, so you need to
download an old version.
That part is certainly true, at least at this time. QuickTime Player X does not handle QuickTime VR, so if you're running Snow Leopard, you need to have QuickTime Player 7 installed.
I don't know if I'd call QTVR "dead" quite yet, but it's pretty clear that there hasn't been sufficient interest in or use of QTVR in recent years for Apple to put much emphasis on it. What the future holds I can't say, but there's not much market for panoramic playback formats, so it wouldn't surprise me if Apple decided to put no further development into QTVR.
Regards.