I know that most are using photosynth to create as it was shown in class. Microsoft has a full proper sticher that can create Panos out of huge collection of image. Currently I am generating high resolution Panos using 200 images and just wanted to share with everyone as it can aid in their future projects in this class.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ice/
Below is a high resolution panorama of tech square.