360 VR questions

AdamB

Not sure I get you here...
A plugin for WordPress isn't something special like a plugin for a browser...
Do you have any knowledge about WordPress...?

Yes, I develop websites using it and know a lot about how it works under the hood.

@frederik said:

A plugin simply makes it easier for the average Joe to embed content on his/her website...
Most people are unable to make even simple web-code, thus a CMS is required...

Please remember that WordPress isn't just a blog-tool... It was, but today it's nothing less than the most widely used CMS in the world...

The problem is not WP or WP plugins. The problem is that browsers handle text and images using HTML, however to deliver interactive graphics they need some help - to date this has come from a "low-level" plugin that extends the functions of your browser. Adobe Flash is a common plugin of this type. Unity player is another example. LightUp WebPlayer is another example of a plugin that extends the functions of your web browser - in this case it adds functions to draw realtime 3D .luca files and know what to do when you drag and drop a .luca file on your browser.

However, there has been a push to ban all these plugins and require using HTML5 / WebGL. While that might be a glorious plan in Google HQ, but as Pixero points out, the reality is that not all browsers support it. So deploying interactive 3D that works everywhere is currently not possible using 1 solution.

WP plugins are something much lighter and just some templates that make it simple to insert content into your WP webpages that would otherwise involve cutting and pasting HTML.

So having a WP plugin does not solve the problem.

solo

@adamb said:

Solo,

You can just post a URL to your website page that contains the QuickTime VR (aka .mov) file.

Sure, here is a test version on my site, I still need to do changes and add details and rooms for final.

There is a little noise.

http://www.solos-art.com/duffy-hotel-justified-fx-network/

Pixero

@adamb said:

Hmm.. iPhones do not support WebGL (aka html5) and also do not support Flash. So I wonder what Pano2VR (which is a great product that I also use) outputs for phones..

Adam

My VR presentation runs on iOS with html5 but without web GL:
http://whiteclients.se/obo/vivalla/

solo

@pixero said:

@adamb said:

Hmm.. iPhones do not support WebGL (aka html5) and also do not support Flash. So I wonder what Pano2VR (which is a great product that I also use) outputs for phones..

Adam

My VR presentation runs on iOS with html5 but without web GL:
http://whiteclients.se/obo/vivalla/

Yours are amazing, I need to learn how to get all the fluff you have, the map and hotspots.

olishea

stunning work pixero! bravo!

would be nice if we could texture bake the entire model with several spherical panoramas.

cotty

@pixero said:

My VR presentation runs on iOS with html5 but without web GL:
http://whiteclients.se/obo/vivalla/

krpano uses HTML5 (and/or webGL) too and many devices are supported this way...

Frederik

@solo said:

I need to learn how to get all the fluff you have, the map and hotspots.

It's fairly easy with Pano2VR...

@Adam: I didn't know all that... I suppose I got a little confused by your comment about plugins... I interpreted it as if you didn't know what plugins does in WP...

Pixero

@solo said:

Yours are amazing, I need to learn how to get all the fluff you have, the map and hotspots.

Thanks.
I read some tutorials on their site and forum. Can't say it was easy to get all the different pre/after versions linked correct. The client had quite detailed wishes so I just had to get it to work.
The road signs on the floor I deformed in Photoshop so they kind of matched the perspective.

AdamB

@pixero said:

@adamb said:

Hmm.. iPhones do not support WebGL (aka html5) and also do not support Flash. So I wonder what Pano2VR (which is a great product that I also use) outputs for phones..

Adam

My VR presentation runs on iOS with html5 but without web GL:
http://whiteclients.se/obo/vivalla/

Had a quick look. Its using Adobe Flash for browsers on Desktop computers which is expected BUT amazingly for iOS it uses CSS3 to get around iPad's lack of WebGL support. Clever workaround by the Pano2VR team!

Adam

valerostudio

Slightly off topic, Pixero, which engine did you use to render those scenes? They are really nicely done!

Pixero

Thea. I used the TR 1 engine. It was before Presto was introduced.

valerostudio

I am also working on a project using Pano2VR and I am curious as to what resolution you render your final at and what settings you use in Pano2VR so that it loads so quickly but at such a sharp quality. Can you share a screenshot?

AdamB

@valerostudio said:

I am also working on a project using Pano2VR and I am curious as to what resolution you render your final at and what settings you use in Pano2VR so that it loads so quickly but at such a sharp quality. Can you share a screenshot?

As a rule of thumb, if you are rendering a 360 panorama, you'll want double the maximum height resolution it will be viewed at. So if you plan on viewing in a window of height 1000 pixels, the pano will need to be ~2000 high (and therefore 4000 wide).

Pixero

@valerostudio said:

I am also working on a project using Pano2VR and I am curious as to what resolution you render your final at and what settings you use in Pano2VR so that it loads so quickly but at such a sharp quality. Can you share a screenshot?

I rendered 6000x3000 pixels since you only see a small bit of the pano at a time.
The final size of the sides in the pano cube was 1500 pixels.