360 VR questions
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Hey guys I need help, I want to do a few pano renders for a client, however I also need to host them in a way the client does not need to install 3rd party apps to see it.
So, anyone know where to host such images and best pano software. I will be creating the spherical renders with Thea.
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I used pano2VR for mine: http://www.whiteclients.se/obo/vivalla
Can export both to Flash and html 5 so it works well on ios. (Very cool looking around with the gyro.)
You can also specify a smaller size images for for example phones.If the client don't want to host the files themselves you can charge them for hosting for for example a year and find some good webhost that can manage the expected traffic amount.
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I am also using pano2vr. Works great.
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@solo said:
...however I also need to host them in a way the client does not need to install 3rd party apps to see it.
So, anyone know where to host such images and best pano software. I will be creating the spherical renders with Thea.
I'd also go with Pano2VR...
Regarding hosing the files...
You already have your own domain and web-hotel...
Depending on how much traffic you're allowed to have per month (most are without such restrictions now a day), you can easily host them on your own domain and then charge them for this "hosting service"...
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Thanks guys, looks like Pano2VR is a clear favorite, I downloaded the trial and it was so simple to use and great results, The standard version should be sufficient for what I need but I do like the tour map and directions the pro version has.
@ Pixero, are you using the pro version? as I really like the way you did that and would like to produce something similar.
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Yes but it's an older version. I believe the price has gone up since then.
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More questions.
So I have a pano render, I have software to create it, I need to be able to embed it on a word press website as host then be able to show on a companies face Book page, how do i do this?
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I'd be interested in hearing a solution to this as well. I have never seen a virtual tour linked into Facebook and always thought it couldn't be done.
I resort to producing an animation spinning around inside the tour (screen capture, sometimes native SU, etc) and hosting it on Youtube and then cross linking on Facebook. You lose the client navigation though, which is not ideal
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@solo said:
So I have a pano render, I have software to create it, I need to be able to embed it on a word press website as host then be able to show on a companies face Book page, how do i do this?
You don't mention what software you finally decided to use for creating the pano views...
If you did go with Pano2VR, there's a plugin which makes it easy to embed on a WordPress website...
Check out the http://ggnome.com/wiki/WordPress_Plugin -
Peoples,
If you have software that can render 6 face skybox (like LightUp), you don't need special processing software - you can just embed it as WebGL in a HTML webpage.
Here's a quick test I wrote: http://light-up.co.uk/pano.html
Adam
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But web GL doesn't work in all browsers and on all platforms. (IOS for example.)
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Pixero is right...
Besides, Solo asked specifically for an easy way to embed on his WordPress website...Perhaps an idea for you, Adam, to make a WP plugin, which would make it even easier to embed something made with LightUp on a WP website...
@adamb said:
Here's a quick test I wrote: http://light-up.co.uk/pano.html
Hhmmm... It doesn't show anything on my screen...
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Frederick: Yes, it requires a browser that supports WebGL (and has it enabled).
[EDIT: Try again as I was using a file format Chrome didn't like.]
AFAIK The use of ANY plugins is going to be soon banned by browsers, so WebGL will be the only solution eventually. Not saying that is a GoodThing, just that its happening.
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What I meant was that the solution one should choose depends heavily on who your enduser is.
If you are aiming at "anyone" then the solution should work for as many as possible without special hardware and software requirements.
What I used for my panoramas was flash for those who had and html5 for the rest. Pano2VR can export to both and detect which version to use. It can also do a low resolution version for phones. -
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
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@adamb said:
[EDIT: Try again as I was using a file format Chrome didn't like.]
I tried using Firefox and only saw a black box and then the text...
Any way... Now it works and I see the model...@adamb said:
AFAIK The use of ANY plugins is going to be soon banned by browsers, so WebGL will be the only solution eventually. Not saying that is a GoodThing, just that its happening.
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...?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...
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Getting a VR to work with Wordpress is simple enough, I just upload the .mov file and using a copy and paste script I can easily host the pano, however the issue seems to be trying to get it onto FaceBook, Facebook has created the hurdle there and unless I can get my site white listed with them and use some meta scripts there is no way I can do it, in fact I have been unable to find an example of anyone actually succeeding. So the best one can do is a link at this point, I will investigate Google+ as I'm sure they have a way.
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@solo said:
Getting a VR to work with Wordpress is simple enough, I just upload the .mov file and using a copy and paste script I can easily host the pano, however the issue seems to be trying to get it onto FaceBook, Facebook has created the hurdle there and unless I can get my site white listed with them and use some meta scripts there is no way I can do it, in fact I have been unable to find an example of anyone actually succeeding. So the best one can do is a link at this point, I will investigate Google+ as I'm sure they have a way.
Solo,
You can just post a URL to your website page that contains the QuickTime VR (aka .mov) file.
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@frederik said:
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.
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