Notes from a Gnome » Object2VR http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog Where we hard-working gnomes will deliver you news, updates and other gnome-like bits. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:08:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC3-15260 Object2VR 2.0 beta 7 released http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/2010/05/object2vr-beta7-released/ http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/2010/05/object2vr-beta7-released/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 23:37:54 +0000 thomas http://gardengnomesoftware.com/blog/?p=444 I just released a new beta version of Object2VR.
The new features are:

  • Import QuickTime VR files
  • Updated Skin editor
  • Option for smoothing while zooming
  • You can add your own link to the context menu (only with a company license)
  • A lot of bug fixes

You can download this version (as always) from the Object2VR download page.

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For the Mac release: Because Carbon doesn’t support 64bit I also provide a Cocoa build that has an Intel 32bit & 64bit and PowerPC universal binary. You need at least Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to use the Cocoa build.

Some new features are:

  • Better handling of larger projects
  • Updated Skin editor
  • Skin:Viewer Mode to switch between turn & move mode
  • A lot of bug fixes

You can download this version (as always) from the Object2VR download page.

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If you are new to Pano2VR or Object2VR or are simply curious about the workflow for either software, we have two articles that may be of interest to you. Each one outlines a typical workflow:

 

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Getting Started with Object2VR

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The new features are:

  • Viewstates
  • Skin – Images stored as JPEGs
  • Hotspot reuse clarified
  • Cursor navigation between images in the hotspot editor
  • Smoother “Joystick” controller in Flash export
  • Bugfix: Preview images for Flash export

Thanks to Mark Banas you can see a nice example of view states here.

You can download this version (as always) from the Object2VR download page.

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The new features are:
  • Sound effects in the skin
  • Image caching for faster creation
  • Skin – Start Autorotate action: Speed can be defined
  • Bugfix: Blank images in light table
You can download this version from the Object2VR download page.
The reason why I didn’t post this here early was that 6 hrs later my girlfriend and I where heading to the hospital to give birth to Emma, our newest addition to the Gnome family. DSC_4064
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  • Area Hotspots
  • Improved Light Table
  • Domain lock/Expire date
  • Skin editor with Hotspot proxies (as in Pano2VR)
  • Updated to Qt 4.5.1 which should give faster screen rendering
  • A lot of bug fixes

There are still some things missing for the final 2.0 release but this is another milestone to this goal. You can download the latest beta from the Object2VR download page. For bug reports and other comments please use the forum.

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Visit their website to find out more.

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The key features are:

  • Support for single and multi row object movies
  • QuickTime VR export
  • Flash 8 and Flash 9 export
  • Skins with Skin editor for Flash 9
  • Zoom support in QuickTime and Flash
  • Progressive download in Flash
  • Html templates
  • Runs on Windows (>=Windows 2000), Mac OS X (>= 10.4) and Linux.

Known issues and features still missing:

  • Import of QuickTime VR files
  • Import image strips
  • Hotspots
  • View states

You can download this version from the Object2VR download page.

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