This is only a quick note that the first beta of Pano2VR 3.0 has been released. More information will follow soon.
The 2 big new features are HTML5 / CSS3 export and multi resolution in Flash.

The HTML5 player is a full feature panorama player, with point hotspots, full skin support (your Flash skins should work without changes), multiple resolutions for iPhone/iPad and Scaleable Vector Graphics (SVG) within the skin to use the high resolution display of the iPhone4.

The multi resolution export has built in image tiling, the tiles can be embedded within the SWF, and the tiles can be in different projections like 
cubic, equirectangular, cylindrical, flat.

You can see demos of these new features here: http://ggnome.com/3 (iPhone friendly URL).

To import larger images also BigTIFF is now supported.
You can download free Photoshop import/export filters for BigTIFF here: (Windows/Mac). You have put those into your Photoshop plugin folder.

Pricing: The price is still 59 Euros (excl. VAT).
Upgrade: If you bought Pano2VR 2.x in 2010 the upgrade to 3.x is free, between 1.7. and 31.12.2009 it is 10 Euros (excl. VAT) and if you bought it before 1.7.2009 it is 20 Euros (excl. VAT).
This also means you can just buy Pano2VR 2.x (or upgrade from Pano2QTVR) and request your free key for Pano2VR 3.x.

To download Pano2VR 3.0 beta please visit the Pano2VR download page.

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.

I just released a new beta version of Object2VR. To work with larger projects (>1000 images) I added 64 bit versions for Windows and Mac OS X.

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.

I just released Pano2VR 2.3 beta6 which is mainly a bugfix release for beta5.

The changes are:

• Switch back to Qt 4.5.3 because of OpenGL errors in Windows
• Bugfix: Flat images work now correct with hotspots
• Bugfix: Flat images showed sometimes a thin black line
• Bugfix: Skin: Endless loop (loop=0) changed volume
• Change of cylindrical FoV in viewing parameters works now faster

You can download the new version (as always) from the Pano2VR download page.

I just released Pano2VR 2.3 beta5.

The new features/changes are:

• Flat (non distorted) images as input type and Flash output
• Flash 9 export: 4 different field of view modes (vFoV, hFoV, dFoV, Max)
• Support for tiled TIFFs as produced by PTStitcherNG
• New faster memory management for large images (~GPixel)
• Skin: Hand cursor as option per element
• Skin: Placeholders work also in value fields
• Cylindrical Horizontal FoV now also in “Viewing Parameters” window
• Update to Nokias Qt 4.6.0 which should be faster.

And of course bug fixes:

• Sound: Some bugs with looping fixed
• Odd PNG bug work around implemented
• Flash HTML “externalize” fixed
• Skin: Loading bar/OnLoaded works correct with external images

You can download the new version as always from the Pano2VR download page.