Notes from a Gnome

Epson Pano Awards 2012

karyn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:54 +0000

Again, we are sponsoring the Epson International Pano Awards which…

…showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest and most important competition for panoramic photography.

Last year, the Epson International Pano Awards added a category for VR panoramas and this year is no different. If you’re looking for a challenge – being up against the world’s best VR panoramic photographers – we encourage you to participate.

For some inspiration, the 2011 winner in the VR category was Ignacio Ferrando with his impressive documentation of a helicopter rescue training mission in the Pyrenees.

Here is all the information you need to know for entering.

Object2VR 2.0.1 released

thomas — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:03:54 +0000

We just released a new version of Object2VR. This is a bugfix release. You can see all changes in the change log.

To download this version, please visit the Object2VR download page.

Happy Holidays from the Gnomes

thomas — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 10:04:54 +0000

Christmas and New Year are approaching fast and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continuing support.
A special thanks goes to all that contribute to the forum and help to translate our software into other languages.

The Gnomes wish you Happy Holidays and all the very best in 2012.

Integrated Web Server

martin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:50:27 +0000

Just published a new tip covering the Integrated Web Server built in to Object2VR and Pano2VR. The tip explains the settings and how to use it so you can display the Flash or HTML5 outputs on devices connected to the same network without having to upload to a server.

The tip is under General Tips or can be found Here.

Pano2VR 3.1.2 released

thomas — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:27:03 +0000

We are happy to release a new version of Pano2VR. This is mainly a bug fix release. You can find the complete list of changes here. Two new features are a “Show in Explorer/Finder” in the context menu (right click) for all labels with file names. We also changed almost all dialogs to be non modal so you can now open more then one output or project window at the same time.
The file path handling has also been changed and the “base path” has been removed. All files are now relative to the project file.
To download this release please visit the updated Pano2VR download page.

Object2VR 2.0 released

thomas — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:32:24 +0000

We are proud to release the final version of Object2VR 2.0. After almost 3 years in beta I guess it is time to let go and name it with a proper version number. Since we could not resist, we added another feature since Object2VR 2.0b9 which is multiresolution. You can see a demo here.

To sum up the features of Object2VR:

single and multi-row VR object movies
multiple view states
fully customizable skin
hotspots
multiresolution
Flash, HTML5 and QuickTime VR export

To download this version, please visit the Object2VR download page.

Pano2VR in the Mac App Store

thomas — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 09:45:44 +0000

After some back an forth with Apple, Pano2VR is now finally in the Mac App Store!

The current version in the Mac App Store differs from the normal Mac version in regards of file handling and other smaller changes required by Apple. Also the droplet feature is missing. Our plan is to sync the versions with the next minor release.

PanoTools Meeting 2011

karyn — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:54:06 +0000

This year, the PanoTools Meeting took place in Vienna and as usual, we had a fantastic time. Thanks for coming out and making the Meeting a special event.

Setting Up Radar Beams

martin — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:36:47 +0000

Just added three new tips covering how to setup radar beams in a virtual tour.
Each tip has its own video as well as projects you can download.
The tips are in the Tips section of Pano2VR and can also be found here:

Radar: Point Hotspots

Radar: Area Hotspots

Radar: Beam Movement

Pano2VR 3.1.0 released

thomas — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:57:17 +0000

We are happy to release a new version of Pano2VR. While looking at the features we decided that this justifies a minor release number instead of just a 3.0.1 release. Of course this moved back the planned features for 3.1 to 3.2 as you can see in the updated roadmap.

The major new features are WebGL support for the HTML5 output so now Firefox >=4.0 and Chrome >=9.0 are also supported. Another highlight is the built-in web server to simplify local testing.

Here is the complete list of the new features:

Built-in web server
HTML5 WebGL support (Firefox, Chrome)
HTML5 Gyro support
HTML templates now use SWFObject
HTML5 multi-touch support for Android 3.1 and Blackberry Playbook
Hebrew and Greek translations

There have been also a lot of bug fixes. For instance, Flash panoramas work again in Flash 9/CS4.
We also did a lot of the improvements in every other part of the software.

To download this release please visit the Pano2VR download page.