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.

Did you know you can change the project default settings in Pano2VR? If you have found a regular base of settings in your workflow, you can save these settings as the default using the Save as Default option in the File menu.

For example, if you regularly output to Flash with a window size of 800 x 400 and a frame rate of 25, you can have the Flash output with these settings ready every time you open a new project file. Or if your metadata is constant, like the Author and Copyright, you can add this to the User Data fields and save as part of the default settings.

Naturally, you can always revert back to the original system default settings by choosing Reset Default from the File menu.

We are happy to announce that we finally released Pano2VR 2.3.0. If you didn’t follow the 2.3 beta here is a list of the major new features since 2.2:

• Background, directional and effect sound within the panorama
• Effect sounds and sound control in the Skin
• Read/Write OpenEXR and Radiance .HDR files
• Support for flat (non distorted) images

Of course there have been a lot of other smaller changes. You can find the full list in the Pano2VR change log.

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

There are times when you might want to make a thumbnail image of a panorama (like when embedding the image in a webpage). Pano2VR has this nifty little tool that lets you quickly output a thumbnail image of your panorama.

Just use the Transformation output format and choose which type of thumbnail you would like (thumbnail examples can be seen here) to output.

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.