And so finally it is here.
If you want to view VR content using a Head Mounted Display (HMD) the you will need to download our VR template and a skin file.
## Pleaes Note Pano2VR 5.0 now comes with cardboard.ggt and cardboard.ggsk skin so no need to download and install the stare and VR files ##
Attached is a zip that contains the required files which are:
stare.ggsk
VR.ggt
Updated Fri 02 Oct 2015
- The stare.ggsk puts a cross in the centre of the panorama. When the centre of the screen is over a hotspot, after a timer it will activate the hotspot so moving to the next node. The cross helps identify the centre of the screen but has no actions.
- The VR.ggt splits the screen and has settings for using true north and stereo image pairs as well as other settings.
Mac:
Open Pano2VR 5 then click: Pano2VR => Preferences…
Then under the files tab right click on the Template directory file path to Open in Finder.
Open the HtmlTemplates folder then the html5 folder.
Copy in the VR.ggt.
Close all the windows so your are back to Pano2VR 5’s Preferences with the files tab selected.
Now right click on the Skin Directory file path and open the Skins folder.
Copy in the stare.ggsk.
Close all the windows and restart Pano2VR 5.
Windows:
Open Pano2VR 5 then click: File => Settings…
Then under the files tab right click on the Template directory file path to Show in Explorer.
Open the html5 folder and copy in the VR.ggt.
Close all the windows so your are back to Pano2VR 5’s Settings with the files tab selected.
Now right click on the Skin Directory file path and open the Skins folder.
Copy in the stare.ggsk.
Close all the windows and restart Pano2VR 5.
Single Node VR Output Pano2VR 5 and Pano2VR 5 Pro:
To output for HMD (Head Mounted Display) mono project:
Open Pano2VR 5 and drag in your panorama.
Select HTML5 output.
Expand the HTML tab and select the VR.ggt.
Click the Generate Output button.
Save your project and Pano2VR will output a side by side mono project.
Single Node VR Output Pano2VR 5 Pro:
To output for HMD stereo project:
Open Pano2VR 5 and drag in your Left panorama first then drag in your Right panorama.
Select HTML5 output.
Expand the HTML tab and select the VR.ggt.
Click the Edit Template button and select Nodes are stereo pairs, then click OK.
Click the Generate Output button.
Save your project and Pano2VR will output a side by side Stereo project.
Multi Node VR Output Pano2VR 5 Pro:
Mono, Open Pano2VR 5 and drag in your panoramas.
Link the nodes together using the point hotspot viewer mode.
Select HTML5 output and select the stare.ggsk.
Expand the HTML tab and select the VR.ggt.
Click the Generate Output button.
Save your project and Pano2VR will output a multi node side by side mono project.
The output will have a small cross in the screen like this:
Move your head/panorama so the cross is in the point hotspot image, after a few seconds the nodes will change.
Multi Node VR Output Pano2VR 5 Pro:
Stereo, Open Pano2VR 5 and drag in your panoramas arranging them like so:
Node one, left image first then Right image.
Node two, left image first then Right image.
Node three, left image first then Right image.
And so on…
Link the nodes together using the point hotspot viewer mode.
You will need to link the left and right nodes separately.
This is easily done if you select either the centre marker or grid in the viewer settings.
Node one left, link to Node 2 left. Node one right, link to Node 2 right.
Tip: If you move the right images point hotspot to the left by just over half the width of the point hotspot marker then this brings the hotspot image more forward in the stereo output giving a more 3D effect.
Caution: Over doing the effect can make people ill.
Select HTML5 output and select the stare.ggsk.
Expand the HTML tab and select the VR.ggt.
Click the Edit Template button and select Nodes are stereo pairs, then click OK.
Click the Generate Output button.
Save your project and Pano2VR will output a side by side multi node stereo tour.
The stare.ggsk puts a small cross in the centre of the screen.
Move your head/panorama until the cross is over the point hotspot. After a few seconds thsi will activate the point hotspot and change nodes.
Here is a stereoscopic output made with Pano2VR 5 Pro LINK panoramas courtesy of Karel Gillissen.
Regards,
The GGS team