How to see tour on Samsung Gear VR
Posted: Fri Jan 15, 2016 10:12 am
I've bought a Gear VR(v2) especially to be able to show my clients Pano2VR tours, but I can't get it to work properly.
What's the best way to see a Pano2VR tour on this device?
When I use the integrated VR Web browser (Oculus software) I can browse to the page with the tour but it will only show the panorama on a '3D' page, ie: it's not around you, setting to fullscreen will only show it fullscreen on that page.
Also some buttons don't seem to work in that browser, zoom in/out are working, but for example the info button and sound on/off don't work. Those buttons work fine in standard Chrome.
I can disable the Oculus software (which is autostarted when you put the S6 phone into the Gear VR) by using 'Package Disabled Pro' and disabling vrsvc, then use the standard Chrome browser to go to the panorama page. I've added a hotspot with a Link Target URL to 'javascript:containerFullscreen();' with target '_self' but that doesn't seem to work with staring, it still needs to be clicked. I'm probably doing something wrong.
I've got a test (single stereo node) running here: http://www.3dv.nl/pano/Test/
UPDATE 2017-03-22: You can now download the VR Tourviewer for Android to watch Pano2VR tours on the GearVR
What's the best way to see a Pano2VR tour on this device?
When I use the integrated VR Web browser (Oculus software) I can browse to the page with the tour but it will only show the panorama on a '3D' page, ie: it's not around you, setting to fullscreen will only show it fullscreen on that page.
Also some buttons don't seem to work in that browser, zoom in/out are working, but for example the info button and sound on/off don't work. Those buttons work fine in standard Chrome.
I can disable the Oculus software (which is autostarted when you put the S6 phone into the Gear VR) by using 'Package Disabled Pro' and disabling vrsvc, then use the standard Chrome browser to go to the panorama page. I've added a hotspot with a Link Target URL to 'javascript:containerFullscreen();' with target '_self' but that doesn't seem to work with staring, it still needs to be clicked. I'm probably doing something wrong.
I've got a test (single stereo node) running here: http://www.3dv.nl/pano/Test/
UPDATE 2017-03-22: You can now download the VR Tourviewer for Android to watch Pano2VR tours on the GearVR