Posts by philkrom

Quote from dreamcutter

You need Steam, SteamVR and browser with WebVR-support (Chromium or Firefox Nightly). https://webvr.info/

Thanks for the answer, I already tried doing this, explained in this article https://github.com/Web-VR/iswebvr…Vive-on-Windows

So I installed Chromium (the browser I already used with Oculus rift)

Instructions are as follow :

1. Download the latest experimental Windows Chromium build (64-bit only) by Brandon Jones (WebVR Platform Engineer, Google Chrome).
2. In the URL bar, load chrome://flags#enable-webvr and toggle the Enable WebVR flag.
3. In the URL bar, load chrome://flags#enable-gamepad-extensions and toggle the Enable Gamepad Extensions flag.
4. Launch the SteamVR application.
5. Go enjoy some WebVR content!

My concern is after step4 : once steam VR is lauched, how do you launch Chromium within the Vive ???

I am using VR since 2014 with Oculus DK1 and DK2 with Krpano tours. But I recently bought an HTC Vive, and if someone could explain the way I can display a tour on this device, it would be very helpfull.

Best regards !

Little bit more explanations : using a marker like this one, the bottom pointing on a location.




I make this action : onover="tween(scale,1.5);"
Works well, but scale origin is top center, so the bottom of the marker moves.
I would prefer scale origin to be bottom center, so the marker keeps pointing to the same place.

Sure it is very easy, but I can't find how


Hope you can help !

Hi

On this tour
http://static.zooomez.fr/vr/fontfr/

To launch VR I have to click twice :

1st time on the glasses in the toolbar

2nd time on the larger glasses

Why 2 clicks ? Is there any way to enter VR mode with only ONE click (in the toolbar) ?

Hope you can help !

Best regards !

Quote from gputhige

I have now developed a Template to convert krpano into an app to be uploaded to Google Play store. This is in Android Studio and any Krpano tour can be converted to an App by changing some parameters in Android Studio and loading the tour folder into it. I wish to make this available as a plugin on sale for commercial purposes. No programming knowledge is required, but the user should have Android Studio installed in his/her system.

Hi gputhige !

Very interested in your template/plugin . Is it possible to get more info about it ? When will it be released ?

Quote from klaus.krpano

The Chromium builds don't include proprietary codecs like MP3 or MP4.

For good cross-browser support always include also Ogg-audio files as MP3 alternative and WebM-video files as MP4 alternative.

Best regards,
Klaus

Thanks Klaus !


Another issue...

This presentation : http://static.zooomez.fr/vr/narb/vvvr works fine on a Samsung Note3, S4 mini, Oculus rift...

But on a Galaxy S6 there is a permanent trembling of the image, as if the gyro would be much too sensitive. And of course it is very unpleasant, whereas it is much smoother with the note3 which is less powerfull.

Any idea ? Maybe some parameters to change in the Samsung or in the code ?

Hi everybody
On this (draft) VR tour http://static.zooomez.fr/cl/esp-ocul/index.html, including sound, I get this error message using Chromium (Version 44.0.2383.0)

However it works fine using Chrome.
So the sound doesn't work in VR...
If someone has an idea ?
Best regards

Quote from urke

I'm trying to make this work with Samsung Gear VR innovator edition for S6.

Using force I am able to press the phone (nearly) into place without connecting the USB, but it's not something I would recommend people to do. There is a chance something will break, and it's very obvious not the preferable solution.

Is there any simple way to bypass Samsungs autolaunch of the Oculus VR app, so the phone can be mounted and connected in a normal way?

Also, what is the recommended browser to use on Android?

Argh... I didn't see your message, Urke... And I juste received a S6 + Gear innovator and have the same problem. Did you find any solution for using S6 + innovator with Krpano ?

Any help welcome.

Best regards

Hi everybody

This tour - based on klaus examples - works fine on webvr browsers and mobile devices.
http://static.zooomez.fr/medias/vr/showreel-ET11+aero/vvvr

But as you can see, there are lot of images (hotpsots)

and people often open a pano by mistake, they only wanted to enlarge the image to read the text at the bottom but they stay too long on the photo and the pano opens.

So I would like to do the following, which I am sur is not too complicated : If someone points on a photo, it is scaled up, but it doesn't open the pano.

I will add a hand on each photo like this : (the hand is in the same image, not a different image)

And I would like that the pano opens ONLY if the cursor stays several seconds on this hand.

I hope you understand what I mean

- on the photo : enlarge the photo but doesn't open the pano
- on the hand : opens after 2 or 3 seconds.

Sur it is not complicated to do, but I don't know how...

Any help welcome !

Best regards

Philippe

Hi !

A am using KRpano with VR devices for a while, months before it was implemented in 1.19.

I am using a Samsung Note3, and have noticed that if the (source) equi is 17000x8500, it is not as "fluid" as if the equi is 5000x2500.

As you can't zooomin in VR mode, it should be to force VR mode to use "lowres" tiles, and so get a better VR experience ?

Best regards, hope someone can help me...

Hi everybody

At first, my Oculus Rift works fine with Win10.

If Have installed Chromium, enabled VR.
But it seems this tour doesn't work in VR mode : http://static.zooomez.fr/cl/pech-cel/index.html

If I click the cardboard icon, it turns fullscreen, without controlbar or anything else.

After a few seconds, it turns back to the non VR tour.

Do I am wrong ? Any idea ?

I have to make a demo tomorrow, on a win10 computer, any help welcome !

Quote from klaus.krpano

the WebVR API has changed - pr1 doesn't work anymore in newer Chrome and Firefox builds, pr2 or pr3 need to be used.
the WebVR support is behind a flag in the newer Chrome versions and need to be activated manually - enter 'chrome://flags/#enable-webvr' in the Chromium WebVR build and active it.

Thanks a lot, it works fine with chromium.

A question : is there any way to "convert" a pr1 tour to a PR3 tour without rebuilding it entirely ? I mean, only replace and/or modify some files ?

Here is the comparison between a pr1 render (left) and pr3 (right) with singleres tour droplet, with a short tour of 2 equis.

Only these changes in tour.xml (except alternative skins in pr1)

For index.html, no changes (only the design option)



tour.js, tour.swf are different


And the plugin folder is different.


So I think it is possible to :


- modify the tour.xml
- replace tour.js, tour.swf
- replace skin and plugin folder


And it shoud work ?


Am I wrong ?


Best regards

Hi everybody.

I didn't use my Oculus with krpano since months, and I don't understand why, but ir doesn't work anymore Exactly as if oculus would not be connected...

The tour I want to display was made with KRP 1.19 pr1, but I have tried with a pr2 and pr3 without success.

Here it is : http://static.zooomez.fr/medias/vr/bade….xml&html5=only

I have tried Klaus examples and Jerome's Paris VR, same problem.

Chromium version is Chromium_WebVR_Win_SDK_0.5.0.1

Downloaded here : https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=…sp=sharing#list

Oculus version is 1.7 (SDK 0.6.0.1), my oculus works fine with other apps.

Did I miss anything ?

Any help welcome

Best regards !

Philippe

Bravo Klaus, thanks a lot for this fantastic new release

Hi


I have made a vr demo tour including 56 panoramas on this link http://static.zooomez.fr/medias/vr/badepl/vvvr for a demo tomorrow friday with more than 100 people working in tourism.


As you can see, I have 56 thumbnails on the menu, and every thumb is "active", I mean when the cursor is over, it opens the pano after a few seconds. And it is not really easy for a "newbie to vr" to "slalom" between the thumbs to choose the one you want to open...


Would there be a way to make that only a portion of the thumb would be reactive ? For example, I added a name on a thumb (Clamouse) and this could be the "reactive"zone ?


Jerome told me this could be done with "parent/child", (I have no idea of the code ) but maybe there would be a more simle way ?


I Hope I am not too confuse and someone has an idea...


Thanks a lot !

Quote from klaus.krpano

Quoted from "philkrom"
Have you tried other WebVR demos? How do they perform?
Same thing with Jerome's Paris VR.
Hehe - a classic misunderstanding - with 'other WebVR demos' I mean other 'non-krpano' WebVR demos - e.g. like this Quake WebVR demo:
http://media.tojicode.com/q3bsp/

I have tried Quake web Gl, very low framerate (about 10-11 in fullscreen).

But I have found a solution !

I actually have 2 graphics cards : an intel (on the motherboard, connected to 2 screens) and a NVidia GTX275 where are plugged a 3rd screen and the Oculus DK2. If I disable the intel, same problem : if I switch to VR mode, I have a low framerate (maybe 20 fps ?).

But if I set the Oculus as main diplay AND disconnect the other monitor on the GTX275, it works PERFECT !

So it works, but not very easy : I have to change rift to principal display, remove secondary, then launch Chromium, look inside to find the enterVR button... And once finished, reverse the process.

I am looking for a more simple way to do this, any idea welcome !

Do I am the own with this issue ? Are there other rift users on this forum ? Can you please try this url : http://zooomez.fr/test/krpano-1.….xml&html5=only and give me your advice ?

Quote from klaus.krpano

What GPU do you have?

GTX275, an old GPU, but the rift apps are much more fluid than my panos... As far as I remember, sometimes panos are very well displayed, and sometimes not. I have updated my graphics drivers, maybe I should try an older version.

Quote from klaus.krpano

Have you tried other WebVR demos? How do they perform?

Same thing with Jerome's Paris VR.

Quote from klaus.krpano

Btw - great tour!

Thanks for your "great tour" mention, very honored.

I have another question : we made several 360 panoramas at the French Space Center (if French Guiana) and the CNES wants to present some of the most intersting panos at the "Salon du Bourget", on screen and with several VR devices too. I have 2 options : GearVR + Note4, or OneVR + LGG3 D855. The first option (maybe little bit better) is twice the price of the second.

My problem is : I don't know the of the connexion, maybe thousands of people will be connected simultaneously (more than 3000 reporters on this event). So how to display a whole tour without any connexion, and cache all the necessary files ?

I have tried this : first I display all the panos of my short demo, then I turn off all the connexions, restart the phone... and it works well ! But not very easy to do, and I am afraid that for any reason the cache could empty...

Would there be a better way to cache all the needed files in the internal memory (or better on an SD card) and have an offline tour ?

Best regards

Hi everybody !

Here is my first try with krpano 1.19, a short demo : http://zooomez.fr/test/krpano-1.….xml&html5=only

It works with Oculus DK2 and Chromium, but jerky as if I had a 10 fps framerate... Though lot of apps work well with my oculus. It was much more fluid with the npvr Chrome extension. I don't know if there is something wrong in my config or if it is because of the "refresh" mentionned by Klaus.

I would be interested if some of you could give me their feedback with other VR devices (cardboard, gearVR, VROne...). Does it work ?

Best regards and thanks again Klaus for this amazing work !!!


Questions :


- if I press the keyboard's arrows to rotate the image, the movement is very very very slow... Normal ? Edit : only in VROne mode, other modes work fine.

Quote from jeromebg

http://d8d913s460fub.cloudfront.net/krpanocloud/we…vr.xml?v=119pr1

So dummy I am... Of course, thanx Jerôme

Hi Klaus, congratulations for this AMAZING release

The online example on this link : http://d8d913s460fub.cloudfront.net/krpanocloud/we…x.html?v=119pr1

is not the same as the one within the downloadable package : https://krpano.com/download/downl…krpano119pr1win

I would be interested if I coud get the krpano_vr.xml file of the online example.

Could you please share a link ?

Best regards

Philippe