The Panorama Viewer comes in two versions - Lite and Pro. The only difference is that the Pro version can display "hotspots" over the photos.
Hotspots are places within a panorama where the author can define entry-points of interaction. Hotspot
content includes images, text, geometric shapes, free-form image contours, animations, sound and video.
You could
design hotspots in Microsoft
Expression Blend
and use our
Hotspot Editor to add, update, delete, copy, move and position hotspots on
your panoramas.
Technology
| operating systems | Microsoft Windows or Mac OS |
| rendering | Silverlight 4 |
| browsers | Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome or Safari |
| file formats | JPEG, Hotspot Xml, MOV
(QTVR), KRpano XML, Flash Panorama Player
see below for input file details
|
| projection | orthographic 2D with wrapping for 360-degree JPEG panoramas
perspective 3D for cubic panoramas
|
| hotspots script |
XAML |
Hotspot Features
- rich media support - pictures, drawings, text, sound, video, animation
- three customizable events - OnEnter, OnLeave and OnClick
- three options for hotspot navigation targets:
• URL of an external webpage
• link to another panorama hotspot Xml file
• commands to activate visual elements like animations, graphics, text, video, etc.
- contour hotspots around important parts of the image
- customizable hotspot scalability
- add your custom XML data for hotspots
- full designer support for Expression Blend
- custom visual templates for Default, Contour, Ellipse and Rectangle hotspots in Editor
Viewer Input Files
| input file format |
projection type |
view
contained
hotspots |
permission
XML file
needed (*) |
details |
Image + Hotspots (Pro) |
| Hotspot Xml or Blend XAML | 3D or 2D | yes | yes | can reference any of the
image files below (JPEG, MOV, KRP, FPP) |
| single JPEG with embedded hotspots | orthographic 2D | yes | yes | name can contain
a keyword string:
"360" - full 360° panorama
"wide" - partial panorama if width:height > 5:1 |
Images only |
| single JPEG | orthographic 2D | n/a | no | same as above |
| 6 cubic face JPEGs | 3D | no | no | suffixes l,f,r,b,u,d or 0,1,2,3,4,5 |
| single MOV (QTVR) | 3D/2D for cubic,
2D for cylinder | no | yes
/ no** | Adobe QTVR
(non-supported are non-JPEG images, vertical cylinders, compressed headers)
|
| KRpano Xml (KRP) | 3D or 2D | no | yes | advanced features not supported
|
| Flash Panorama Player (FPP) | 3D or 2D | no | no | depending on file suffixes, FileType is "FPP" or "FPP0" |
(*) - permission file
clientaccesspolicy.xml or
crossdomain.xml needed at the hosting server if different than the Viewer hosting server. More information
here.
(**) Any remote MOV file opened
manually through the Viewer does not need a server permission file.
Operation Flow Diagram
