proj-imim:
Re: PTViewer 1.1
Gummy Bear 2000-May-26 20:06:44
Good job Helmut!
You never cease to amaze me.
A couple of thoughts regarding the new controls:
The 'buttons' take up space in the viewer window.
Would it be possible to have true buttons *below*
the viewer window in the same applet?
Maybe even a better solution than buttons might be to
use a Java pop-up menu or scrolling list (maybe both?)
underneath or to the right of the viewer window. This
way, a new 'location' could be selected with minimal
space requirements.
I forsee a problem when you have a larger tour
with say 10 panos; the buttons will take up a
large chunk at the bottom of the viewer window, no?
Also, I don't really want to make a new .gif everytime
I want to add a pano to a tour (for a new button).
Finally, I don't really understand what the 'compass'
is telling me in your example pano? It would be more
effective if it moved while panning but I understand there
was a problem getting coordinates while panning?
Best regards,
Gummy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helmut Dersch" <#removed#>
To: "Immersive Imaging" <#removed#>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: PTViewer 1.1
PTViewer 1.1
Changes to v1.0
(1) Partial panoramas supported (FOV < 360°).
(2) Configurable Controls built into the Applet. VR-tours
without html-browser are feasible using any appletviewer.
See the docs for details of the implementation.
(3) Compass image can be loaded which is rotated
according to current pan angle.
(4) Static hotspots added (like clickable image maps
in html).
(5) Three examples added: SimplePano.html using
no scripting, Controls.html using configurable
controls, and ScriptedPano.html using Javascript.
(6) Double buffering implemented which eliminates
flicker of hotspotimages. Slight speed penalty (~3%).
(7) Viewer window can be smaller than appletwindow, and
offset.
(8) Wait image not scaled. Displayed centered in window.
(10)frame can be any size, and is aligned to lower right
corner of applet window.
(11)Waitimage and frame image need not be reloaded for
new panoramas.
(12) Minimum time for display of wait image settable.
(13) Maximum frame rate for autopan functions set to 25fps.
(14) Pressing 'i' displays applet version in status bar.
(15) Some more minor bug fixes.
JMF support has not yet been included.
Download from
<http://www.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/PTVJ.zip>
Updated docs at
<http://www.fh-furtwangen.de/~dersch/PTVJ/doc.html>
Helmut Dersch