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* First and until now most versatile is [[PTViewer]] developed originally by [[Helmut Dersch]] and now [[PTViewer 2.7L2|maintained and enhanced]] by [[Fulvio Senore]] | * First and until now most versatile is [[PTViewer]] developed originally by [[Helmut Dersch]] and now [[PTViewer 2.7L2|maintained and enhanced]] by [[Fulvio Senore]] | ||
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* [http://www.panorado.com/ Panorado Applet] - a free java viewer applet - "flat" view, but very fast, thus suited for larger images. | * [http://www.panorado.com/ Panorado Applet] - a free java viewer applet - "flat" view, but very fast, thus suited for larger images. | ||
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=== Commercial === | === Commercial === | ||
There are some commercial [[Java]] based viewers. Most of them are either a [[PTViewer]] clone or less functional. | There are some commercial [[Java]] based viewers. Most of them are either a [[PTViewer]] clone or less functional. | ||
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== Plugin based Viewers == | == Plugin based Viewers == | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 2 October 2007
There are basically three types of viewers for spherical panoramas:
- Java based Viewers run on any platform that supports Java.
- Plugin based viewers require a plugin (Quicktime, Shockwave) to run and might be platform specific.
- Stand alone viewers that are executables for a specific platform.
Java based Viewers
Free
- First and until now most versatile is PTViewer developed originally by Helmut Dersch and now maintained and enhanced by Fulvio Senore
- Panorado Applet - a free java viewer applet - "flat" view, but very fast, thus suited for larger images.
Commercial
There are some commercial Java based viewers. Most of them are either a PTViewer clone or less functional.
- Immervision Pure Player.
Plugin based Viewers
- Quicktime is available for Apple Macintosh and Windows. Requires panorama in QTVR movie format. (PanoCube or Pano2QTVR convert from equirectangular to .mov on Windows)
- PangeaVR is a viewer for Mac OSX only that displays both cubic QuickTime-VR panoramas in QTVR movie format and equirectangular (spherical) JPEG panoramas by Brian Greenstone. See http://www.pangeasoft.net/pano/plugin/pangeavr.html for details.
- SPi-V is a very sophisticated and smooth viewer based on Macromedia Shockwave that handles panoramas completely in graphics card memory.
- DevalVR is a windows plugin for viewing panoramic content.
Stand alone Viewers
- FSPViewer is a free hardware accelerated stand alone viewer by Fulvio Senore (Windows only).
- panoglview is an Open Source hardware accelerated stand alone viewer for Equirectangular Projection images (Windows, Linux and OS X).
- panoviewer is an Open Source stand-alone viewer now superceded by panoglview (Windows, Linux).
- PTViewer, the original standalone viewer created by Helmut Dersch in C for X-Windows available from one of the mirrors (Linux).
- Quicktime also works as a standalone vewer (Windows, OS X).
- Panorado is a full-featured image viewer/browser supporting panoramas (JPEG & QTVR). Shareware. (Windows)