Panoramas and Iphone/Ipad...

[jmods]

Hey there,

I know there are loads of posts on this topic but I wanted to see if I could get some up to date info and advice:

What are the best options of showing flashpanoramas on Iphones/ipads?

Is it possible to make one pano tour and have it so that it knows if its been accessed from a pc or an iphone or an ipad? or would you have to make 3 different pano tours modifying cube sizes etc in order to view on each device?

Anyways would just like some info on if there is something out there that allows viewing on iphones/ipàds and what you guys are using?

thanks!

[thwohojr]

jmods,

The answer to your question is ... it depends... really, it depends on if you are an experienced coder, a dabble-coder or a non-coder.
1) KRPano - IMHO if you are an experienced coder then KRPano would probably be your answer. It has Droplets that do quite a bit of the work for you, but it does not have a GUI... you must hand-code everything.
2) Pano2VR - Simlar to KRPANO, but it has an interface that allows you to "see" where hotspots are being placed. Still not as easy to me as FFC.
3) FFC/iOSVR combo - Damir has produced a great product, that looks great and seems straightforward. (I'm starting my first attempt now.)
4) Future FFC?? - Trausti has said that iOS/HTML5 support is in the future - how long is yet to be seen.

Obviously I agree with Trausti in that I don't understand the rush to HTML5. As I understand it HTML5 can not do what Flash allows us to do now. When I show a customer what is possible in FFC/Flash and then show them what they get with HTML5 - they often look at me and say "why won't this "effect" work on my iPad? My answer: HTML5 is in it's infancy and cannot yet replicate what Flash has been doing for years. I am worried where Flash is headed though, so we must all keep our eyes open.

[Bruce Hemming]

jmods - I'm sure that you are aware but just to clarify - there is no way of using Flash on any Apple devices such as iPhone/pad/pod. The only option is to use an alternative. I'm using IOSVR and finding it good, inexpensive and pretty easy to use.

You can see examples of what I have done www.bhphoto.biz/iphone/index.html and www.bhphoto.biz/ipad/index.html Trying to access these tours on a PC or other device will not work - they are specific to those devices and you will be auto redirected if you try. I think that right at this moment Damir might be having some server issues or other technical problem as the tours are not loading correctly at the time of posting this message but expect that they will be available soon.

KRPano and Pano2VR are probably more universal but they come at a significant price and until I have clients demanding further compatibility I will be sticking with IOSVR.

Regards
Bruce

[jmods]

thanks to both of you for your comments!