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Cubic or spherical mapped content for presentation of pre-rendered images viewed from a fixed point of view in HTML, javascript and/or XML for virtual reality applications

  • US 10,313,652 B1
  • Filed: 08/16/2017
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for viewing pre-rendered image content from a fixed point of view on a virtual reality device, the method comprising:

  • a. matching camera height, angle and relative lens diameter across all combined images wherein all images combined are created from a camera having the same angle to the subject, at the same height to the subject, and using the same focal length lens;

    b. matching camera separation across all combined images wherein all combined images combined are produced with the same separation between stereo cameras;

    c. matching lighting across all individually photographed and rendered elements wherein all combined images are created using the same lighting conditions;

    d. matching stitching, placement and registration of said photographed and rendered elements wherein all combined images result in one seamless panorama; and

    e. performing the sequential steps;

    i. Launch a Pano2VR application,ii. select a “

    Select Input”

    button from a main Pano2VR screen,iii. for panoramas in singular equirectangular format, select “

    Equirectangular”

    from a type popup menu in an Input section for Panoramas in 6-cube face format, select “

    Cube Faces”

    from a type popup menu,iv. select a “

    Open”

    button associated with a panoramic input file and select a source file for a left eye, then select “

    OK”

    ,v. select a “

    Modify”

    button on a main screen to open a viewing parameters screen,vi. in a panoramic preview window, move a panorama to the desired default (starting) position, then click “

    Set”

    in a Pan/Tilt/FoV section,vii. click “

    OK”

    in the Viewing Parameters screen,viii. change the New Output Format drop don menu to “

    HTML5” and

    click the “

    add”

    button,ix. in the Settings tab of an HTML5 Output window, select a Cube Face Size large enough for input files and output needs,x. click the “

    Open”

    button to select a folder to save at least one HTML5 output file into,xi. under the “

    Multuresolution”

    tab of the HTML5 Output window, click the “

    Enabled”

    check box,xii. in the following dialog box, click “

    Yes”

    to automatically add the levels,xiii. under the “

    HTML”

    tab of the HTML5 Output window, click the “

    Enable HTML File”

    check box,xiv. enable a “

    Include gyroscope control”

    checkbox,xv. disable a “

    Flash fallback player”

    checkbox,xvi. in the “

    Output File;



    section of the window, click “

    Open” and

    select a name and a location to save the at least one HTML file,xvii. select “

    Save”

    from a File menu,xviii. click a “

    OK”

    button in the HTML5 Output window,xix. in the next window, click “

    Yes”

    to begin a build of the HTML5 output files,xx. close Pano2VR project file,xxi. from the File menu, select “

    New”

    to create a new Pano2VR project file,xxii. repeat steps 2 through 20 for a right eye panorama, except in step 6, use the same Pan/Tilt/FoV values as the left eye,xxiii. move the left eye panorama and the right eye panorama into one folder together,f. whereby, the user interactively selects said pre-rendered image content for viewing in HTML, Javascript, and XML.

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