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Richie

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Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 11:22 GMT
I have a client that wants to display panos on flat screens in their building. Can anyone advise the best way to go about this and what software to use. I need the panos to auto-rotate once and then load the next scene , hopefully with a transitional effect.
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mediavets

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 11:31 GMT
Are we talking running multiple flat screens - driven from one PC - all showing the same series of panos?

Andrew
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Richie

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 11:38 GMT
I believe so.
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Henri Smeets

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 11:50 GMT
With CubeWorld Runnig on a Mac(mini) you can set a slideshow with autopanning or even random panning etc. You can even make it interactive for visitors and when the are none it returns to slideshowmode after x-seconds. www.clickheredesign.com.au/cubicnavigator/
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rudders

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 12:11 GMT
If its just going to be a permenant display you can 'record' a tour and put it on dvd, we have done this with a few clients and it turned out very well. We use export as movie feature in TW pro. This is a good option for use with existing clients systems and doesnt require and extra set up.. there is no interactivity however.
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mediavets

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 12:18 GMT
updated: 29 Jul 2008 at 12:22 GMT

Richie said:

I believe so.


Then you will need some high density multihead graphics cards:
www.quadvision.co.uk/
www.colorgraphic.net/

Also be aware that driving graphics signals over very long cables can be demanding.

It certainly is not going to be inexpensive.

Regarding the host PC(s) if it is to run compeletly unattended and will require remote updating and system management then you sould consider some dedicated 'kiosk' software such as Netshift or Sitekiosk:
www.netshift.com/
www.sitekiosk.com/Default.aspx

You might find this software useful - WebCompiler:
www.x2net.com/webcompiler/

In terms of pano player then the most configurable are Flash Panorama Player (FPP), KRPano and Pure Player for Java:
flashpanoramas.com/player/
www.krpano.com/
www.immervision.com/en/multimedia/multimedia_prod...

An alternative approach is treat this as a video project as Rudders outlines above.

In either case if you don't have the skills and experience in doing this sort of stuff I suggest you subcontract/outsource the work.

Andrew
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mediavets

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 13:50 GMT
updated: 29 Jul 2008 at 13:56 GMT
Forgot to mention DVI splitters which could well be part of a solution:

www.tekshop247.com/extdvi145co-gefen-14-dvi-split...

www.tekshop247.com/extdvi148co-gefen-splitter-p-2...

www.gefen.com/kvm/dproduct.jsp?prod_id=4438

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Richie

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 15:00 GMT
Thanks for the replies guys. I think I'll follow rudders tip and explore the DVD route.
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mskp

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 16:05 GMT
Hi rudders! What are the settings using TW? Could you share them with us? Thanks, Martin
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mediavets

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Re: Display panos on flat screens within a clients building
Posted: 29 Jul 2008 at 16:05 GMT

Richie said:

Thanks for the replies guys. I think I'll follow rudders tip and explore the DVD route.


Does the client already have the flatscreen hardware?

You would typically require rather different flatscreen hardware to display DVD video and computer generated displays - TVs rather than computer monitors. They may be cheaper too and then you'll want/need video distribution amps rather than computer graphics signal splitter/amps.

This is probably the sort of project where it would be besst to prototype something, before making a large investment, using both approaches and let the client choose?

Andrew
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