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Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:28:53 +0000

Bryan - the best way to pull this off at the moment is using an HTML iframe. You can find some simple code examples around the web for how to create an iframe. Inside the iframe, you can specify the URL to the panorama, and it will display quite well right inside your site.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Mon, 3 Jan 2011 23:57:17 +0000

Josh, sorry we didn't reply earlier, but thanks for the great suggestions. By the way, in 3.1 you can save panoramas and re-open them in-app. This lets you do what you were hoping to save battery and not have to upload right away. It still requires a few steps, though, so we'll try to make it more streamlined in the future.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:47:25 +0000

Tony - when you first launch the app, you'll see a small button in the lower-left corner. Tap this button, and then select your panorama from the list. That'll "wrap" the large image around you so it looks just like it did when you captured it. That should do it. However, if by chance this just returns you to the main screen without opening, then the problem is that you need to enable Location Services for 360. Just go to Settings -> General -> Location Services, and turn ON location services for 360 Panorama. Then try loading again.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Thu, 30 Dec 2010 17:22:46 +0000

On the main capture screen, press the action button in the lower-left corner. Then select your panorama, and it will re-open it automatically. Although it's saved as a flat photo, 360 Panorama knows how to "wrap" the image around you just like when you originally captured it. Best of all, when you upload it, you don't lose any quality. Important tip: If you try to open a panorama but it just returns you to the capture screen, this means location services are disabled. To fix this, go to Settings -> General -> Location Services, and enable Location Services for 360 Panorama.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:36:33 +0000

Yes, you can still use the Save and Email options without internet. In the case of Email, your panoramas will go in the outbox just like a typical email, and will send when you're re-connected later. In the case of Save, you can re-open your panoramas into the app later and, if you want, Upload them.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 06:11:14 +0000

Hi, that's right, of course the new iPod touch does have a gyro as mentioned in the post. Actually, the website only uses Flash as required -- it automatically adapts to use 3D capabilities in Safari on mobile and desktop. We'll use built-in facilities as other browsers begin to enable this, but Safari is solo at this point. Other browsers don't have any built-in ability to display images in 3D, so we adapt to use Flash in those cases because Flash does provide the necessary 3D transforms. The resolution of a panorama is up to 4096x1011 pixels depending on the field of view captured. We think it's absolutely excellent for sharing. We're constantly working on even more sophisticated computer vision algorithms to increase fidelity and allow for more varied motion paths. Low framerates are not the norm on mobile. In fact, we render at about 60fps. There can sometimes be initial jumps right when you first load a panorama as the browser's still doing a bunch of prep work, but it clears up after 1-2 seconds. If you're seeing consistent slowness, please get in touch with us so we can decipher what's going on and, if appropriate, address it. Note that the gyroscope data arriving in Mobile safari isn't as fast as one might hope -- Apple only sends the data to Safari at a rate of 20fps (touch motion will proceed at 60fps despite the gyroscope's slower update rate.) We're very, very serious about performance, so whenever we have reports to the contrary, we want to address them immediately.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:31:51 +0000

Actually you can share it with friends on desktops already! If you use the Upload feature in-app, you can share the link with anyone. You /do/ need a Twitter login to perform the upload, but you don't even need to post the link to Twitter at all, and once you upload, you're free to send the link around (just like we did with the demo).

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:04:02 +0000

At present, you can only use either of the Twitter-connected services (yFrog, Twitpic) built into the app. But stay tuned for more in future updates.

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:11:42 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out. Not sure what was wrong, but we've fixed it!

Occipital : Augmented Reality Panoramas... in your browser!

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:52:27 +0000

It's really easy - you can create them with the 360 Panorama app which captures the scene as-you-spin (assuming good light), and then you just press the Upload button in-app to upload and get back a link to your panorama. The app is on the app store and requires an iPhone 4/3GS/iPod touch 4g.

Occipital : Off-limits Panoramas Part 3: The grand finale.

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:37:44 +0000

Thanks for commenting Tristan. That's our bible around here too. We can't go into details about how the system works, but feel free to reach out to us via email if you want to talk more about computer vision.

Occipital : Off-limits Panoramas Part 3: The grand finale.

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:34:55 +0000

Occipital : Off-limits Panoramas Part 3: The grand finale.

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:34:32 +0000

Sorry for our delay, but for stereographic, you tap the panel on the right side of the screen after you have captured a panorama and then tap the Stereographic mode button. From there, you can simply save/email/upload. Stereographic creates the "Little planet" views, so they look best with buildings on the horizon. Hope this helps!

Occipital : Off-limits Panoramas Part 3: The grand finale.

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:32:43 +0000

If you saved your panoramas to the Camera Roll, you can still upload them to TwitPic or yFrog and then view them with the online viewer by constructing the occip.it viewer URL that you would automatically get if you uploaded in-app. We'll be making this a lot easier in the next update, so stay tuned. We're also constantly improving panorama quality. Most users have been getting quite good results on the iPod touch -- not perfect yet -- but very good. We would suggest starting out in the best possible environment for a panorama -- outside in good light with objects as far away as possible (so, try not to stand too close to any walls), and take a single smooth pan all the way around 360 degrees. You'll find that the stitching is smooth and continuous and there are no discrete frames like they is when you use it indoors or in low light. From there, try a variety of different environments and see if you can get good results. I think you will get the hang of it -- the iPod touch is one of the best devices for 360 Panorama!

Occipital : Introducing 360 Panorama

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:18:42 +0000

Mark - full-size now included above as well as a tech note with more detail.

Occipital : RedLaser 2.6 - Now Scans Artificial Organs from 2057!

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:24:00 +0000

If you are located in the USA, and you've enabled local search in RedLaser (it should prompt you on first launch), then you should see local libraries for a wide variety of books. If you think Local search might be off, just go to Settings from your iPhone home screen and then select RedLaser, and turn on Local search.

Occipital : RedLaser 2.6 - Now Scans Artificial Organs from 2057!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:45:37 +0000

This capability does exist through RedLaser's email feature. Basically, everything in your Scanned Items list can be emailed. The email contains both names & links to products scanned, as well as an attachment that is a raw TXT file containing EAN numbers. These can be imported into your own programs. Hope this helps!

Occipital : Announcing RedLaser 2.5

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:20:59 +0000

Give this a try in the meantime. http://j.mp/6164fA Hope this helps!

Occipital : Announcing RedLaser 2.5

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 04:20:22 +0000

Here's a better link which hits the mobile site. http://j.mp/7Pr11U We have also just enabled the new Custom Apps features in RedLaser 2.5, so you will get results in an embedded browser rather than a Safari redirect (so it's faster).

Occipital : Announcing RedLaser 2.5

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:16:22 +0000

Stephen - step by step instructions for general sites are at http://redlaser.com/apps -- or just click here: http://j.mp/87Zy6R - hope this helps!