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krpano - Flash Panorama Viewer

krpano - is a small, versatile and high-performance viewer for interactive 3D panoramas on the web. It is based on the cross platform Adobe Flash Player, the world's most popular software platform for interactive software.

The krpano Flash Panorama Viewer offers many unique possibilities - an adjustable "fisheye" lens effect for a more realistic representation at greater field of view, the support of up to several giga-pixel large panoramas, script controlled virtual tours and it is upgradable with own plugins.

Convince yourself by viewing the examples on this site
or try out the test version - download here.

Features

  • Based on Flash
    Only the Adobe Flash Player plugin is needed (Version 9.0.28 or higher).
  • Fast and high quality rendering
    Fast enough for all resolutions from the little window up to the full screen.
    The quality of the rendering can be adapted to the requirements.
  • Many panorama formats
    Supports all possible cube panorama formats and also equirectangular/spherical panoramas!
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  • "Piecewise" loading
    Large panorama images can be divided up into small tiles which will be loaded piece by piece. So it's possible to navigate in the panorama during the load process. Only the tiles which are necessary for the current view will be loaded.
  • Rendering of up to several giga-pixel large panoramas
    Additionally to the "Piecewise" loading the panorama image can be "multi-resolution". Only the tiles of the "current"-resolution will be loaded. So it will be possible to render gigantic panoramas without loading the whole panorama.
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  • "Fisheye"-lens effect
    At wider field of view (approx. at 130°) the rendering begins to distort unnaturally. With the "fish-eye lens" distortion the rendering looks much more natural. The effect is fine adjustable.
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  • Lensflare and blinding effects
    Freely adjustable suns/Lensflare and blindings effects.
  • Hotspots / virtual tours / scripting
    Hotspots are areas for action handling. Actions can be defined for mouse-hovering or mouse-clicking. E.g. links to further panoramas or also normal HTML links can be defined. Virtual tours can be made.
  • Customizable
    There a many settings to customize the viewer on your personal preferences.
    Navigation by mouse/mouse wheel and/or keyboard.
  • Extendable / extern interfaces / javascript
    Further flash applications as well as pictures and music can be integrated (e.g. a logo in a corner). In addition there is an "AS3 interface" (Action Script 3) for expansions with your own written plugins. With this interface the properties of the panorama can be viewed and/or can be changed. A control by Javascript is also possible.
  • Simple usage / integration in own websites
    No programming knowledge is necessary. The viewer can be used locally and online. All settings are carried out either over a little XML file or directly over "HTTP-Get" or "Flash" parameters.

why Flash

  • High distribution
    Only the Adobe Flash Player must be installed. Because of many known pages which also use flash the flash player has reached an accessibility of almost 99% (look here).
  • Many platforms
    Windows, Linux, Mac
  • Easy and quick installation
    If a user has not installed the flash player or a too old version the installation/update process is simple and fast!
  • Quick startup
    On an average PC the startup process of the Flash plugin is very quick (normally under one second). Java-Applets for example unfortunately need here clear longer!