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Harp0
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January 11, 2016

Question: DK1 & 360° photo/video software

Hello Everyone!
Thank you for taking the time to look at my thread. I have a couple of questions that I am hoping someone can help me with. To get to them I need to give a little background:

I am a Park Ranger and looking to use the Oculus for showing people sections of my park that they physically are not able to reach. Due to the fact I am stuck using government money for everything I was unable to get a DK2 or CV1. I was lucky enough to find someone with a spare DK1 that they were willing to donate to my park as a Tax writeoff.

I am aware that the DK1 is very out of date and no one really uses it anymore, but it is my only option without finding someone willing to donate something better :P

So my question, can anyone recommend some good software for 360° photo/video editing that will still work with the DK1? A friend suggested trying out Whirligig, but he wasn't sure if it would still work on the DK1.

Thank you again for your time!

    3 replies

    nosys70
    Up and Coming
    January 11, 2016
    your best guess is to go with a ricoh theta-s.
    Nice picture, good video. almost no work.
    you can put it on a rock, hang it on a tree and remotely take the picture with your smartphone while hidden behind a tree, so only nature is visible.
    You can even capture wildlife.
    buy a cheap selfie stick
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Selfie-Stick-Mo ... 1482781558
    and a small tripod
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Table- ... SwKIpWAL7V

    For playing it just edit web pages Easypano tourweaver.
    http://www.easypano.com/virtual-tour-software.html
    You will be able to add sound (taken with your smartphone and a cheap external mic for wildlife ambiance and comment, please no music !) and add 2d (info panels, movies) or 3d objects .
    this will allow anybody with a smartphone or tablet to enjoy the virtual view with a lot better experience.
    (even remotely if you publish this on the internet)
    if the price of the theta-s ( 400$) is too expensive, you can still go with the regulat theta that is still good with pictures (but a bit crappy with video).

    I would go for an headset (rift or Gear) only if you are able to create stereoscopic (3d) content and that is currently tremendously difficult without a lot of equipement and work. (and for far landscape it is usually useless, stereoscopy works well only with close objects)
    So if anyway you have to stick to flat content, choose quality and go with hires pictures on tablets and smartphones.
    put the effort on content and distribution, forget about the VR hype, it is not ready yet. (but you can still build some project with the rift since you will have the content availalble, i would even use it to convince my boss that some budget is needed)
    Tasteslikeaweso
    Participant
    January 13, 2016
    There are a few options that i use with my Dk1.

    1.Any camera, i use my dslr, take many photos in every direction.
    Stitch the image together with ptgui (https://www.ptgui.com/).
    View using whirlgig.
    2.
    Google street view phone app.
    Take 360 photo, ios or android.
    View in google cardboard, you can take multiple panoramas so you could walk down a path like google street view.
    Or publish to view in google images, download and view in whirlgig.
    Harp0Author
    New Participant
    January 14, 2016
    You both are awesome! Thank you for your suggestions. I'll start messing around with stuff and let you know how it goes!
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