Need Help with 3D panorama Viewer using Android Studio.

[StuxNetGS]

Hello, A newbie here, but not in Game development :). I have used unity so far but now i have to work with Android Studio and NDK.

I've tried the Oculus 360 photos app and was wondering if its at all possible to create my own VR App and integrate the 360 Photos into it.

Any help is appreciated. The info i posted here might be lacking but its a start to what i want to achieve.

Thanks.

[StuxNetGS]

Anyone?

[Mitnainartinari]

Are you asking about legal issues, as in if you're legally allowed to use the code in your own app? There's a file called LICENSE-Oculus360Photos.txt (as well as PATENTS-Oculus360Photos.txt) in the Oculus360PhotosSDK directory that has licensing info. Here's what it says:

BSD License
For Oculus 360 Photos software
Copyright (c) 2014, Oculus VR, LLC
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

[StuxNetGS]

Mitnainartinarian said:

Are you asking about legal issues, as in if you're legally allowed to use the code in your own app? There's a file called LICENSE-Oculus360Photos.txt (as well as PATENTS-Oculus360Photos.txt) in the Oculus360PhotosSDK directory that has licensing info. Here's what it says:

BSD License
For Oculus 360 Photos software
Copyright (c) 2014, Oculus VR, LLC
All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Well that was on concern i had, but the real issue is there is no documentation for the SDK itself like Unity has it for their Engine, so im finding it rather hard to understand the 360 Photos App completely.

But this is what i want to do - Instead of loading the pictures from the local storage i want them to be displayed from an external server. My server sends a JSON response which the Application parses, and displays the images in the Gallery. i have figured out the JSON part, but can't the pictures being displayed from a url instead of local storage.

Thanks.