Cubic panorama support?

[jendaz]

Are you thinking about cubic panorama support?

[mayakraft]

I think it would be a good thing, I've just never had the need for it, that's the only reason I never worked on it.

I've never used this format and am unfamiliar with any standards, I did a quick search and found SPi-V, and Quicktime VR. I'd want to make sure I accommodate people's expectations before I implemented it.

What image standard would people like to see on this?

[jendaz]

There are a lot of types. Single images for each side, or a CUBESTRIP with different order in row or column.

For example here is support for that in html viewer krpano: http://krpano.com/docu/xml/#image There are 4 possible formats ant it decides which of that is that according to the dimensions. Formats are 6x1, 1x6, 2x3, 3x2 but I didn't find the order of sides.

I have one example for 1x6 strip and it is in order: LEFT, FRONT, RIGHT, BACK, UP, DOWN

But there could be a parameter for setting up an order. But maybe at the beginning your lib can support only 6x1 or 1x6 in one order and people can manage their cubic images. Or there should be an optimization in using single images for each side that sides out of range could be hidden and should free memory. But that's only my assumption.