360° panorama librarys for ios

Question

are there any libraries or classes out there to show a 360 degree panorama on the iphone?

i found this here: http://code.google.com/p/panoramagl/ but its not up to date and only for old versions of ios.

i'm thankfull for any link that helps me to create a 360 degree panorama view on ios.

thanks!

Answer 1

I am currently building a similar system, and had as much luck as you did with this. Ended up using UIScrollView to provide a panorama-like effect, even though I was not able to wrap it around entirely successfully. I used the WWDC video from session 104 (2010) to help me optimize large image loading.

OpenGL ES may be a more elegant solution if you have the time/skill (I've only dabbled in OpenGL), but I certainly had no luck finding a panorama library anywhere (except for the deprecated panoramagl). It's certainly a doozy.

Answer 2

The VR5 pano viewer at http://www.vrhabitat.com/#vr5 should do what you need.

When you download it, you can test it out by importing the vr5_script folder into your Xcode project, making sure to check the "Create folder references for any added folders" option, then load it into the webview:

[webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:[
     [NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"index" ofType:@"html"
     inDirectory:@"vr5_script"]isDirectory:NO]]];

I just gave it a try and it seems to work quite well. Please consider donating to the author if you use it for commercial use (I am not affiliated with the author).

Answer 3

I've recently found KRPano and since it's not listed here..