Pano2VR 7.1 Docs / What's new?

What's New?

Here you'll find an ongoing list of new features, fixes, and changes added to each release.

Pano2VR 7.1.12


Pano2VR 7.1.12 includes an important PDF Viewer security update along with fixes
for skin images, anchored element resizing, pinned videos in immersive view, and
ghost point hotspot positioning.

Fixes and Improvements


  • Updated the PDF Viewer to address security issues
  • Fixed an issue where skin Image Elements set to WebP were saved as JPEGs
    in the output
  • Improved undo behavior when resizing bottom- and left-anchored skin
    elements
  • Fixed an issue where pinned videos in immersive view could start
    automatically even when loop was set to -1, and could restart after
    returning to a node
  • Fixed an issue where ghost point hotspots did not update their position
    correctly after adjusting north

Pano2VR 7.1.11


  • Fix for occasional missing tiles on Windows

Pano2VR 7.1.10


Fixed

  • Set Value action not being passed to POT file when translating a Set Value
    action
  • Cannot place Point Hotspots at the extreme edges of flat wide panoramas
  • Venis skin replicating description text
  • Pressed and Hover sources not activating inside a table cloner
  • Mouse Leave source not activating with Point Hotspots with an Action Filter
    and Hotspot Proxy ID
  • Resetting program’s default not clearing input image cube face file paths
  • Margin changes position of polygon hotspots on a flat input image
  • Player Click action does not activate on touch devices
  • Trailing artifacts with hotspots using the Material Dusk skin with Safari
  • Morph transition action Zoom to Center occasionally used Zoom to Pan
    instead
  • Node Image set to Target View not displaying in WebVR output
  • Node Images exported as PNG instead of WebP
  • Stereo videopanoramas not displaying correctly

Changed

  • Morph transition After Effect removed from skin action

Pano2VR 7.1.9


Added

  • Support Google Maps latest Places API

Fixes

  • Crash using Set or Change element size action targeting _self or Node Marker
    ID

Pano2VR 7.1.8


Fixed

  • Selecting Satellite Google map in the Tour Map panel, resulted in showing the
    wrong map if no tour nodes were loaded
  • WebXR: Projects displayed on Apple Vision Pro with visionOS 2.2 suffered from
    jittery distortion during head movement
  • Set Action Mode action’s Disable mode to hide the targeted polygons

Pano2VR 7.1.7


Added

  • WebVR: Double pinch to show and hide the skin

Fixed

  • WebP node images don’t generated on every export

  • Initial zoom in tour maps

  • Curser/touch position is not correctly tracked if the
    FoV mode is not
    set to Vertical

  • Changed

  • Updated Qt and other libraries

Pano2VR 7.1.6


Added

  • Player events transitionstarted and
    transitionended to trigger the player at the beginning and end of a
    transition
  • Add Webp as a Format to the
    Node Image
  • Update a skin component without overwriting the preview image with Alt-Click
    or Option-click Create Component from Selection (from the Tree and Canvas
    context menu and Edit menu) or Create Component from Skin (from the Edit
    Menu)

Fixed

  • Pico 4 renders artifacts in immersive view
  • Sound not playing when changing nodes
  • User Data not displaying correctly in immersive view
  • Directional sound becomes static after unmuting a pinned video
  • Set View action is causing the panorama to get stuck
  • When video hotspot type file is closed the sound still plays
  • Project background sound restring when visiting a different node
  • Help button in the leveling panel has a broken link

Changed

  • Removed Include Polyfill in VR output settings

Pano2VR 7.1.5


Added

  • Option in Settings to save TIFFs as strips instead of tiles

Fixed

  • Elements to be invisible when entering VR
  • Radius of 999 in a text box or rectangle should produce a circle in immersive
    view
  • Node Markers not showing in immersive view
  • Text box not updating a variable value in immersive view
  • Sound not playing back when using an embedded URL in WordPress
  • Margins not changing with Variable Changed Action
  • Cloner placeholders missing in placeholder selector in skin editor
  • Duplicate maps/floorplans in list
  • Mono directional sound plays back in left channel only

Pano2VR 7.1.4


Added

Fixed

  • Timers are now working as expected in Immersive View

Pano2VR 7.1.3


Fixed

  • Custom Hotspot Images added to the default VR skins
  • Extracting a patch from OpenEXR image files created empty files, causing a
    crash
  • Stereo panoramas were not loading in the integrated web server or on output in
    immersive mode
  • Changes made to the Skin Configuration were not reflected in Live Update
  • Removed a duplicate keyboard shortcut for Window Arrangements
  • Mono VR180 videos using wrong aspect ratio
  • Fixed a crash that only occurred after changing the Hotspot Title and changing
    nodes with a keyboard shortcuts

Pano2VR 7.1.2


Fixed

  • Pinned elements in single-resolution panoramas covered by the panorama
  • The internal web server is more stable when used with Safari on macOS
  • Hanging when switching projects
  • Viewer elements not correctly placed when the FoV is over 120º
  • Sometimes the size values go missing in a skin element’s properties
  • Radar for a map pin missing for some projects
  • Adding a very large amount of variables may cause a crash

Improved

  • To apply feather to a patch, a mask be first applied
  • You can now use fractional numbers for street view levels

Pano2VR 7.1.1a


Fixed

  • ‘Wait for Preview Track’ not working with Morph transitions
  • Polygon Hotspot morphing backwards or sideways

Pano2VR 7.1


https://vimeo.com/944898105

Pano2VR 7.1 announcement

Fixed

  • Fixed the Scale X modifier, which affected the radar beam graphic in a
    markertemplate
  • Exporting animation video results in only the preview image used
  • Preview Image for VR180
  • Fixes to changing transitions with skin actions
  • FOV and target is wrong when leaving a flat image, fixed
  • Background sound not starting with unmute button, fixed
  • 3D distorted point hotspot scales incorrectly when used with a Flat input
    image
  • Wrong drag mode in Viewer on initial install, fixed
  • Go to URL action is missing the option for Target

Improved

  • The sound splash screen now appears if a project has pinned videos or video
    point hotspot types

Pano2VR 7.1 beta 4


Pano2VR 7.1 beta 3


Fixed

  • Fix for the “dark overlay” in iOS 17
  • Node image element shows the correct view; also with “forward” hotspots
  • A project file with lots of custom images took a long time to open, this is
    fixed
  • The accordion menu component now scrolls as expected with multiple nodes and
    categories
  • Sound Transitions no longer ignore the Keep setting

Pano2VR 7.1 beta 2


Added

  • VR180 mono/stereo support

Improved

  • WebXR: Higher resolution in Quest/Pico 4
  • The internal webserver can handle larger files/videos
  • Zoom target for the morph transition can be set to “only pan” or “center”

Fixed

  • Video panoramas and Pinned Video play back again
  • WebXR: Colorspace fixed for skin colors and textures
  • WebXR: Flickering in Wolvic browser fixed
  • User Data Custom Property not working with skin elements logic block
  • Change color skin action for polygon hotspots

Pano2VR 7.1 beta


[Pano2VR 7.1 beta announcement]

  • Hotfixes 1a and 1b to fix panoramas not appearing in Viewer on Windows

New


  • Morph Transitions
  • Generative Patches
  • Masks for Patches
  • Hand Tracking in immersive view (Apple Vision Pro, Meta Quest)
  • Set the size of popped-out pinned images
  • Mute and Unmute actions for YouTube and Vimeo
  • Animate the skin margins using the action Change Margin
  • Show Master Node elements in nodes
  • Standard Tags:
    Tags that can be saved and used in all projects
  • Roll Modifier
  • Resizable spinning globes in VR
  • Add a custom Show VR skin button and Exit VR button
  • Added Set Map Layer and Set Filter Tag actions to Map actions

Improved


  • Integrated Web Server is now faster especially when viewing projects in VR
    HMDs using Live Update/HTTPS
  • Animation properties now appear whenever you click in the Animation Editor,
    regardless if the current node has an animation clip or not
  • Added an AutoTag for Animation so tour nodes can be filtered based on
    animation
  • Video Element supports YouTube Shorts
  • Math in logic blocks
  • Added an option to prevent WebXR (Include Polyfill) on mobile phones and limit
    the immersive view to headsets
  • Automatic tags are now sanitized to avoid importing invalid characters
  • If width and height parameters are present in an iframe, they will be used
    when added to a Web Element.
  • Added Map Pin with Radar components to the Misc category
  • File and URL video types are now included in the Mute action’s target, _all

Fixed


  • Animation Autorotation will not kick in if Fly In is also selected
  • Hotspot changing location when the Hotspot’s title is changed
  • Copy and paste a clip to another node does not adjust the clip length
  • Hotspot icons showing through Image popup
  • Cannot copy a background color logic block
  • Actions Move to View and Set View using FoV 70
  • Cannot copy and paste projection keyframes
  • HTML code used in a Text Box ID causes a blank Action window to show
  • Changing colors in the color tool with copied elements changes the exposed
    color of the original element
  • Modifier and symbol keys do not register/trigger Keyboard Shortcuts in skin
  • Video Point Hotspots with audio not detected by skins
  • Right-clicking a polygon hotspot in the Viewer changes its location
  • Skin Editor falls behind Pano2VR’s Main window after closing the Action Filter
    dialog
  • Mouse enter action not playing sound when used with a Hotspot Proxy ID
  • Crash when using the integrated web server with Meta Quest Browser

Pano2VR 7.0.12


  • Fix for iOS black screen overlay

Pano2VR 7.0.11


Improved


  • Default VR skins – use z-index for hotspot popups

Fixed


  • Zoom to pointer zooms down
  • Context menu opens off screen
  • Mute, unmute and toggle actions stopping sound
  • Crash when editing Point Hotspot Description text after editing a Polygon
    Description text box
  • Scroll area motion on a mobile is not smooth
  • Hotspot images bleed through popups
  • Directional sound not coming from the correct direction
  • Playback of video panorama via spacebar, only occurs after clicking playback
    button

Pano2VR 7.0.10


  • Stare cursor for Apple Vision Pro is offset – Fixed

Pano2VR 7.0.9


  • Changed: cache buster is no longer applied to external URLs (tel:,
    mailto:)
  • Fixed: changing nodes via a node hotspot breaks animation auto-rotation
  • Changed: error log window is adjustable
  • Fixed: directional sound and sound delay issues
  • Added: support for Apple Vision Pro

Pano2VR 7.0.8


  • Update signature for Windows installer
  • Fix for Animation properties

Pano2VR 7.0.7


  • Mouse Enter event constantly triggering is fixed.
  • Some input images were causing Pano2VR to hang. This is now fixed.
  • Fix for hotspot timer events
  • Avoid duplicate uploads to gnome cloud
  • Avoid overwriting global JS objects

Pano2VR 7.0.6


  • Fixed an issue where images added to external image loaders were not showing
    after changing a language.
  • Deleting a clip in the Animation editor wasn’t removing its variable track.
    Fixed.
  • The built-in skins have been updated to so an iframe is unloaded when a popup
    hides or closes.
  • The built-in VR skins have been updated to have a unique name for the pager
    cloner
  • Fixed scrolling text boxes in the VR skins so they scroll again.

Pano2VR 7.0.5


  • Fixed an issue where outputs created with 7.0.2 and above were not working
    with older iOS versions
  • Fixed a crash when selecting “Select Gnome Cloud Account”
  • Warnings from a previous nodes’ clip in the Animation Editor were sticking.
    Fixed.
  • URL Video type point hotspot was not showing playing back the video. Fixed.
  • Fixed an issue where images were not loading in a cloner using the External
    Image Loader
  • Custom hotspot images added to external image loaders with a border were
    causing a shift in the image’s position. Fixed.

Pano2VR 7.0.4a


This release is a hotfix for the following issues:

  • The case of the disappearing warnings in the Skin Editor has been solved
  • Line breaks are no longer being encoded into their ASCII characters used with
    an exposed variable
  • Custom images for point hotspots are visible in the output again

Pano2VR 7.0.4


7.0.4 announcement

  • New: ARIA properties for Skin elements are now included in skin translation
  • New: Audio level setting added to video panorama settings
  • New: Open the Skin Editor of the current output using Skin Editor (Current
    Output)
    or the keyboard shorttut: Ctrl+Alt+K or Command-Option-K
  • New: External Image Loader’s file path is now included in the translation file
  • New: Convert option for video panoramas
  • Added: Center Current Node in Map now centers the current node in floor plans
    as well
  • Fixed: Has Sound trigger now detects sounds in 360 video panoramas
  • Fixed: Blurry tooltip in node hotspot of Feather Box hotspots component
  • Fixed: Crash when duplicating a Videopanorama track
  • Fixed: Polygon hotspots hide after exiting the node they are in
  • Fixed: 3D Floating Cursor does not float in CMS post using GGPKG
  • Fixed: If start node is not loaded, its preview on output will be empty/black

Pano2VR 7.0.3


7.0.3 announcement

  • Added: Keyboard shortcut to bring the Main Window forward
  • Added: Clickable file path to access Autobackup files
  • New: All viewer elements given unique ID when copied and pasted
  • Fixed: Gyro skin actions’ settings were resetting when opened consectively
  • Fixed: skin_vr.js missing from GGPKG output
  • Fixed: Node images in the skin were not using the default view FoV
  • Fixed: Missing leveling information from Theta X images sometimes caused
    images to not be visible in the Viewer
  • Fixed: Crash when removing links between map pins in the tour map
  • Fixed: Crash when converting a Patch to a Point Hotspot
  • Fixed: Preview images not loading with “Unload image to save memory” selected
  • Fixed: Mouse Over action was not triggering correctly
  • Fixed: User Data using placeholders was not being sorted in the Tour Browser
  • Fixed: Crash caused by converting a patch to point hotspot
  • Fixed: Move to View action not smooth with large flat images
  • Fixed: User Data custom properties not triggering logic blocks in any node
    other than node one
  • Fixed: Map Pin placement shifts in the Tour Map when changing map providers
  • Fixed: The splashscreen in built in skins requires a double click to proceed
    with sound on
  • Fixed: Cannot change Lottie file using the change image button or components
    toolbox
  • Fixed: Converted Images get patches applied with the option deselected
  • Fixed: Blurred Patches are sticking to tiled TIFF images
  • Fixed: Viewing limits is breaks the hotspot target view
  • Fixed: HTML text added to web element will flash on screen before moving to
    next node
  • Fixed: 360 video filename not updating when locating file
  • Fixed: Save with Assets does not save project background sound
  • Fixed: material_dart.ggsk mobile thumbnail menu leaves the blur background if
    closed from the node view
  • Fixed: Missing variable in variable logic block not showing up in Find
    Warnings
  • Fixed: Crash when adding nodes to the skin editor with a markertemplate
  • Fixed: Tracking Hotspots using the wrong VideoPano track
  • Fixed: The copy button in the Venis skin is not copying
  • Fixed: Convert Patch to Point Hotspot not working with roll
  • Fixed: Project background sound not included in Support Package
  • Fixed: Map pins not showing next panorama’s user data custom properties
  • Fixed: Alternative Background Sound cannot be removed using clear
  • Fixed: Crash when duplicating a clip that’s been duplicated before
  • Fixed: Cannot paste type decimal values to North and Altitude

Pano2VR 7.0.2


7.0.2 announcement

  • Negative values are supported in conditions using Hotspot Pan and Tilt
    ($hap, $hat).
  • Fixed an issue with relative paths and external files
  • Choosing a video file for the Video Element no longer causes the Skin Editor
    to hide behind the main window
  • The Invert Cloner option now also works for Table and Hotspots cloners.
  • Fixed an issue with centering some skin elements when using a translation
    cloner
  • Fixed an issue with translating single-node projects
  • Copy and Pasting Hotspots in List View now gives a unique ID
  • Fixed an issue with color space on output

Pano2VR 7.0.1


  • Added support for multiple languages in all built-in skins
  • Fixed: strip image type set to strip (not strip VR) read as a stereo image
  • Fixed: adding a scaling logic block to the scroll area causes a black output
  • Fixed: logic block using $(hat) offers text-comparison instead of the desired
    math value operators
  • Fixed: progress bars missing when generating an animation output
  • Fixed: Z-index no longer working in the skin with child elements of hotspot
    templates
  • Fixed: deleting a tour from Street View causes the Tour Browser to freeze
  • Fixed: regex # not targeting a child element of a hotspot template

Pano2VR 7.0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z__Sk5QnYQ0

General and Interface


  • Gnome Cloud
  • Support for Apple Silicon (ARM) Macs
  • All panels that can be popped out, now have a
    fullscreen button
  • New Properties panels now incorporates
    project properties, image properties, user data, and viewing parameters
  • Nodes in the Tour Browser now highlight when the mouse hovers a node, hotspot,
    list view, and a map pin in the Tour Map
  • Hold the Shift key to limit movement of panorama along the horizontal or
    vertical axes in the Viewer.

  • Custom Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Skins for VR are now located separately from Web Output skins. A skin for VR
    can be added in the Web Output properties under VR. The folder location of
    the VR skins can be changed in Pano2VR’s settings.
  • Customize autobackup intervals

Project


  • Create multilingual projects using the
    translation tools in the Project and Skin Editor
  • ★ Rich Text Editors added to all expandable text fields
  • Change the color of the Grid Lines in the Viewer
  • ★ Instead of adding more User Data fields, we added Project Properties. These
    come in the form of Custom Properties in User Data and Hotspots. These
    properties are defined as variables that can be called up in the Skin Editor.
    In the Skin Editor, there will be a table called, Project Properties that
    will hold all the variables created in the project.
  • ★ New placeholders: Hotspot ID $(hid) and Hotspot Skin ID $(hSid). So, now
    you can trigger an action based on a hotspot’s ID or based on a Skin-ID.
  • Add Project now includes custom maps and floor plans

Skin


https://vimeo.com/669774013
  • ★ Local Files added to the
    Code Element

  • ★ Logic Blocks now have an Additive Mode for multiple expressions in which
    every expression will be evaluated, and if true, its value will be added or
    subtracted to the default value of the element.

  • ★ Trigger:
    Sounds Permitted
    is used to show/hide a splash screen as it detects if a browser allows the
    auto-playback of sound

  • New placeholder $(start) to open the Start Node

  • ★ Clone Floor Plans, Hotspots, and Translations

  • ★ Accessibility: Tab index and ARIA labels, descriptions, details and role

  • Set Zoom action for Maps

  • Search in the Skin Editor.

  • Lazy Loading option added to all Image skin elements that saves bandwidth and
    prevents the image from loading the moment the tour opens

  • Trigger:
    Translations Count

  • Pinned elements, including the Web Element are found as targets in the
    Media Actions

  • Notes section added to the skin

  • Set Value
    action now supports a second parameter for external images for adding
    Alternative Text to an External Image Loader

  • ★ Action:
    Start Autoplay Media

  • Rename Modifier 1/tan (FoV) to Zoom

  • Show/Hide multiple elements in Canvas by selecting them in the Tree and
    clicking the eye icon

  • Add placeholders as values for number and string Triggers via the context menu
    in the table

  • Trigger:
    Margin From Edge
    for Point Hotspots to have the same distance from all edges

  • Regular Expressions in Hotspot
    Proxy ID

  • New option for Maps Element API choice: Auto to auto-detect the map type

  • Logic Block for Tab Index

  • Logic Block for CSS Classes

  • There is now an action to change the z-index of an element.
    Set Z-Index
    is found under the Position/Size action.

  • You can now change the width, radius, and colors of individual borders in the
    skin

  • Paging menus is now possible with the Cloner’s new options for
    direction: Single Row
    and Single Column. Additionally, a new option, Center in Parent, keeps the
    cloner centered.

  • New
    actions:
    Mute, Unmute, Toggle Mute

  • Skin elements that were placed outside of the canvas and are added to a new
    component will keep their position (rather than being placed at 0,0)

  • New action:
    Center Node centers
    the map around a specific node.

  • Fractional Zoom for maps using the Leaflet API

  • iPadOS is now detected using the
    Is Mobile
    trigger.

  • ★ New Logic Block Trigger:
    Has Sounds
    detects any background sound or pinned sound in a tour, or any pinned video
    that has volume and if it’s greater than 0, it will be true.

  • New Logic Block Trigger:
    Node Count
    will trigger based on the number nodes in a tour.

  • Elements in the Tree can be quickly
    brought to the center of the canvas to find elements faster in a skin with
    many elements.

  • Copy and paste Action Filters to other actions

  • New Logic Block
    Triggers:
    Hotspot Player X (%) and Hotspot Player Y (%). Available for hotspot templates
    and give you the ability to hide and show hotspots at specific locations (like
    the center).

  • Skin elements now have a Notes field. The notes will show as a tooltip when
    hovering over an element in the Tree.

  • Variables can now be
    renamed and cut and pasted. You can also find out how and where they are being
    used in the skin.

  • The Skin Editor’s Toolbar can
    now be hidden.

  • ★ Very useful is the new Find Warnings option in the
    Skin Editor. Open it in the
    Edit menu. You’ll also see
    a dialog that tells you if there are warnings when you close the skin.


  • Variables
    can now be used in the position and size actions.

  • Find and Replace in the skin.

  • ★ New skin element: PDF.
    You can now add PDFs to the skin using the skin element.

  • The playhead
    of the seekbar can now be sized.

  • Variables can be copy
    and pasted.

  • The Set Value action can now be used with the Seekbar. This will allow you
    to set the media ID of an element so the Seekbar can be used for multiple
    elements.

  • Components Toolbox
    now has more built-in categories and new tabs for icons and Lottie files.

  • Drag components and icons directly to the
    Components Toolbox.

  • New Action:
    Set Auto Rotate Filter
    will filter nodes for auto rotation.

  • Scrollbars added for clipped content in the
    External Image element

  • Variables in the Skin
    Editor can now use Logic Blocks.

  • External Files in
    the Skin Editor can now be rearranged.

  • New Logic Block Trigger:
    Browser Theme

  • A skin element’s position can now be set to 0,0 by double-clicking on the
    direction icons.

  • Rounded corners for everyone! The Container, Image, Button, SVG, External
    Image, and Node Image elements now have radius properties to get rounded
    corners.

  • ★ Support for Lottie animations in the Skin Editor.

  • To target more than one Polygon Hotspot, use
    regular expressions
    in Change Polygon Mode and Change Polygon Color actions.

  • Elements in the Skin Editor’s Tree can now be
    highlighted with colors.

  • New Action:
    Set Media Speed

  • Added a
    Description column
    to the table-based Cloner. This allows for addressing external images or even
    adding URLS.

  • Added more units of measure for the Inner Size of a
    Scroll Area.

  • ★ New skin element:
    Code Element for applying
    custom Javascript and CSS to the skin.

  • Images in the skin (Button, SVG) can now use icons from the Components Toolbox
    to replace icons.

  • Floating point numbers are now supported for skin variables, including
    variables added to the animation editor and custom properties.

  • Text in Text Boxes can now be vertically aligned.

  • New Logic Block
    Triggers
    to show and hide maps based on: Tour Has Map, Tour Has Floor Plan, Node
    on Floor Plan

  • Show the first map in the project as an option of Maps in
    Map Element.

  • New placeholder to display altitude in Feet: $(altf)

Pinned Elements


  • Point and Polygon hotspots now have expandable Text Fields for Title and
    Description
  • Pinned media now have movable handles for easier placement and all handles can
    be moved at once holding down Alt or Option.
  • Added
    keyboard shortcuts for
    adding blurred patches
  • Copy Target lets
    you copy a specific target view to all tour node hotspots.
  • Gaussian Blur has
    been added as an option for the preview panorama.
  • ★ New Point Hotspot Type:
    PDF. One way
    to add PDFs is to drag PDF files into the Viewer with Point Hotspot mode
    turned on. The Skin-ID will automatically be set to ht_pdf.
  • Pinned Images can now stay
    hidden until they are clicked on. Available for Pop Out Normal and Pop Out
    100%
    options. This is useful when you want to popout an image of a painting
    on the wall, but don’t want to necessarily pin the image over the painting.
  • You can now customize the colors for directional sound fields in the
    Viewer Settings
  • The video elements in the Viewer and Skin Editor now support time-indexed
    links from YouTube and Vimeo.
  • Pinned Videos now have
    Pop Back options for how
    the video behaves when popped back into place.
  • Pinned Web Element}}): Pin web content to
    the panorama, like a YouTube video or web pages
  • New Animation actions: Play/Restart Animation and Play/Resume Animation

Web Output


  • ★ Upload directly to the new Gnome Cloud!
  • Maps using Google Maps now support 1 finger interaction
  • The Integrated Web Server
    now sports a QR code for easy URL sharing.
  • Opt for a smooth hotspot motion in Web Output’s Advanced settings
  • Direct Node Access is now enabled by default in the HTML template settings
  • ★ The HTML5 Output is now called
    Web Output.
  • There is now a Zoom to Pan before effect for
    Transitions.
  • Easing functions
    added to logic block transitions and any action that has transitions
    available.
  • Background sound
    and all of its parameters can now be copied to all tour nodes for when direct
    node access is being used.
  • You can now choose to delete the output folder of the web output, but keep the
    tiles.
  • Horizon Tilt
    option added in the Autorotation settings which allows you to use the tilt
    specified in the Default View.
  • Autorotation created in the Animation Editor now has an option to randomize
    the clips in the chosen sequence.
  • Zooming with the mouse wheel or with pinch now defaults to centering the zoom
    at the mouse cursor or pinch position. There is a
    new option to change this
    default. This has also been added to the
    Javascript API.
  • ★ Live Update in Web Output: Turn Live Update on to have a project’s
    output automatically update. This applies to changes in the skin editor as
    well.

Animation


  • ★ Support for subtitles (SRT files)
    for video panoramas
  • Video output now exports as web optimized
  • Track point hotspots in video
    panoramas
  • Keyframes can now be inverted in the
    Animation Editor.
  • Video Panorama clip added to the
    Animation Editor which provides a way to add captions and animated point
    hotspots
    to the video panorama.
  • Invert keyframes for reverse playback

Tour Map


  • Maps can now be moved with 1 finger on touch devices
  • An active pin’s radar indicator now extends to the edge of the map in the Tour
    Map.
  • Limit how far one can move within a map with
    Set Map Limits. This helps prevent
    users from losing their spot in the map.
  • The color of the Tour Map’s radar can now be changed.
  • Nudge Map Pins in the Tour Map using cursor keys
  • ★ New
    automatic linking option:
    From Current Node which will link from the active node to all other nodes
    or all selected nodes.
  • Support for
    Multilayered Maps for
    Google, Mapbox and Custom maps.
  • A grid is now available in the
    Tour Map to help in the placement of
    map pins. Especially useful for building Street View tours.
  • Floor Plans that have PNG as their format now have an option for
    Crisp Edges.
  • Quickly remove links with Alt or Option while in Switch Node in Link Mode in
    the Tour Map.

API


  • added player functions for setVFov, setHFov, setDFov, and setFovMode
  • added a player function to address individual Polygon hotspots and turn on/off
    the hand cursor

Fixed


Issues fixed from version 6:

  • Move to View speed setting now has a visible difference from 0.1 and 0.01
  • Fixed: Transformation output can not make a vertical strip
  • Fixed: Menu category items go missing when the first item has scroll bars
  • Fixed: Panels not returning back to standard window arrangement with Alt-1
  • Altitude can now be displayed in Feet
  • Fixed: Pan value for the node image is different to that found in the user
    data
  • Fixed: No pinned video preview image is created with a new project file
  • Fixed: Changing PNG floor plan background Alpha causes visible borders in the
    Map Element
  • Fixed: Editing the output folder name caauses a slash to be added if the
    project is not saved
  • Fixed: Very slow loading of the map with cloned map pins with large projects.
  • Fixed: Element has wrong lock state in the skins tree
  • Fixed: The Seekbar was showing errors for mobile browsers.
  • Fixed: Changing leveling values doesn’t change the viewer
  • Fixed: Can’t Show Panels with Alt-Tab if Viewer Settings is hidden.
  • Fixed: Adding a size logic block to a text box breaks Auto Size
  • Fixed: The Change Element size value not changing
  • Fixed: Opening a skin element with children while it’s closed results in an
    empty tree
  • Fixed: Output Template directory opens the wrong location
  • Fixed: Border width is effecting the position of the text box inside a
    container
  • Fixed: Numbered logic block can not use the full stop/period
  • Fixed: Logic block resizing a text box still shows original size is still
    active and covers the panorama
  • Fixed: Default skin style sheet breaks line spacing
  • Fixed an issue with transitions of a position logic block
  • Fixed: Inconsistent units between scaling units and the logic block units
  • Fixed: All file input fields to use URL safe characters

Issues fixed from beta 6:

  • Fixed: Cardboard stare pointer not visible on iOS
  • Fixed: Skin Editor being sent behind Pano2VR the window
  • Fixed: Firefox memory leak with flat image and autorotate
  • Fixed: Hotspot Titles in Built-in Skins are blurry
  • Fixed: Button states do not show alt text
  • Fixed: Hotspot Titles missing from GGKPG output
  • Fixed: Cannot select multiple elements in List View with mouse
  • Fixed: Tour Node Polygon Hotspots using the last target when setting a new
    polygon
  • Fixed: Additive logic block changing the X & Y position setting of a child
    element.
  • Fixed: Pinned Images/Videos preview files and mask files missing in support
    package
  • Fixed: Wait for preview track option in transition is preventing a node change
    to a flat image

Last modified: Apr 20, 2026