What's New?

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

Pano2VR 8.0

Pano2VR 8.0 introduces a new Project Wizard, 3D model support, Gaussian Splats, improved skin handling, and expanded support for modern image formats including JPEG XL and WebP. This release also includes many improvements for video panoramas, pinned elements, Web Output, WebVR, and the Skin Editor.

General and Interface

New Project Wizard to help guide users in building and exporting a new project
New skin selector with skin previews
New Quaranta skin with a minimalist design, navigation arrows, theme options, and icon style choices
New project file format for Pano2VR 8
Pano2VR 8 project files cannot be opened in Pano2VR 7 or earlier
Added North Offset
Added JPEG XL support
Improved handling of very large PNG files
Improved conversion of images to tiled TIFF compression formats

3D Models

Added support for 3D Meshes and Gaussian Splats
Added Default View Camera Point for model nodes
Added Target Camera Point
Added Panorama Camera Mode
Added Fly Speed
Added Rotate into flight path
Added camera modes to the Edit menu
Added support for viewing 3D models in Immersive View
Added center coordinates for working with off-center 3D models
Added transition textures for Gaussian Splats
Added glTF to GLB export conversion
Added optimization options for mobile output
Added option to lock a 3D model
Added Capture Preview Image for 3D models
Improved input type handling for models
Improved validation for 3D model input fields such as scale, units per meter, and fly speed
Improved model background images
Fixed autorotation for 3D models when set to start after fully loaded
Fixed viewing limits in the model viewer
Fixed roll behavior on gyro and 3D models during transitions
Fixed orbit camera mode mouse/touch Y coordinate handling

Skin Editor

Added SVG option to Render as Shape in 3D
Added 3D Camera View skin action
Added 3D Camera Mode skin action
Added 3D Camera Mode logic block trigger
Added Player Muted logic block trigger
Added new Node trigger group
Added Is 3D Model and 3D Model Type logic block triggers
Added Additive Mode for CSS classes logic blocks
Added more direct CSS support to the Code Element
Added Regular Expression comparison option to the Tags trigger
Added a logic block for the Z-index property
Added more options for Exposed Variables
Added support for multiple tags in the Hotspot Cloner
Added exposed properties for PDF elements and External Image Loaders
Added custom title and preview options for skins
Added warnings for child elements at the parent level
Added js: as an alternative to javascript: for JavaScript actions
Added color themes with gradients for built-in skins
Added splash screen components for Feather Orb, Feather Box, Material Index, and Quaranta skins
Added support for sorting skin components using tags and weighting
Added Save As dialog when saving a write-protected skin
Fixed Venis and Neto skins so previous/next buttons do not appear in single-node projects
Fixed the material_dart mobile thumbnail menu after node changes
Fixed the Translation Cloner
Restored placeholders for Node ID and Custom Node ID

Pinned Elements

Added masks for pinned images
Added option to hide a video’s image mask when the video is popped out
Improved handling of multiresolution pinned images
Added automatic selection of alternative image files for pinned images
Added JPEG XL and WebP as pinned image formats
Added WebP support for pinned images
Fixed pinned video not appearing in Immersive View
Fixed Show/Hide Media action behavior

Web Output

Added new grid menu for skins with preview images
Added Hand Tracking options for VR output
Removed the HTML File option; index.html is now created at the root level of the output folder
Added Output Tile Size options, with the default set to 1024 pixels
Added Show Thumbnail Menu on Start to Skin Configuration for built-in skins
Added output folder encryption
Added Capture Date/Time to output
Added timezone fixes for Capture Date/Time
Added $(ur) placeholder for user data Capture Date
Improved mouse wheel handling for more consistent zoom direction and behavior
Fixed $(ui) user data placeholder display
Fixed drag-and-drop opening for panoramas and video panoramas
Fixed direct node access with custom node IDs
Fixed an issue when config loaded before the painter was ready
Fixed zoom to center

WebVR

Added support for 3D models and Gaussian Splats
Added option to add Natural Hands
Fixed VR node changes not updating correctly when transitions were disabled

Video Panoramas

Fixed video panoramas in tours
Fixed stereo 360 videos displaying as stacked views

Tour Building

Added target pointing for hotspots going to a model node
Added project custom preview capture from the Viewer
Fixed returning from a panorama to a model via a point hotspot target view opening the wrong view

Tour Map

Improved Pick Landmark accuracy when finding North
Fixed crashes after changing the map ID and saving

Fixed

Fixed loading cube faces with input set to Auto
Fixed high CPU thread count on load
Fixed crash caused by missing logic block variables
Disabled Restore Window after crash on macOS
Restored snow and rain effects
Fixed regression with animated hotspots
Fixed wrong color profile on preview cube with fly-in effects and projections
Fixed preview images not appearing in single-resolution output
Fixed custom preview images not appearing in the Tour Browser
Fixed Viewing Limits copy buttons
Fixed Type copy button copying the file path and replacing panoramas
Fixed 3D Viewer freezing when moving a camera
Fixed animated PNG files not animating correctly
Fixed animated PNG child elements in the skin tree not animating
Fixed scroll areas on touch screens on Windows
Fixed various command line and droplet issues
Fixed issues carried over from Pano2VR 7, including media actions, keyboard shortcuts, file paths, regular expressions, and accessibility text handling