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The Igloo-Avatour integration is accessible from a preference setting in the Avatour UI. It enables the 360 video output to be displayed in a suitable format for Igloo immersive spaces. The integration can be activated using a button in the Avatour user interface and it can also be specified with a URL parameter. When connected to an Avatour session, the ‘More’ button bar at the bottom of the screen has a menu option button called ‘Enable igloo’Igloo’. When this is enabled, any 360 content which is shared will be rendered as a cubemap. This can then be viewed in an ICE WebView with and have the Cubemap to Equirectangular and TruePerspective effects applied.
ICE Session
From version 1.3.0 onwards, your ICE installation will have a ready-made session in the content library called ‘Avatour’.
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After loading the Avatour ICE session, select 360 movies and screenshots from the assets list on the left hand side.
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Make sure the Igloo Media Player you are logging in from has a webcam attached. If not the application will get stuck at the login page. Create a virtual webcam if necessary. |
URL Parameters
The following URL template may be used to auto join a session in igloo mode:
https://avatour.live/autojoin?s=IGLOO<session id>&user=igloo<user name>&igloo=1
The s parameter is the session id, the user parameter is the user name and igloo=1 enables igloo mode.
Pre-requisites
Make sure the Igloo Media Player you are logging in from has a webcam attached. If not the application will get stuck at the login page. Create a virtual webcam if necessary.
Session
Avatour works on a session/meeting basis. If you know the session id then you can specify this with your name and join the session.
ICE WebView exampleICE WebView example
When connected to an Avatour session, the button bar at the bottom of the screen has a button called ‘Enable Igloo’. When this is enabled, any 360 content which is shared will be rendered as a cubemap. This can then be viewed in an ICE WebView and have the Cubemap to Equirectangular and TruePerspective effects applied.
Create a WebView and set the URL to https://avatour.live/join . Enter your name in the Your Name field and enter IGLOO as the meeting code (this is the session id and is a special session containing 360 video examples). Then press the Join Meeting button.
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