Page Comparison

Highlights

• Triggers and Actions (New!): Allows users and integrators to create customisable experiences by defining events (Triggers) that initiate specific Actions Triggers and Actions

• Control Panel Content Library Browser: Browse and open Sessions and media files

• PDF Layer (New!): A dedicated layer for displaying PDF files, previously requiring a WebView layer PDF

• AppView Layer (New!): Capture and display locally running applications. AppView

• Loopback Layer (New!): Capture and re-display existing layers Loopback

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• KRPano:

  • Streamlined integration workflow. KRPano viewer

  • Control page view syncronisation

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Igloo Core Engine

Core

• Triggers and Actions (New!): Allows users and integrators to create customisable experiences by defining events (Triggers) that initiate specific Actions Triggers and Actions

• Desktop UI:

  • Updated styling:

  • Tooltips:

  • Copy paste context menu for text fields:

  • ISF effect names appended to labels

  • Workspace search added

  • Condensed ‘Add Content’ with grouped types

  • Warning before going Home

  • Content Library

    • Import new files from folder

    • Missing Files

    • Reveal in Explorer

• Session Thumbnail Library: A new library to manage session thumbnails for easier navigation and identification.

• TUIO:

  • Regions are shown on canvas

  • Optimisation improvements when using multiple devices.

• Layouts:

  • ‘Show Layout’ now shows on canvas

• Touch Screen Input:

  • Improved input handling for smoother drag events

• Command Line Arguments

  • Serval commands are available to control custom behavior when Igloo Core Engine is started Command Line Arguments

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Effects

• Equirectangular to Domemaster:: Transform 360-degree equirectangular content into Domemaster format.

• True Perspective stretch: Pre-stretch equirectangular input to account for non-360 content.

• (ISF) Domemaster to Equirectangular: Transform Domemaster content to 360-degree equirectangular format.

• (ISF) Horizontal stretch: Allows horizontal stretching of a layer, providing more control over the aspect ratio

• (ISF) Wrap: Allows wrap to be applied at any point in the effects chain

• ISF Parameter Affecters: Animate parameter values over time

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Layers

PDF (New!)

• Dedicated layer: previously PDF required a WebView layer

• Media Library support: PDF files are now managed by the media library

AppView (New!)

• Capture and display local running applications

• Powerpoint navigation controls: previous and next buttons for Powerpoint presentation navigation

Loopback (New!)

• Capture and re-display layers

Home

• Home Warning: Optionally display a warning message when going Home to prevent accidental loss of Session : Implemented TurboJPEG for significantly faster loading timesdata.

Video

• Audio File Support: Playback of audio files now supported

• End Time: Set a custom end time

Image

• Improved loading times for JPEG files: Implemented TurboJPEG for significantly faster loading times

• Support for .webp image format: We now support .webp images

Webview

• Transparency: new setting to set background as transparent

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• 360 and Non 360 layer initialisation: Support for both 360 and non-360 layer initialisation, allowing layers to be created ready to display either type of YouTube video.

• Auto Max Resolution: Control maximum resolution playback https://360igloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ID/pages/3307438284/YouTube#Auto-Max-Resolution

NDI

• Updated to NDIv6

PDF (New!)

• Dedicated layer: previously PDF required a WebView layer

• Media Library support: PDF files are now managed by the media library

AppView (New!)

• Capture and display local running applications

Loopback (New!)

• Capture and re-display layers

Media Library

Datapath

• Updated SDK to version v7.29.0

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Media Library

• Delete all missing files: https://360igloo.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ID/pages/3307438673/Media+Files#Delete-all-missing

• Improved Styling: Updated widget styling

• Multi Selection: Multi selection of Session and media files items

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Canvas UI

• Edit Session Tags: Session Tags can now be set via the Canvas UI

• Dynamic WebView Toolbar: Moveable and Collapsible WebView Toolbar

• Home Warning: Optionally display a warning before going home to prevent loss of Session data

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API

• Media Library API: Enhanced the API to provide detailed information about the contents of the media library, including sessions, images, and videos.

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Igloo Control Panel

Core

• Renamed Application: Application renamed from ‘ICE Control Panel’ to Igloo Control Panel

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Layers Tab

• Content Bank Thumbnails : Session tiles now display thumbnails

• Content Library Browser: Browse and open Sessions and media files

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• Gyro cursor control: Optionally adjust control the canvas cursor movement using the devices gyroscope

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Model Viewer

• Touch screen navigation: Added touch screen control for player navigation

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Warping Tab

• Number of Projectors: Projector count is now read from config.json, it no value it set it will fallback to the Warpers AppSettings.xml setting.

Integrations

• Barco Clickshare : Detects connections and disconnections, enabling automated actions in Igloo Core Engine, such as loading a Layer file or sending an Igloo Core Engine API command.

• Streetview:

  • Camera locking settings are now saved

• Matterport:

  • Camera locking settings are now saved

  • Video Mattertag: Improved positioning within Canvas and extended list of support YouTube URL formats

• KRPano:

  • Streamlined integration workflow. KRPano viewer

  • Control page view syncronisation

• Kuula

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Upgrade Notes

Known Issues

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Requirements

• Mandatory: If you are using Datapath capture cards, you must update to the latest Datapath drivers (VisionInstall v7.29.0 or higher). Download here: Datapath Drivers.

• Recommended: It is also suggested to update to the latest NVidia drivers for optimal performance.