Software | Release Version | Icon |
|---|---|---|
Igloo Web | 1.3.x |  |
Function:
Igloo Web is a custom, and highly customisable web browser designed for use with Igloo Warper. It allows users to open one or more browsers composited onto a single canvas. The canvas can have an arbitrary and customised resolution, and individual browsers can be resized relative to the other browsers on the canvas.
User interface:
: Provides a context menu for meta settings - loading and saving configurations, setting configurations to load on startup. Configurations include browser size, canvas size, relative width of browsers, UI zoom position and the webpages currently being displayed.
Tabs:
Tabs work in a manner not dissimilar to tabs from other web browsers. They contain full configurations within Igloo Web, rather than just an individual webpage.
Tabsets, then, are collections of tabs that can be saved out into a single tabset file, and imported as a group.
New tab: Creates a new basic configuration. These can be either, the predefined default tab, an exported Tab (.ivwt) file, a saved bookmark, or a template.
Import tab: Load a previously saved tab into a new tab on the current tabset
Export Current Tab: Saves out the current tab as an individual tab (.ivwt) file
New Tab Set: Creates a new tab set, with one instance of the current default tab.
Load Tab Set: Loads a selected tabset (.ivwts) file
Save Tab Set: Saves out the current tab set as a tabset (.ivwts) file, overwriting the previously loaded tabset file
Save Tab Set as…: Saves out the current tab set as a new tabset (.ivwts) file
Save: Saves current configuration
Set Current Tab Set Default: Sets the current save file to be loaded on application startup
Save App Settings: Saves any Igloo Web application settings
: Provides a context menu for current tab settings and general application settings. These mostly affect the end display
Number of Browsers: Sets the number browser windows on the Igloo Web canvas. By default each browser has the same relative width.
Window: Settings related to the application window. A maximum width is set to prevent the window “spilling” between Windows displays. This has no impact on the output to the Warper
Browser Dimensions: Adjusts the relative widths and heights of the browsers, and optionally add a vertical offset to the browsers.
If 2 browsers have the same relative width, they will be the same size. If browser 1 has a relative width of twice browser 2, browser 1 will be twice as wide as browser 2.
Canvas size: Set the size of the output canvas. Choose from a preset, or create a custom size. Set new presets here.
Output: Enable output conversions here.
Currently, Equirectangular is the only output conversion available
Output: Contains two checkboxes to convert the output to equirectangular for the display of cubemaps, and a checkbox to show a preview for the output once the conversion is in place.
Channel: Defines the name of the spout channel Igloo Web sends out on. This can be Igloo Web, Igloo Web Equirectangular, IglooCapture1-12, or a custom channel name.
If not preconfigured, custom channel names will appear in the Warper as external application inputs as opposed to capture inputs.
Local Audio Mute: If enabled, mutes Igloo Web when NDI sender is enabled.
NDI sender carries audio as well as video. This is to prevent duplication of audio when sent on a local system.
Youtube settings: Custom settings for Youtube videos. Two checkboxes, one to automatically play videos, and one to automatically loop Youtube videos on end.
Popup settings: Define how Igloo Web manages popups - block popups, open popups in a new popup window, or open popups directly on the canvas
User agents: Allows Igloo web to emulate other devices/browsers to enable certain features of webpages
App Mouse and touch settings: Configures the mouse pointer when using Igloo Web (now found at the bottom of the settings menu)
Ignore mouse: Enables/disables mouse input in Igloo Web
Size & colour: Change the size & colour of the mouse pointer. Colour is done using a 255, 255, 255 RGB colour scheme
Pointer/circle: Changes the appearance of the mouse
Presentation clicker: Adds support for presentation clickers in Igloo Web
Disable Web Page Right Click Menu: Prevents web pages open context menus upon receiving a right click event
Show coordinates: Creates a small box on the Igloo Web canvas that updates with the position of the mouse both with the Window X,Y and the Canvas X,Y.
Controller settings: Settings to change the behaviour of controller support in Igloo Web.
Enable: Enables/disables controller support in Igloo Web.
Controller scales to Web View/Warper View: Determines whether the gyro is mapped to Igloo Web’s Canvas size or the Warper’s. Warper canvas size defined in AppSettings.xml
Audio settings: Igloo Web is now making use of the Igloo Audio Engine. Here the engine can be configured to allow for channel mappings, as well as the additions of delays.
Application settings:
The previous settings have all applied to an individual tab, where the following settings are applied to all tabs open in the application.
Disable Save Prompt: disables the prompt to overwrite tabs/tabsets.
Window: Settings that affect the application window.
Show Console: Turns the console window on/off
Auto position Window: Turns on/off the automatic positioning of the application window
Max Window Width: Defines the maximum width of the application window
Controller settings:
Enable: Turns on/off the controllers globally
Buttons only: Ignores gyro messages and only uses button based messages
Only With Focus: Disables the controller when Igloo Web is not the window in focus
Warper Width & Height: Sets the canvas size for the warper to inform gyroscope conversions and autoscaling
Gyro YMin and YMax: Defines the input axes for the gyro tilt
A YMin of -90 and YMax of 90 would represent the controller being tilted to the floor/ceiling to reach the bottom/top of the canvas respectively.
Gyro Width degrees: Defines the curve of the screen with reference to a full 360 degree system. Set at 360, one full turn with the gyroscope would represent moving the cursor from one end of the canvas to the other end.
Gyro Averager: The number of frames the gyroscope is averaged over. Adjusts how smooth the gyro controls are
Scroll Sensitivity: Adjust the sensitivity of the emulated scroll wheel.
Warper interface: Defines communication settings with the Warper
Changing these settings can result in a loss of communication through the entire Igloo core software suite. It’s recommended these settings only be changed under the advice of an Igloo Technician.
Warper IP: Sets the IP address of the Server running Igloo Warper.
127.0.0.1 is the loopback address. It means “This PC” and refers to the same server as Igloo Web is running on. If running Igloo Web on a laptop and sending over NDI, this will need to be changed.
Sending to port: The port Igloo Web sends OSC messages on
Warper’s default receive port is 9001
Listening on port: The port Igloo Web receives OSC messages on.
NDI: Defines whether the warper is set to output it’s canvas on NDI. Has a setting to mute local audio where audio is being passed over NDI
Zoom: Checkbox to auto-join zoom meetings
Matterport: Checkbox to use local service - legacy support
Browser highlight & Border width: Seen in the screenshot above, adds a green highlight to the currently active browser. Changing the webpage will only affect the active browser. Show on Output will pass this green border through to the Warper, if ticked.
Controls: Capture input controls for the warper:
App timings: Allows the definition of an application target FPS. Allows the monitoring of the application FPS
The coordinate pad at the very top represents the Warper Canvas, and the current selected position on that pad determines the capture input’s position on the Warper canvas.
Size: Uniform x&y axes scaling of the input
Show/Hide (Open Eye/ Eye with cross): Click buttons that shows/hides the capture input on the Warper canvas
Bring to front & Send to back: Sets the order of capture inputs. Front most will display on the canvas if two inputs share the same canvas space
Igloo Web’s input is considered a Capture input, like Igloo Capture channels, by default.
Auto-Scale: Automatically scales the input based on the aspect ratio of the input against the aspect ratio of the Warper’s rendering pipeline
Stretch to Canvas: Stretches the input to match the canvas width. Does not preserve aspect ratio
Flipped: Mirrors the input (as it’s viewed on the Warper canvas) on the Y-Axis
Inverted: Mirrors the input (as it’s viewed on the Warper canvas) on the X-Axis
X & Y Scale: Independent bars for x and y axis scaling
Wrap: Changes the position on the input that the input begins being drawn. Any content that would “spill” is instead drawn on the other side
Reset: Resets all application based settings
+/-: User interface controls. Zooms the User interface in and out without affecting what’s output to he warper.
</>: Web controls. Page back/Page forward. The refresh button next to it also refreshes the page.
Bookmarks: Quick-load configuration saving. Create a bookmark using the + button, and quickly load a config file by selecting a bookmark from the menu.
Help: Provides a version number and software references, as well as a shortcut to the Igloo Web settings folder.
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