The Igloo Kuula Viewer enables viewing and navigation of Kuula virtual tours in an immersive space.
Overview
The viewer is implemented as a local web-based service and is included in the Igloo Core Service.
A 360 view of a Kuula tour is provided using a Composition layer in ICE to build a cubemap.
The viewer’s control page allows navigation of a space using a mobile device.
A single frame view allows use of Kuula in non-360 modes - (i.e. a single wall of an immersive room), and there’s easy support for <360 degree immersive projection surfaces.
There’s also a favourites system for Kuula tours, allowing easy management of a collection of saved spaces for rapid viewing, as well as a one-click integration with any Kuula tour embedded into a native website (no changes necessary - just click a bookmark and be taken straight to any Kuula tour).
Kuula session
A Kuula session is included in the example ICE database. This consists of a single layer giving a full canvas view of the current Kuula tour. The space can be navigated using the app in Igloo Control Panel.
Igloo Control Panel App
The control page allows selection of scenes in a Kuula tour, and also allows navigation to other tours. It’s accessible at http://localhost:800/kuula/control/ in Chrome, or at the same port/page on mobile devices using the media server’s local IP (e.g. http://10.0.0.1:800/kuula/control/).