The slideshow of the conference of Alexandre JENNY, CEO of Kolor, during the Palmela 2011 panoramic photography festival. The presentation includes: - an introduction to Panotour and Panotour Pro virtual tour software, - the video stitching techniques, - the inclusion of video frames into a 360° virtual tour.

1. Creating virtual tours today and tomorrow PART 1 Creating virtual tours with Panotour Pro PART 2 Video stitching PART 3 Tomorrow: combining both technologies Alexandre JENNY CEO Kolor

2. PART 1 Creatingvirtual tours withPanotour Pro

3. Qualityvirtual tours in minutes Zeroprogramming Multi-viewsvirtual tours Based on Krpanoviewer krpano CODE €99 Includes an embedded KrPanolicense What’s in Panotour & Panotour Pro 1.5?

4. What’s in Panotour & Panotour Pro 1.5? Qualityvirtual tours in minutes Zeroprogramming Multi-viewsvirtual tours Based on Krpanoviewer krpano CODE €99 Includes an embedded KrPanolicense Gigapixel images support Mobile devices compatibility Global & localizedsounds Videoembedding Littleplanet intro effect Customizedgraphictemplates Cube faces import/export Export the XML files <plugin name="panotourmaps" parent="STAGE" keep="true" devices="flash" onmapready="panotourmapsactivespot(panotourmapsspot0);" align="left" y="0" height="100%" x="-25%" width="25%" key="ABQIAAAAULYv4cCFZzs3aI84_ZSrNxQtT0ZD6beqSUxvyAJf-R4Qq4ty0BQO5SI-NyY4kMzogyD-vqKjS_No-w"> <radar visible="true" .XML €299 Includes a standalone KrPanolicense + Adding a tour map, customized fonts, transition templates…

5. PanotourMaps Auto adding of the viewsthanks to their GPS coordinates Google Maps + OpenStreetMap Direct FTP export Automatically export your tours to your FTP server Panotour Pro 1.6 new features Dynamic change of projection Chooseanother projection on the fly Explore tour by movingtablet iPad®2/iPhone®4 gyroscope support

6. Panotour Pro 1.6 DOWNLOAD DEMO

7. PART 2 Videostitching

8. A new way to capture and experience reality Applications Live events Guided tours Surveillance

9. 2 How videostitchingworks Calibrate streams via Autopano software 1 Warp video streams into a video software with a specific plug-in

10. The detailedprocess Videostreamssynchronization Hardware synchronization (external trigger) Software synchronization (a posteriori) Extract frames fromvideo Calibrate frames in Autopano Export calibration parametersintovideo software (AfterEffects, etc.) Plug-in warpsvideostreams Blendvideos

11. APPLICATION 1360° videostitching: Full HD isancienthistory Totavision: high resolution video recording company (www.totavision.fr) Recording setup: 11 Full HD cameras 12000 x 1080 pixels

12. Undergoing footage for a future movie

13. APPLICATION 2GoPro cameras go 360° 5 GoPro HD cameras mounted on an helicopter UAV and synchronized Workflow: stitching in Autopano, import calibration

14. PART 3 Tomorrow: combiningboth technologies

15. SOLUTION 1Kolor Eyes 360° video player 360° video player running in browser. Based on new web standards i.e. no plug-in needed HTML5 canvas and video tags WebGL rendering context WebGL technology benefits Pixel-perfect rendering Low CPU usage while leveraging graphical card capabilities LIVE DEMO

16. SOLUTION 2Mixed VR (photos + video) LIVE DEMO

17. VIDEO VIRTUAL TOURThe workflow Photos Autopano Giga Panorama Shooting Panotour Pro Virtual tour Extracted frame Frame parameters Unwarped video Video After Effects

18. Conclusion Once the hardware will be available, 360° video VRs will bring a new, amazing user experience. Creating mixed VRs (photos + videos) can already be done manually. To ease the process, Kolor is developing an After Effects plug-in. Expected availability: end 2011.

19. Thank you Alexandre JENNY www.kolor.com