wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Autorotate
Patrick Cheatham 2005-Dec-25 18:18:00
--- In #removed#, "Darin Williams-SpheronVR" <#removed#> wrote:
>
> Good point, Peter. I confess I don't know the answer to that.
> <snip>
>
> Darin Williams
Hi Darin, et al.:
Sorry I'm late to the party... Lively thread. :)
> Is there a sprite or whatever that would display a text in the image to let
> the user know they can interactively pan which goes away after panning once
> in the image?
Yes! If you look at the controller I created
(spinControl:VR, http://spincontrol.cheathamlane.net )
you'll see it displays text which directs the user to either use the controller _or_ to click-
and-drag on the QTVR. This text disappears after user interaction and/or after a few
seconds of inactivity.
For full explication on the why and how of spin:Control:VR, visit the Web site -- but two of
the chief reasons I created it are 1) Many, many people do not understand that QTVR is
interactive, and 2) to put autorotation and other functions _outside_ of the QTVR, so the
original QTVR file can be repurposed without being encumbered by sprites.
spinControl:VR is feature-filled, and many of the features can be turned off by the
developer, from page to page and VR to VR -- letting the developer choose how much
control to keep for herself or give to the user. My thinking is that, once a novice user
"gets" QTVR's interactivity, s/he will interact directly with the QTVR (thus sidestepping the
external controller).
(note: the controller in use by the WWP is specially modified for WWP use, and so may
appear different from that available at the spinControl:VR site)
--
Peter Winkler has emailed me off-list regarding the AutoSpin functionality (see his post in
this thread). Currently, spinControl:VR's speed-of-autospin can be set by the developer;
I'll probably add parameters so that the developer can set both the delay-before-
AutoSpin-begins and whether AutoSpin runs once only or continuously.
Happy holidays to all,
Patrick