fast, infinite panoramas from flickr for Google Cardboard using Unity 5.2

feel free to contribute or fork to create your own panoramas application for personal or commercial use.

note: if you seriously intend to fork this for your own purposes, let me know so i can clean up the code a bit to make it easier to read. either upvote this task or use my contact at the bottom.

• supports equirectangular projection panoramas
• uses a high-poly sphere to confine image distortion to a narrow range around the poles (± 8°)
• progressive loading of image by resolution to speed up time-to-first-pixel
• experimental support for stereoscopic (3d) equirectangular panoramas in SBS or OVER-UNDER format
• experimental support for stereoscopic (3d) photos in CROSS-EYE or PARALLEL format
• provides control to turn panorama by 180° to help seated users look behind them
• provides control to load a random new panorama
• includes Google Analytics with anonymized IPs to help monitor errors and application performance in the real world
• displays title and author, and autohides below users' feet
• example datasource fetches random panoramas from flickr
• flickr contains >14k equirectangular panoramas, so ~2 years worth of fresh panoramas for casual users
• generates base58 flickr url links to credit respective authors

1. Virtual Places

• get a Google Cardboard. either search on google for cheaper options in your country, or see this list of viewers in US/EU
• install Unity 5.x (free or pro)
• git clone git@github.com:cmdr2/panorama.git
• open the downloaded panoramas project in Unity
• press the play button to run
• Assets/Scripts/PanelRenderer.cs contains the core logic

• create your Play Store account
• open Player settings from Edit > Project Settings > Player
• set the Bundle Identifier and Bundle Version to your.company.product under 'Other Settings' (e.g. org.cmdr2.places)
• select the Create New Keystore checkbox under 'Publishing settings', then press Browse Keystore and select user.keystore
• enter a new Keystore password (and confirm password)
• open the alias dropdown and select create new. fill in the details, and create a new password
• (optional) click on 'Analytics' in the 'Hierarchy' pane and set the Tracking code, Product Name, and Bundle Identifier to your choice.
• Build the .apk using File > Build Settings > Build.
• Upload the .apk file to Google Play Store and publish after filling in your application details and screenshots.

MIT

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