Panorama for Meta Quest (VW 2022)

[Biscontin]

Using VW 2022!

 

Hi, I am trying to export a Panorama image to be viewed on a Meta Quest 2 headset, in order to show my client the 360° view of the room.

I am using Pigasus VR Media Player to open the Panorama image on the Meta Quest 2.

The problem I have is that everything is off scale, the viewer feels much smaller than reality, and all objects are way bigger than what they should be... I feel like a ant 🙂

I have put the camera at 165cm, pointing straight... see screen-shot of the set-up.

Anyone having the same issues or anyone know how to fix this?

 

Also, is there any way to create a stereoscopic Panorama image?

 

Thanks. 

Edited April 14 by Biscontin

[BartH]

 

Stereo Panos requires a 2-camera setup in a side-by-side [SBS] configuration, encoded to tell the viewer how to split the image for the viewer.  I don't think you can easily do it with a rendered image in VW. Getting the parallax right is tricky manually.

 

I tried viewing VW panos directly in the Quest Browser but it doesn't launch into immersive mode. and there aren't any controls for looking around.

I use the Skybox Media player on my Quest, it looks very similar to Pigasus. My panos look fine, so I think there may be a camera set up configuration issue on your riles??

My first guess is that you have a misalignment between the generated image's Field of View and the Playback mode FOV.  See if you have any luck with the "Surround Mode" in the Pigasus player
 

I also tried creating a VW Cloud Presentation, it is a little more work to set up links to other panos, but it is very effective and can be viewed in "theater mode" in the Quest browser.  ( I can send you a link via email to a sample if you like)

 

You may consider losing the fully rendered view and using the built-in VW viewer for Quest. The lighting is flat, but you get the full wall through experience. 

Can you share your camera setup or one of the images? 

 

Bart

[Biscontin]

Thank you Bart. 

For the Stereoscopic image, I tried to export 2 panoramas moving the camera point-of-view 2"-3" aside... I will try a better result, but the main issue is the off-scale feeling.

Quest browser does not work with Panoramas, I tried that too. I download the Pigasus because a friend on mine, who uses 3D Studio, suggested it.

See screen-shot attached... and a panorama image (which is a test of a stereoscopic side-by-side).

 

Thanks. 

 

 

[BartH]

I think you are close.

That eye offset for each camera is critical.

 

Try two cameras,

3" apart and then have them converge at 30'-0" away.

If it still looks goofy, move the camera apart by 1/2" increments.

 

Sample file attached, both JPG and JPS in case that makes a difference

 

Panorama.zip

[Biscontin]

Thank you Bart! I will try today.

What do you think about my camera set up? Do you see anything off?

 

And I will check your attachments in the Quest.

What is the JPS file? Is it something VW creates? I have never seen it...

[BartH]

JPS is a file format standard created to help stereo apps use two separate images in one file with some encoding to help the app figure out how the two images go together. 

I created my win Photoshop after stacking the two panoramas on top of each other.

 

In the Skybox viewer, both versions ( the JPG and the JPS) behaved the same. So the JPS is not required. 

 

Looking further into it, I don't think the camera parameters make much of a difference, those settings probably get overwritten when you export the panorama. The export only seems to use the eye height and direction to center the panorama.

 

So, I think fine-tuning the distance between the two cameras is likely the key. Secondly, the convergence is optional. Some folks say you should keep the cameras parallel, but I think it depends on your total focus distance. 

[Biscontin]

Thank you again! 

I have tried your panorama image on my Quest 2, but the scale looks a bit off... especially when I look at the stairs, they look small... or when I turn and look at the corner walls behind, they look big... do you feel the same?

Would you mind share your set of the camera used for your Panorama?

Thanks. 

[BartH]

I'm pretty satisfied with the scale in my panoramas.
I built this quick file to share. 

saved to VW 2022

 

Let me know if this helps

 

Bart

 

Base Building Test_bhays v2022.zip