Cubic or spherical mapped content for presentation of pre-rendered images viewed from a fixed point of view in HTML, javascript and/or XML for virtual reality applications

A method for viewing pre-rendered image content from a fixed point of view on a virtual reality device, the method comprising:

• a. matching camera height, camera angle, camera relative lens diameter and camera separation across all combined images;
• b. matching lighting across all individually photographed and rendered elements;
• c. combining images into one seamless panorama;
• and
• d. performing the sequential steps of:
• i. Launch a Pano2VR application,
• ii. select a “Select Input” button from a main Pano2VR screen,
• iii. for panoramas in singular equirectangular format, select “Equirectangular” from a type popup menu in an Input section for Panoramas in 6-cube face format, select “Cube Faces” from a type popup menu,
• iv. select a “Open” button associated with a panoramic input file and select a source file for a left eye, then select “OK”,
• v. select a “Modify” button on a main screen to open a viewing parameters screen,
• vi. in a panoramic preview window, move a panorama to the desired default (starting) position, then click “Set” in a Pan/Tilt/FoV section,
• vii. click “OK” in the Viewing Parameters screen,
• viii. change the New Output Format drop don menu to “HTML5” and click the “add” button,
• ix. in the Settings tab of an HTML5 Output window, select a Cube Face Size large enough for input files and output needs,
• x. click the “Open” button to select a folder to save at least one HTML5 output file into,
• xi. under the “Multuresolution” tab of the HTML5 Output window, click the “Enabled” check box,
• xii. in the following dialog box, click “Yes” to automatically add the levels,
• xiii. under the “HTML” tab of the HTML5 Output window, click the “Enable HTML File” check box,
• xiv. enable a “Include gyroscope control” checkbox,
• xv. disable a “Flash fallback player” checkbox,
• xvi. in the “Output File:” section of the window, click “Open” and select a name and a location to save the at least one HTML file,
• xvii. select “Save” from a File menu,
• xviii. click a “OK” button in the HTML5 Output window,
• xix. in the next window, click “Yes” to begin a build of the HTML5 output files,
• xx. close the Pano2VR project file,
• xxi. from the File menu, select “New” to create a new Pano2VR project file,
• xxii. repeat steps 2 through 20 for a right eye panorama, except in step 6, use the same Pan/Tilt/FoV values as the left eye,
• xxiii. move the left eye panorama and the right eye panorama into one folder together,
• e. whereby, the user interactively selects said pre-rendered image content for viewing in HTML, Javascript, and XML.

A method for viewing pre-rendered image content from a fixed point of view on a virtual reality device, the method comprising:

• a. matching camera height, camera angle, camera relative lens diameter and camera separation across all combined images;
• b. matching lighting across all individually photographed and rendered elements;
• c. combining images into one seamless panorama;
• and
• d. performing the sequential steps of:
• i. launch software application,
• ii. select panorama format,
• iii. select button associated with a panoramic input file and select the source file for the left eye,
• iv. select button to open and view parameters,
• v. move the panorama to the desired position for viewing,
• vi. under the output section of the software, change output format to HTML5,
• vii. select a size large enough for the given input files and output needs,
• viii. select a folder to save the HTML5 output files into,
• ix. select a name and location to save the HTML file, along with the other files,
• x. save the software project file,
• xi. build the HTML5 output files,
• xii. close the software project file,
• xiii. from the File menu, create a new software project file,
• xiv. repeat steps 2 through 13 for the right eye panorama,
• xv. move the left and right eye HTML5 panoramic folders into one folder together,
• e. whereby, the user interactively selects said pre-rendered image content for viewing in HTML, Javascript, and XML.