Whirligig VR Media Player

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Whirligig VR Media Player
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Information
VR/AR VR
Developer Philip Day
Publisher Philip Day
Platform SteamVR, Oculus Rift (Platform)
Device HTC Vive, Oculus Rift CV1
Operating System Windows
Type Software
Genre Utilities, Video Production, Early Access, Early Access, Video Production, VR
Input Device Tracked motion controllers, Gamepad, Keyboard / Mouse
Play Area Seated, Standing
Language English
Review Mostly Positive
Release Date Apr 4, 2016
Price $3.99
App Store Steam
Website http://www.whirligig.xyz/
Infobox Updated 09/15/2016
Whirligig VR Media Player is a VR App.

Description

Whirligig is an immersive film player / publisher. That is to say it is designed to playback fisheye, fisheye stereo SBS, 360 fisheye, 360 fisheye stereo SBS, barrel panoramic, barrel panoramic stereo SBS, 16x9, 16x9 stereo SBS, 16x9 Curved and 16x9 curved Stereo SBS.

Video Format Support
mp4,ebm,avi,mkv,m4v,mpg,f4v,2ts,wmv,flv,mov,wav,tp,ts
Whirligig supports direct show filters and standard operating system formats. In practice what this means is that without installing any codecs you can play back avi's and if you install the related codecs you can play back those video formats.
Important Notice.
Without the codecs correctly installed you will find only a small amount of files can be played back.

Image Support
jpg,png
Current image support is limited to png's and jpg's. It is highly recommend that the images you view are of a resolution of a factor of two.

Supported Projection Types
Fisheye 100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,300,310,320,330,340,350,360
Barrel 180,360
Cinema/Flat Screen
Cinema Curved

Custom Formats
Cube Map Horizontal Tee
Cube Map Horizontal
Cube Map Vertical Tee
Cube Map Vertical
Facebook Cube Map 3x2
Facebook Pyramid
GardenGnome Cube Map 3x2
Kodak PixPro SP360
LatLong 360x90
LG360
Octane
Panasonic A500
Ricoh Theta S
Samsung Gear 360
Vray Cubemap Invert
Vray Cubemap

Features

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

  • OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10
  • Processor: CPU: Intel i5-3340, AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
  • Memory: 4 MB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or better
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

Recommended

  • OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 or later, Windows 10
  • Processor: CPU: Intel i5-4590, AMD FX 8350 equivalent or better
  • Memory:
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or better
  • Storage: 300 MB available space

Setup Instructions

Images and Videos