BigSoftVideo/AVA360VR: AVA360VR v3.0.1

Hotfix - AVA360VR v3.0.1

This is a hotfix that addresses a bug with the comic creator

• Export from Comic creator overcrops the images in the panels

Public release of AVA360VR

We are proud to officially release a public build of AVA360VR that anyone can download and use for immersive qualitative analytics (IQA). Some information is given below, but , more information and help can be found in our online Help Guide and Tutorials.

License

The AVA360VR software package is peer-source (build only) and is free to use for non-commercial purposes. Unauthorised use, distribution or alteration of the code is not permitted. Copyright (c) 2021 BigSoftVideo.

Prerequisites

You will need a fast VR-ready PC laptop (eg. a gaming laptop) with a recent installation of Windows 10. AVA360VR now works with most mid- to high-end VR headsets with six-degrees of freedom controllers. We have tested successfully with the following headsets:

• HTC VIVE
• HTC VIVE PRO
• HTC VIVE Cosmos
• Oculus Rift S
• HP Reverb G1 (not the G2)
• Valve Index

Download

Download the latest build release from GitHub. You can also download the Demo Project for AVA360VR that contains all the help tutorials (videos and volcaps) and a Lego Demo Project with real multimedia data. The 2D video tutorials can also be downloaded separately.

Install

Unzip the release of AVA360VR that you downloaded to a folder on your computer, preferably a fast SSD drive (internal or external). There is no need to install the software. Just locate the AVA360VR.exe file in the root folder and double click.

Features

Features include a live transcript viewer, a comic panel sequence creator, a keyframe sequence generator, video recamming, 360 video switching, drawing annotation and animation, live 3D audio mixing, volumetric capture and replay of actual usage, and a full project/analysis management interface.

Known bugs

• When replaying multiple imported videos and audio channels, the playback can go out of synchronisation.
• Odd behaviours occur when replaying a volcap and using some tools at the same time, eg. drawing while replaying.
• Replay of a VolCap of the use of Comic Creator tool may be buggy.
• In some cases, during VolCap Replay, the static cameras are not adjustable.
• Imported 2D video only plays one channel audio from L/R stereo.

Contributors

• Designer: Paul McIlvenny @skandilocks
• Software developer: Artúr Barnabás Kovács @ArturKovacs
• BigSoftVideo team: Jacob Davidsen @codeslayer84
• Earlier software developers:
  • Nicklas Haagh Christensen
  • Stefan Tanderup