Android Giveaway of the Day - 3D/VR Stereo Photo Viewer

Attention: Samsung S8 users - You should disable Google VR Services app in Settings->Apps to prevent problems from Daydream, swipe to show navigation buttons in VR, and make photos brighter in headset.

What's new:
- Added Settings option to prevent tap screen from advancing photo. The option requires use of a Bluetooth controller to advance photo.
- Added Settings option to choose pan and zoom modes in VR. Default is pan and zoom on. Sets the initial zoom to maximum zoom out that can be changed with volume up key in VR mode.
- Display 3D photos from twin phone cameras running Open Camera Remote app with HTTP server via URL links.
- Supports 360 3D Panorama Photos and 180/360 Swivel VR for Architectural photos.

Turn your phone into a dynamic stereoscope with zoom capability!

The 3D/VR Stereo Photo Viewer app lets you quickly and easily view your 2D or 3D stereo photos stored on your phone or found in Web pages. With a Cardboard VR viewing headset or a stereoscope, you can zoom into your 3D photos and see detail in stereo.

The 3D/VR Stereo Photo Viewer displays side-by-side (stereoscopic parallel MPO, JPS, JPG, PNG, individual filename suffix _L and _R ) photos.

You can access stereo photos on the Web with URL links pointing to galleries or individual photos. The app loads Web photos from a QR code URL link, a clipboard URL link, a server URL link, or left/right photo server URLs stored in Settings option. Use free QR code reader "Barcode Scanner" app by the ZXing Team to read QR code links and view photos with the app.

You can swap left and right photos using a Settings option or remote bluetooth key controller. Remote controller keys provide many convenience features. Bluetooth mouse control also supported.

Capture 3D photos using the Camera Cha-Cha technique launched from the menu, or volume up button. You select the camera. Use Open Camera Remote app that supports cha-cha left/right photo overlay. Get app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?d=net.sourceforge.opencameraremote&hl=en

The app displays stereo photos intended for viewing with Google Cardboard type stereoscopic viewers, a smartphone stereoscope, such as a Lorgnette stereoscope, or the Cyclopital3d View-Vaster stereoscope. Enter the Cardboard VR viewing mode with menu option or configurable long press on the screen and insert your phone into the viewer.

With a Cardboard VR viewer you can zoom in and out of a stereo photo by rolling the viewer right (zoom-in) or left (zoom-out). With the zoom feature you can see more detail in high resolution photos on a smaller resolution screen and by zooming out you can see foreground subjects with more comfort.

In VR mode photos up to 6K (6144) pixels per side will display without downscaling the image. The viewer only resamples/scales photos with a total size larger than the product of 6144 by 6144 pixels or any side greater than 8192 pixels. You will see the best zoomed 3D stereo photo only when you view MPO or individual left/right eye photo files with _l and _r suffix. The phone must have enough heap RAM memory, 512MB, which is available with Samsung Galaxy S6/7/8 phones, for example.

To re-position the image with the viewer look up/down (pitch), or left/right (yaw) slightly to begin movement, and then stop movement by returning your headset to its original position. This will move the photo in a window to show areas of interest. The headset move technique is named "couch viewing" because you can recline on a couch and view photos that will stay in position. The Zoom feature can be disabled in the Settings menu or in Cardboard VR mode with the volume up key. Zoom and photo movement may also be controlled by a mouse in VR mode.

For help and a full feature list, including more remote key controller options, please see the user guide at http://www.tekla3d.com/3d-vr-stereo-photo-viewer-user-guide.html