These steps are outlined in the following section of this guide, but the process is very easy and fun and you may enjoy experimenting with how to get the most impressive results.Ĭonvert the image in PIE or in the Panorama Server to a spherical panorama: Use PIE or alternatively the Panorama Server ( to automatically convert your equirectangular image into a 360° X 180° spherical panorama.

There are several best practices to use when creating a high resolution equirectangular image. You need SU Podium V2.5 or V2.6 to do this. Render an equirectangular image: The first step is to render a flat projection of a sphere, called an equirectangular image (See the image at the top of this page, for an example). There are three broad steps required to create the virtual panorama experience. In the Widget settings, you can pick a package from the media library, define the height, and select if it should start with a preview image.Watch the embedded video above, or click here to open in a new window You can find the Garden Gnome Package Widget in the General section. In the Inspector panel on the right, you can specify if the package should start with a preview image and a play button, and set the width and height of the player in the page. In the GGPKG Block, you can pick a package from the media library. You can find the GGPKG Gutenberg Block in the Widgets section. If you are using the Gutenberg Editor and want to embed a package via a shortcode, use a Classic Block from the ‘Formatting’ section, and use the Add Media button to add a package from the media library. Url: can be used instead of ID, to embed a package from a specific URL. Start_view: for panoramas and virtual tours, sets the initial view of the first node. You can find the node ID of each node in the tooltip in the tour browser. Start_node: if the package is a virtual tour, you can specify the start node. Start_preview: when set to ‘true’, the player will initially show as a preview image with a play button. Height: the height of the player in the page Width: the width of the player in the page When you are using a shortcode to embed a package, you can provide additional parameters in the shortcode: Sample packages can be downloaded from our forum. You can embed a package via a shortcode like or a block in the Gutenberg editor.

This plugin provides an easy way to publish panoramas and object movies created with Garden Gnome Software’s Pano2VR and Object2VR.

How to embed pano using pano2vr plugin