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Whirligig VR Media Player

Whirligig is a VR media player for the playback and viewing of video files and images. It support a wide range of projection types, render paths and has many other features to make your experience as enjoyable as possible.

All Reviews:

Mostly Positive (453) - 79% of the 453 user reviews for this software are positive.

Release Date:

Apr 4, 2016

Developer:

phileday

Publisher:

Whirligig

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔

Early Access Software

Get involved with this software as it develops.

Note: This Early Access software is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to use this software in its current state, then you should wait to see if it progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The current position of Whirligig is that it is a fully usable product and can play media, a wide variety of projection formats and file types and have many options not available in other players. I want to keep improving on this. Feedback from Early Access gives me an opportunity to fix bugs, add features and improve Whirligig.

As Whirligig is a media player it has a lot of reliance on media outside of my control. For this reason the more I can encourage a dialogue with the users the better chance I have of making a stable and enjoyable experience.”

Approximately how long will this software be in Early Access?

“I hope to move from Early Access before Christmas.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version of Whirligig will be a continuation of the Early Access version. However I intend to improve documentation and the general look and feel of the player.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Whirligig is currently at an advanced level in it's development and exists as a fulling functioning and usable application.”

Will this software be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“I've set the price quite low during Early Access as this is my first app to be sold on Steam and I'm currently finding my feet at the this early stage of release.

Once Whirligig leaves Early Access it will be priced based on feedback from the community and revenue that can sustain continuing development.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“The community has and is a vital part of my development. The best way that the Community can contribute to my development feedback is to inform me of issues they have with Whirligig and to let me know of feature they want to see in the future. A lot of the features that are currently in Whirligig have been suggested by users of my player.”

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About This Software

Whirligig is a VR media player for the playback and viewing of video files and images. It support a wide range of projection types, render paths and has many other features to make your experience as enjoyable as possible.

Tutorials highlighting some of the features and how to use them here:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/451650/discussions/0/154643249633675549/?tscn=1504738078

Media Foundation (Windows 8 and 10 only)
Media Foundation offers good suuport for most video formats. It comes as standard on both Windows 8 and 10. If you're consered about installing additional decoders on your system then this is a good option.

Video Lan
You can also try libVLC. This is a codec library which has a wide range of built in video decoders and streaming options. This library is used in the popular video player VLC. It offers a larger range of video playback options than Media Foundation and doesn't require decoders to be installed.

Image Support

jpg,png,jps,pns
Whirligig works with most jpg and png files but works best when the image file resolution has a factor of 2.

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 100,110,120,130,140,150,160,170,180,190,200,210,220,230,240,250,260,270,280,290,300,310,320,330,340,350,360. Barrel also has height degrees and squash options to get the perfect projection.
Cinema with options to curve height and width.

Custom Enviroments/Rooms
- Home Cinema
- Bedroom
- Living Room
Luxury home cinema