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  • 360 Product Views In OpenCart Are Now Possible

    Check out our brand new extension for OpenCart! As with our new WordPress module we released the other week, this extension features all of our latest enhancements and fixes that we have introduced so far in our core product WebRotate 360 Product Viewer. Like the awesome full-screen capability that you can see in this demo below. And yes, for those of you who wanted hot-spots in full-screen, this is now also possible.

    To make a long story short, please see this OpenCart 360 View Demo and if you would like to give it a try, just follow these simple steps:

    Step 1. Download

    Download our OpenCart module using this link:

    Download Extension »

    [UPDATE: get the latest version directly from OpenCart.com]

    Step 2. Copy files

    Unzip webrotate360_opencart_integration.zip on your local computer and copy all folders from the webrotate360 folder to the root of your OpenCart installation. This will not replace any existing OpenCart files unless you already had a previous version of WebRotate 360 module installed.

    IMPORTANT: If you are using vQmod, just copy vqmod_webrotate360.xml located in the root of the package to your vqmod/xml folder and jump to step 6 below (skip steps 2, 3 and 4).

    Step 3. Find header.php

    If using vQmod, please skip this step and jump to step 6 below. Otherwise, please find the following file in your OpenCart installation:

    <Your OpenCart folder>\catalog\controller\common\header.php

    Step 4. Update header part I

    Make a backup copy of header.php then open the original file for edit and enter the following three lines right after the first line that reads "<?php" at the very top:

    global $__wr360Path; $__wr360Path = 'catalog';if(defined('DIR_APPLICATION')) $__wr360Path = preg_replace('/.*\/([^\/].*)\//is', '$1', DIR_APPLICATION);include $__wr360Path.'/controller/module/wr360/wr360header.php';

    Step 5. Update header Part II

    Enter the following line right after this statement "$this->render();" at the end of header.php and save the file:

    $this->output = addWR360Headers($this, $this->output, $this->db);

    Step 6. Activate module and configure

    Go to your OpenCart Admin and select Extensions > Modules and click [Install] next to the WebRotate 360 module. Then select module's [Edit] to enable the module and set the rest of parameters by following the text notes under each field.

    To see our test 360 view (included with the module), just enter the following url under Config File URL in the table next to your test product (remember to enable it in the table): /360assets/sampleshoe/config.xml. Or use a full url including your domain name, eg http://yoursite.com/360assets/sampleshoe/config.xml:

    Step 7. Finish

    Click Save to activate your changes.

    PS: if you haven't created 360 product views with WebRotate 360 Product Viewer before, you would first need to download our software and follow this simple video tutorial to create your 360 views first and then just upload them to your OpenCart installation via FTP.

  • 360 Views In WordPress Made Simple

    Our new 360 product viewer for WordPress is ready! This time it has been implemented from scratch using various feedback we received from the users of our old plugin. In short, we are now using shortcodes that make things much easier and provide greater flexibility in what you can accomplish with your 360 spin photography or rendered 3D product views.

    Main plugin features include:
    • Ability to add multiple 360 product views on the same page or post.
    • Gallery mode to show your 360 product spins in an expandable popup gallery.
    • Support for loading images from CDN or external servers or using a single config xml for multiple 360 degree photos.
    • Dynamic 360 viewer resizing if your are using responsive WP themes that adjust their layouts based on browser or screen dimensions.
    • And a slew of other features included in our core product WebRotate 360 Product Viewer 3.5 beta such as:
    • Rotation inertia (i.e gradual slowdown of 360 rotation).
    • Full-screen support.
    • New hot-spot presentation modes.
    • Mouse-hover dragging.
    • Improved support for mobile viewing.
    • APIs and more..

    Check out WebRotate 360 Product Viewer Plugin for WordPress with usage instructions and a demo link.

    Installation is quite straightforward (requires at least WordPress 3.0):
    • Download and install WebRotate 360 Product Viewer for WordPress 
    • Activate the plugin via the Plugins page in your WordPress Admin.
    • Upload your 360 product views published in WebRotate 360 SpotEditor to a chosen location on your WordPress server via FTP.
    • Review additional instructions for further details on how to configure shortcodes for your 360 product photos.

    DOWNLOAD PLUGIN

    PS: if you haven't created 360 degree product spins with WebRotate 360 Product Viewer before, download our 360 photo publishing software (SpotEditor) and follow this video tutorial to create 360 product views on your desktop and then upload them to your WordPress installation via FTP.

  • 360 Product View In 180 Degrees. Why Not?

    Checkout this neat 360 product view by Triton Showers (and of course powered by WebRotate 360 Product Viewer). Note how their photographers decided to not show the back of the product which makes perfect sense - much simpler to mount and produce 360 degree product photography while showing only the sleek front and sides.

    Why we like this one even more:

    • The use of a clean light-box popup.
    • Image-based interactive hot-spots.
    • Excellent 360 degree spin photography.
    • Cool touch shower with a temperature control - we want one!

    To see it in action use this link or click on the image:

    Example 360 degree product view with hot-spots

  • New 360 Photography Turntable With Advanced Integrated LED Lighting

    The latest addition to professional market of product photography studios is Ortery 3D Photobench 260, a computer-controlled desktop photography studio and the quickest and easiest system among 3D Photobench series.

    Ortery 3D Photobench 260 is the first photography system for capturing shadow-free 360 product views and still object photography that require pure white background. Product images can be used for publishing virtually without any post-production work or background removal.

    The system has 4,000 LEDs with a 30,000-hour lifespan and separated into four lights. The intensity of the lighting can be controlled via included software. The LED lighting and the transparent turntable helps capturing pure white backgrounds even with most complex products.

    The computer-controlled light box measures 39.4″ x 39.4″ x 37.8″ which is noticeably larger than the lower model in the bench series 3D Photobench 160. The edge-driven underlit turntable inside the system holds up to 33 pounds.

    This machine can be used as an enclosed system or as an open photo-bench for extended flexibility when working with the oversized products.

    Check out 3D Photobench 260 in this video.

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