Kadinche Corp. announced it has started PanoPlaza Movie, a 360 degree panorama video sharing website.

PanoPlaza Movie allows users to upload, view and share 360 degree panorama videos which are viewable by dragging the screen or using a mouse.

360 degree panorama videos can be taken by super wide angle movie cameras such as the THETA m 15 by RICOH or the QBiC MS-1 by ELMO, and it provides an immersive virtual reality experience which regular videos can not deliver. Other video sharing websites have some limitations to viewing 360 degree videos or do not support the size of the videos, but PanoPlaza Movie solves all of these problems and provides a better user experience.

Kadinche will continue to work on the research and development of space expression technology, along with PanoPlaza Movie and PanoPlaza which is a web service to create panorama virtual shops.

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About PanoPlaza Movie
URL: https://movie.panoplaza.com/
Supported Format: Panorama movie (mp4) of the aspect ratio 2:1 (Equirectangular).

Screen Shots (These are still in development and may differ from the actual screens)

Kadinche has updated its cloud based panorama virtual shop authoring tool PanoPlaza. We would like to explain 2 main features added to the tool. You can test these features by logging into the Panoplaza. Panoplaza is available both in English and Japanese.

Uploading from Smart Phones

Would you like to upload panorama photos directly from your smart phones such as Android & iPhone? Now you can access to PanoPlaza’s builder from your smart phones and can upload panorama photos! Although features for smart phones are limited to uploading, deleting, and publishing of them, we will be happy to get the feedback from users.

Please access this webpage by your smart phone’s browser

Viewing by Oculus Rifts

Oculus Rift is one of the most popular head mount displays these days. Now you can view your panorama contents using Oculus Rift! Please publish or re-publish your contents with the latest PanoPlaza and put “?mode=rift” in the published URL. Then you will have side by side image which is good for Oculus Rift. You might need to install NPVR Browser Plugin depending on your browser condition.

Please access this webpage for sample content.

Please enjoy creating panorama virtual shops with Panoplaza!

Kadinche has updated the cloud based panorama virtual shop authoring tool Panoplaza. In this page, we would like to explain main 4 features added to the tool. You can test these features by logging into the Panoplaza. Panoplaza is available both in English and Japanese.

Flat Photo & Partial Panorama

You are not familiar with panorama photos? Now Panoplaza also works with normal flat photo and partial panorama photos. By uploading your photos to Panoplaza, you can zoom in & zoom out and also create clickable tags on photos.

Panoplaza: Settings – Panorama – Upload Image – Others – Flat

Reverse Back Link

When you need to make panorama link in the conventional system, you need to make both links from Spot A to Spot B and from Spot B to Spot A. With this new reverse back link feature, you only need to make a link from Spot A to Spot B and then bi-directional link is created.

Panoplaza: Double click on the panorama link tag

Webpage Inline Window

When you click on the detail button on popup window in panorama virtual shop, the system opens the webpage in inline window avoiding the viewers to go out to new tab or new window of web browser.

Panoplaza: Settings – Viewer – Item Popup – Show detail pages in a inline window

Panorama List

You can put the thumbnails photos of all the panorama photos in your virtual tours by using this panorama list feature. This feature let users easily move to another panorama spot.

Panoplaza: Settings – Viewer – Navigation – Show Panorama List

You can check these check logs by clicking on the text saying “Version X.X.X” on the right bottom of Panoplaza builder.


Please enjoy creating panorama virtual shops with Panoplaza!

Kadinche announces that it started service of producing 360 degrees panorama movie. The service includes shooting, stitching, and editing of panorama movie.

Conventional panorama contents use panorama still photos and therefore both of camera and objects could not move around. Now that we have
developed the production flow of panorama video, both of camera and objects can move.

We use 6 video cameras and place them on each surface of a cube. After taking 6 movie files we use a software to stitch and edit panorama movie files. The viewers can watch the contents from a PC, a smart phone, and a head-mount display such as Oculus Rift. The viewers click or touch the screen to move around the movie content.

The potential clients of panorama movie includes amusement facilities, sightseeing spots, real estates, retails, concerts, and sports. Once the panorama movie is ready we can upload it on websites and utilize them as a promotional content.

For more details, please visit http://www.panoplaza.com/motionvr_en

Kadinche is thinking that we can utilize panorama virtual tour contents not only on the websites but in the events, in the shops, or in some presentations using many kinds of innovative devices and services such as books, multi screens, head mount display, and gesture input devices.

Panoplaza Books

We created a script which outputs book contents from panorama virtual shops on Panoplaza. This means once we created the panorama virtual contents, we can publish it to both website and book. The clients who usually send their pamphlets and catalogues to their customers can utilize the system by putting one additional book in the package showing their shops and showrooms in panorama format.

Multi Screens

When you use panorama contents in the real shops or events, you might want to project it to the wall. In that case, you may would like to use multiple projectors and screens to show wider view. The video below is showing multi screen panorama contents using 3 Android tablets. All 3 tablets are controlled by touching 1 screen.

Oculus Rift：Virtual Reality Headset

There are many kinds of head mounted displays such as Sony’s HMZ series and Google Glass in the market. Among them the Oculus Rift has the most widest viewing angle. We are happy to know that this display goes well together with panorama and 3D contents. The Making View and Krpano has already announced their support on Oculus Rift and we Kadinche will be able to follow this trends.

Leap Motion & Kinect: Motion Controller

Once the panorama contents are projected onto the wall or screen, the keyboard and mouse are not best input device. For these purpose, we would like to propose motion controller such as Leap Motion and Microsoft Kinect to control the contents. The video below is showing how we can control Object VR contents by using Leap Motion.

Kadinche is thinking that we can utilize panorama virtual tour contents not only on the websites but in the events, in the shops, or in some presentations using many kinds of innovative devices and services such as books, multi screens, head mount display, and gesture input devices.

Panoplaza Books

We created a script which outputs book contents from panorama virtual shops on Panoplaza. This means once we created the panorama virtual contents, we can publish it to both website and book. The clients who usually send their pamphlets and catalogues to their customers can utilize the system by putting one additional book in the package showing their shops and showrooms in panorama format.

Multi Screens

When you use panorama contents in the real shops or events, you might want to project it to the wall. In that case, you may would like to use multiple projectors and screens to show wider view. The video below is showing multi screen panorama contents using 3 Android tablets. All 3 tablets are controlled by touching 1 screen.

Oculus Rift：Virtual Reality Headset

There are many kinds of head mounted displays such as Sony’s HMZ series and Google Glass in the market. Among them the Oculus Rift has the most widest viewing angle. We are happy to know that this display goes well together with panorama and 3D contents. The Making View and Krpano has already announced their support on Oculus Rift and we Kadinche will be able to follow this trends.

Leap Motion & Kinect: Motion Controller

Once the panorama contents are projected onto the wall or screen, the keyboard and mouse are not best input device. For these purpose, we would like to propose motion controller such as Leap Motion and Microsoft Kinect to control the contents. The video below is showing how we can control Object VR contents by using Leap Motion.