New feature in Storyline 360: Interactive 360° images

Hello!

Im afraid I don't have a sample, but what I had in mind was a 360 image of an object that the learner could then interact with and manipulate. So 'inward facing' as in the camera would have been circling the object rather than pointing 'outward' towards a room. My team is creating training guides to troubleshoot printer hardware.

Vincent

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Hi, Vincent.

It sounds like you're looking to create a 3D object that can be manipulated by the user (such as a printer).

While 3D models are not currently supported, you can embed them as a web object. Take a look at this discussion.

I also wanted to share a workaround by Tom Kuhlmann, and one of our E-Learning Challenges related to this subject:

• How to Create Interactive Videos with 3D Models in Storyline
• Using 3D Models in E-Learning #347

I hope this helps!

I will take a look thank you!

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Hey gang! Just a quick reminder, you can still share your 360° image demos and examples in our weekly e-learning challenge: Creating Interactive 360° Images in E-Learning #337.

Your example doesn't have to be anything complicated or overly polished. Whatever you come up with, we'll feature it in the recap post. Sharing your work in the challenges is a good way to practice 360° images while connecting with fellow users. Hope to see you in the challenge!

Hi! I am Just checking in to see if you are able to zoom in on a 360° image.  This question came up several months ago.  Has it been added as a feature?  If not, is it list of forthcoming features?  Thanks!

I believe I did submit the ZOOM feature request sometime back  (although there is no way to double check).  While on a mobile device you can "pinch and zoom",  it would be nice to allow the mouse wheel (or keyboard shortcut) to ZOOM for users on a computer similar to Matterport and other 3D Space products.  I did simulate this by using Storylines Zoom Region, but that is really clumsy.  I agree, this is almost a necessity for 360 images to be useful.

There are so many ways you can use a zoom feature.  For example you could have a course on setting up a home office.  Learners are told to identify what an employee has done wrong or right when setting up their office.  Zoom in on the desk and you see a post-it note with passwords written on it. A printout of a confidential document is sitting on the printer.  

Create a course on household hazards.  Explore the room and identify items that could cause injury or property damage.  Unless you are able to zoom in, you might miss the overloaded electrical outlet just visible behind a couch. 

I see zoom as a necessity, not just something that is nice to have. 

I do like the new feature; however, I am not able to add interactions where the user can click on an object and play a video. Is this not available?

I really like this new feature. I'm using it to show staff who've not been in our offices yet the inside of our meeting rooms. One query though - I've been using the panoramic picture tool on my smartphone and it's worked for most images. It always pops up the warning about the 2:1 ratio. But, I have a problem with one image. Storyline keeps flipping the image so it's upside down. A colleague said it might be related to the number of pixels. Is there a maximum pixel number that can be used for 360 images, or could it be something else?

Thanks

Hi Karen, 

The maximum resolution that you can upload to Storyline 360 is 8,000 x 4,000. Anything larger than that and Storyline 360 will automatically scale it down to fit. You can check out this article which explains adding and editing 360° images in greater detail. 

For the flipping behavior: 

• Have you tried rotating the image 180°?
• Does saving the image to a different format help?

If you'd like to share your image file with us here, I'll be glad to take a look to see what's happening. 

Hi Joe,

I've attached the storyline file here. 

In Slide 1 the original image is the right way up, but flipped by Storyline

In Slide 2 the original image is flipped before adding, so Storyline doesn't flip it!

I can't see if the image can be flipped in Storyline so it's the right way up. 

I realised the images exceed the number of pixels recommended, but I have another 360 image that is also larger than the recommended pixels which is the right way up! I'm using my android smartphone to take the pictures.

Thank you for your help

Karen

Thanks for sharing the sample image. I took a look at it and saw that the image wasn't using the correct ratio recommended for 360° images (2:1).

Since the recommended resolution ratio is 2:1, I resized your image to have a resolution of 8000 x 4000, and it looks like this fixed the issue. I've attached a copy of your corrected image file. And here's what your slide now looks like when the updated image file is used:

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/133db27a-10cc-4a70-a140-82bb11fbb275/review

Hope this helps!

Hi Joe,

Thank you for trying. Unfortunately the image resize causes it to become distorted.

I probably need to find a way to take the picture so it's smaller and in the right ratio.

Thanks again

Karen

That's cool!

Thank you for the helpful article. The link to 360 images to try no longer works (flikr link). Is there a new place we can access them?  Thank you!

Hi, Rhonda!

I'm glad you enjoyed the article! Give this link a try!

Thanks for reaching out!

Perfect! Thank you.

Hello Rhonda!

Glad that my colleague John was able to assist you! 

I just wanted to add a quick note: it looks like your email signature came through when you replied via email. You can remove it by clicking ‘Edit’ below your response. Here’s a quick Peek 360 video if you need help.

Have a great day! 🎉

Got it, thank you Luciana.

I've been creating an environmental ed game prototype in Storyline utilizing 360° images I've taken on the trails at a local county park. I've placed hotspots on the trails so the users can explore the park by having the 360° images placed on separate layers with "show layer" triggers on each hotspot with "free navigation" option.

Problem is, when the user returns to a slide layer they've already navigated from, the hotspots they've previously clicked on briefly become visible for a half-second, even though the "reveal hotspots" effect has been turned off for every single one. And it's only the hotspots they've selected previously; the ones they haven't touched remain hidden.

The brief flashing of the hotspots is a major distraction. How can I keep my hotspots completely hidden, with only a change in the cursor to signal the user it's something to select? Thanks!

Hi Judi,

Welcome to the E-Learning Heroes community! ✨

I'm sorry to hear you're experiencing an issue with your project when adding hotspots to 360° images. If you're comfortable sharing your file with us, I'd like to take a look at what's going on. You can upload it here or privately through a support case. We'll be sure to delete it from our systems once troubleshooting is complete.

I believe Google Street View must be only for Android phones. When I go to the Apple Store and try to search for Google Street View I only see something called GStreet - Street Map. When downloading this app on my phone, it is nothing but ads for games and no app at all shows up. Is there an equivalent app to take 360 images on iphone that are NOT apps filled with tricks to see ads or buy games that anyone uses that takes images that work with Storyline?