Pannellum is a lightweight, free, and open source panorama viewer for the web. Built using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and WebGL, it is plug-in free. It can be deployed easily as a single file, just 11kB gzipped, and then embedded into pages as an `<iframe>`. A configuration utility is included to generate the required code for embedding.
Pannellum is a lightweight, free, and open source panorama viewer for the web. Built using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and WebGL, it is plug-in free. It can be deployed easily as a single file, just 13kB gzipped, and then embedded into pages as an `<iframe>`. A configuration utility is included to generate the required code for embedding.
## How to use
1. Upload `build/pannellum.htm` and a full equirectangular panorama to a web server.
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#### Full support (with appropriate graphics drivers):
* Firefox 10+
* Chrome 15+
* Safari 5.1+ (WebGL support must first be enabled in preferences)
* Safari 8+
* Internet Explorer 11+
#### Almost full support (no full screen):
* Firefox 4+
* Chrome 9+
* Opera 12+ (WebGL support must first be enabled in preferences)
#### Partial support (WebGL support must first be enabled in preferences)
* Safari 5.1+
#### No support:
Internet Explorer 10 and previous
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The `utils` folder contains the required build tools, with the exception of Python 3.2+ and Java installations. To build a minified version of Pannellum, run either `build.sh` or `build.bat` depending on your platform.
## License
Pannellum is distributed under the MIT License. For more information, read the file `COPYING` or peruse the license [online](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
Pannellum is distributed under the MIT License. For more information, read the file `COPYING` or peruse the license [online](https://github.com/mpetroff/pannellum/blob/master/COPYING).
In the past, parts of Pannellum were based on [three.js](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js) r40, which is licensed under the [MIT License](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js/blob/44a8652c37e576d51a7edd97b0f99f00784c3db7/LICENSE).
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## Credits
* [Matthew Petroff](http://www.mpetroff.net/), Original Author
* [Matthew Petroff](http://mpetroff.net/), Original Author
* [three.js](https://github.com/mrdoob/three.js) r40, Former Underlying Framework