# CleVR > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CleVR > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/CleVR.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CleVR > Source revision: 1316656087 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Photo sharing site and photo stitching software}} {{Third-party|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox website | name = CleVR | logo = | screenshot = | url = | commercial = Yes | type = [Panoramic photography](/source/Panoramic_photography),
[photo sharing](/source/photo_sharing) | registration = Optional | owner = [http://www.sphex.co.uk/ Sphex LLP] | author = [http://www.clementine.info/ Clementine] | launch_date = November 2000 | current_status = Defunct }} '''CleVR''' was a free [panoramic](/source/panoramic_photography) [photo sharing](/source/photo_sharing) site and [photo stitching](/source/photo_stitching) software. It allowed panoramas to be embedded into other web pages using a [Flash](/source/Adobe_Flash) viewer. Panoramas could be displayed with [hotspots](/source/Screen_hotspot) — areas in the scene that could be clicked to display other content or to navigate to another scene. This functionality was similar to that provided by Apple's [QuickTime VR](/source/QuickTime_VR), but it allowed images, text and [Flash Video](/source/Flash_Video) ([FLV](/source/FLV)) video to be displayed within the panorama window. ==History== CleVR was originally launched by Clementine in 2000 as a platform for managing [QuickTime VR](/source/QuickTime_VR) content. The name ''CleVR'' is a [contraction](/source/contraction_(grammar)) of "Clementine Virtual Reality". At first, panoramas could not be posted by the public, so the site contained [virtual tours](/source/virtual_tours) created by Clementine. In October 2006, the web site re-launched in [public beta](/source/beta_software) as a free site that allowed panoramas to be created by anyone. Much of the content from the previous CleVR site was imported to the new platform. The new site was a complete rewrite of the old code, and was no longer based on QuickTime VR. Instead it used a Flash viewer developed by Clementine to display the panoramas. The new site was officially launched in April 2007. On the current site, the photo stitcher and panorama viewer were developed using [Adobe Flash](/source/Adobe_Flash), [Flex](/source/Adobe_Flex) and [AIR](/source/Adobe_AIR). The CleVR site is written in [PHP](/source/PHP), and uses [PEAR](/source/PEAR) and [ImageMagick](/source/ImageMagick). Images are hosted using [Amazon S3](/source/Amazon_S3). ==Photo stitcher== {{Infobox Software | name = CleVR Stitcher | logo = Image:CleVR-Icon.png | author = CleVR Ltd. | released = {{start date|2007|9|5}} | latest release date = {{release date|2008|8|6}} | latest release version = 1.20080806 | programming language = [Actionscript](/source/Actionscript), [Adobe Flex](/source/Adobe_Flex) | operating system = [Mac OS X](/source/Mac_OS_X), [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows), [Linux](/source/Linux) (alpha) | platform = [Adobe AIR](/source/Adobe_AIR) | size = 1.4 MB | language = English | genre = [Photo stitching](/source/Photo_stitching) | license = Commercial | website = [http://www.clevr.com/stitcher www.clevr.com/stitcher] }} CleVR included free [image stitching](/source/image_stitching) software integrated with the site. This was an [Adobe AIR](/source/Adobe_AIR) application, created with [Adobe Flex](/source/Adobe_Flex). A Java version was also available. The stitcher generated [cylindrical](/source/Cylindrical_projection) panoramas, the only [projection](/source/graphical_projection) supported by the CleVR website and software. The stitcher had fewer features than other image stitching software, but was designed to be simple and easy to use. The CleVR photo stitching software could stitch most panoramas without user interaction, but also had support for setting manual control points. While the finished panoramas could be saved to the user's computer as a [JPEG](/source/JPEG) file, in most cases they would be uploaded to the CleVR website from within the stitcher.{{cn|date=June 2025}} Users could also use [other stitching software](/source/%3ACategory%3APhoto_stitching_software) to create panoramas and upload them to CleVR. ==Panorama viewer== The most distinguishing feature of CleVR was the way it allowed panoramas to be easily shared and posted on other sites. This was done in a manner similar to services such as [YouTube](/source/YouTube), using a [Flash](/source/Adobe_Flash)-based viewer that could be embedded in a [web page](/source/web_page) or viewed on the CleVR site. The viewer re-projected the [equirectangular](/source/Equirectangular_projection) panorama to an [orthographic projection](/source/orthographic_projection) so that the view appears more natural, without the curved lines otherwise typical for panoramic photographs. It also overlaid the clickable hotspots for navigation and the display of text, images and video. ==See also== * [Enblend](/source/Enblend) ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927145310/http://www.clevr.com/ Official Website] *[https://xole.ai/ AI Image Generator] {{DEFAULTSORT:Clevr}} Category:Panorama photography Category:Image-sharing websites Category:Free photo stitching software Category:Adobe Integrated Runtime platform software Category:Mass media companies of England --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [CleVR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CleVR) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CleVR?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.