SPi-V roadmap

Listed below are some of the things that I am working on and planning for future versions of the SPi-V engine.

• 1.0 (released)
  • Inital released version
• 1.1 (released)
  • Shockwave 8.5 support
• 1.2 (released Jan 22nd)
  • Updates for reusable components
  • Updates for meter and ramp nodes
  • Updated licensing scheme
  • Extensibility using Director MX 2004
• 1.3
  • The black lines issue
  • Improved support for partial panoramas
  • Dynamically loading/unloading nodes
  • Preview layers
  • Preloading scene resources
• 1.4
  • (Directional) sound support
  • Preliminary animated texture support

Version 1.2, which is slated to be released 'real soon now', will coincide with a long overdue documentation update.

Additional big news is that I am working on supporting QuicktimeVR files. While I previously said that SPi-V isn't likely to gain qtvr support natively, I am working on a server-side solution that will convert a Quicktime VR mov to a SPi-V XML file on the fly. The only requirement for the server will be support for php.