View source for SoC 2008 projects

Here is a list of the accepted projects for Google Summer of Code 2OO8.

= List of current projects =

== Panorama Viewing ==

* '''Project page: [[SoC 2008 projects/PanoramaViewing]]'''
* '''Student''': [[User:Plouj|Michael Ploujnikov]]
* '''Mentor''': Yuval Levy, [[User:J-b|Jean-Baptiste Kempf]], [[User:Dionoea|Antoine Cellerier]]
* '''Abstract''':

: The goal of this project is to make VLC a one-stop solution for viewing panoramas of various formats. Currently, FreePV is the best/only cross-platform, non-proprietary solution for viewing QuickTimeVR and plain image panoramas. However it suffers from a few drawbacks, which include difficult installation, browser plug-in conflicts and low popularity. The intent is to integrate the FreePV rendering code with VLC. This should not only automatically alleviate installation difficulty and plug-in conflicts, but also bring panorama viewing to a much larger audience. This project will initially focus on basic support for QTVR files and equirectangular images.