Displaying THETA's Dual fisheye video with Three.js

This article originally appeared on Qiita in Japanese by mechamogera


I tried to display dualfisheye movie (movie before conversion) in RICOH THETA S with Three.js. While getting help with the calculations, I worked through this myself, so there may be some strange issues. Please remember to take notes as you go along. (The calculations are hard.)

I watched MP4 movies with the above code and could properly display the THETA live streaming image acquired by WebRTC.

Map THETA S’s USB live streaming to a spherical map with a browser.English Translation | Original Japanese

Until distributing the whole spherical image with THETA S (3) I appreciate it because articles such as pasted images were displayed.

Code Explanation

Overview

Referencing Completely Understandable WebGL Programming Even for Beginners, Taking the First Step with Three.js I implemented three.js.

The configuration is as follows.

  • Three.min.js: Main processing of Three.js Files you have acquired
  • OrbitControls.js: Files you have acquired for grabbing the mouse with Three.js
  • Index.html: HTML created to watch Dualfisheye video
  • Theta-view.js: Dualfisheye JS created to watch videos
  • M20.mp4: Dualfisheye sample movie to display

I created a sphere, placed the camera inside, pasted and pasted a video texture with the video tag as the source.

Paste the Texture

In theta-view.js the following part sets the UV.

if (i < faceVertexUvs.length / 2) {
  var correction = (x == 0 && z == 0) ? 1 : (Math.acos(y) / Math.sqrt(x * x + z * z)) * (2 / Math.PI);
  uvs[ j ].x = x * (404 / 1920) * correction + (447 / 1920);
  uvs[ j ].y = z * (404 / 1080) * correction + (582 / 1080);
} else {
  var correction = ( x == 0 && z == 0) ? 1 : (Math.acos(-y) / Math.sqrt(x * x + z * z)) * (2 / Math.PI);
  uvs[ j ].x = -1 * x * (404 / 1920) * correction + (1460 / 1920);
  uvs[ j ].y = z * (404 / 1080) * correction + (582 / 1080);
}

Magic numbers of 404 and 447 correspond to the following sizes.
However, it is a rough value because it does not measure exactly.

Arrangement of Dualfisheye

The base code refers to this code in the answer to the following question.
Javascript - Mapping image onto a sphere in Three.js - Stack Overflow

faceVertexUvs[ face ][ j ].x = face.vertexNormals[ j ].x * 0.5 + 0.5;
faceVertexUvs[ face ][ j ].y = face.vertexNormals[ j ].y * 0.5 + 0.5;

However, if you keep the above code, the image will be distorted.

Therefore, we calculate and correct as follows.

Correction calculation

Sample

index.html

<html>
<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<video id="video" autoplay loop style="display:none">
	<source src="m20.MP4" type='video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E, mp4a.40.2"'>
</video>
<script src="three.min.js"></script>
<script src="OrbitControls.js"></script>
<script src="theta-view.js"></script>
<script>
window.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', theta_view('video'), false );
</script>
</body>
</html>

OrbitControls.js

/**
 * @author qiao / https://github.com/qiao
 * @author mrdoob / http://mrdoob.com
 * @author alteredq / http://alteredqualia.com/
 * @author WestLangley / http://github.com/WestLangley
 * @author erich666 / http://erichaines.com
 */
/*global THREE, console */

// This set of controls performs orbiting, dollying (zooming), and panning. It maintains
// the "up" direction as +Y, unlike the TrackballControls. Touch on tablet and phones is
// supported.
//
//    Orbit - left mouse / touch: one finger move
//    Zoom - middle mouse, or mousewheel / touch: two finger spread or squish
//    Pan - right mouse, or arrow keys / touch: three finter swipe
//
// This is a drop-in replacement for (most) TrackballControls used in examples.
// That is, include this js file and wherever you see:
//      controls = new THREE.TrackballControls( camera );
//      controls.target.z = 150;
// Simple substitute "OrbitControls" and the control should work as-is.

THREE.OrbitControls = function ( object, domElement ) {

  this.object = object;
  this.domElement = ( domElement !== undefined ) ? domElement : document;

  // API

  // Set to false to disable this control
  this.enabled = true;

  // "target" sets the location of focus, where the control orbits around
  // and where it pans with respect to.
  this.target = new THREE.Vector3();

  // center is old, deprecated; use "target" instead
  this.center = this.target;

  // This option actually enables dollying in and out; left as "zoom" for
  // backwards compatibility
  this.noZoom = false;
  this.zoomSpeed = 1.0;

  // Limits to how far you can dolly in and out
  this.minDistance = 0;
  this.maxDistance = Infinity;

  // Set to true to disable this control
  this.noRotate = false;
  this.rotateSpeed = 1.0;

  // Set to true to disable this control
  this.noPan = false;
  this.keyPanSpeed = 7.0; // pixels moved per arrow key push

  // Set to true to automatically rotate around the target
  this.autoRotate = false;
  this.autoRotateSpeed = 2.0; // 30 seconds per round when fps is 60

  // How far you can orbit vertically, upper and lower limits.
  // Range is 0 to Math.PI radians.
  this.minPolarAngle = 0; // radians
  this.maxPolarAngle = Math.PI; // radians

  // Set to true to disable use of the keys
  this.noKeys = false;

  // The four arrow keys
  this.keys = { LEFT: 37, UP: 38, RIGHT: 39, BOTTOM: 40 };

  ////////////
  // internals

  var scope = this;

  var EPS = 0.000001;

  var rotateStart = new THREE.Vector2();
  var rotateEnd = new THREE.Vector2();
  var rotateDelta = new THREE.Vector2();

  var panStart = new THREE.Vector2();
  var panEnd = new THREE.Vector2();
  var panDelta = new THREE.Vector2();
  var panOffset = new THREE.Vector3();

  var offset = new THREE.Vector3();

  var dollyStart = new THREE.Vector2();
  var dollyEnd = new THREE.Vector2();
  var dollyDelta = new THREE.Vector2();

  var phiDelta = 0;
  var thetaDelta = 0;
  var scale = 1;
  var pan = new THREE.Vector3();

  var lastPosition = new THREE.Vector3();

  var STATE = { NONE : -1, ROTATE : 0, DOLLY : 1, PAN : 2, TOUCH_ROTATE : 3, TOUCH_DOLLY : 4, TOUCH_PAN : 5 };

  var state = STATE.NONE;

  // for reset

  this.target0 = this.target.clone();
  this.position0 = this.object.position.clone();

  // so camera.up is the orbit axis

  var quat = new THREE.Quaternion().setFromUnitVectors( object.up, new THREE.Vector3( 0, 1, 0 ) );
  var quatInverse = quat.clone().inverse();

  // events

  var changeEvent = { type: 'change' };
  var startEvent = { type: 'start'};
  var endEvent = { type: 'end'};

  this.rotateLeft = function ( angle ) {

    if ( angle === undefined ) {

      angle = getAutoRotationAngle();

    }

    thetaDelta -= angle;

  };

  this.rotateUp = function ( angle ) {

    if ( angle === undefined ) {

      angle = getAutoRotationAngle();

    }

    phiDelta -= angle;

  };

  // pass in distance in world space to move left
  this.panLeft = function ( distance ) {

    var te = this.object.matrix.elements;

    // get X column of matrix
    panOffset.set( te[ 0 ], te[ 1 ], te[ 2 ] );
    panOffset.multiplyScalar( - distance );

    pan.add( panOffset );

  };

  // pass in distance in world space to move up
  this.panUp = function ( distance ) {

    var te = this.object.matrix.elements;

    // get Y column of matrix
    panOffset.set( te[ 4 ], te[ 5 ], te[ 6 ] );
    panOffset.multiplyScalar( distance );

    pan.add( panOffset );

  };

  // pass in x,y of change desired in pixel space,
  // right and down are positive
  this.pan = function ( deltaX, deltaY ) {

    var element = scope.domElement === document ? scope.domElement.body : scope.domElement;

    if ( scope.object.fov !== undefined ) {

      // perspective
      var position = scope.object.position;
      var offset = position.clone().sub( scope.target );
      var targetDistance = offset.length();

      // half of the fov is center to top of screen
      targetDistance *= Math.tan( ( scope.object.fov / 2 ) * Math.PI / 180.0 );

      // we actually don't use screenWidth, since perspective camera is fixed to screen height
      scope.panLeft( 2 * deltaX * targetDistance / element.clientHeight );
      scope.panUp( 2 * deltaY * targetDistance / element.clientHeight );

    } else if ( scope.object.top !== undefined ) {

      // orthographic
      scope.panLeft( deltaX * (scope.object.right - scope.object.left) / element.clientWidth );
      scope.panUp( deltaY * (scope.object.top - scope.object.bottom) / element.clientHeight );

    } else {

      // camera neither orthographic or perspective
      console.warn( 'WARNING: OrbitControls.js encountered an unknown camera type - pan disabled.' );

    }

  };

  this.dollyIn = function ( dollyScale ) {

    if ( dollyScale === undefined ) {

      dollyScale = getZoomScale();

    }

    scale /= dollyScale;

  };

  this.dollyOut = function ( dollyScale ) {

    if ( dollyScale === undefined ) {

      dollyScale = getZoomScale();

    }

    scale *= dollyScale;

  };

  this.update = function () {

    var position = this.object.position;

    offset.copy( position ).sub( this.target );

    // rotate offset to "y-axis-is-up" space
    offset.applyQuaternion( quat );

    // angle from z-axis around y-axis

    var theta = Math.atan2( offset.x, offset.z );

    // angle from y-axis

    var phi = Math.atan2( Math.sqrt( offset.x * offset.x + offset.z * offset.z ), offset.y );

    if ( this.autoRotate ) {

      this.rotateLeft( getAutoRotationAngle() );

    }

    theta += thetaDelta;
    phi += phiDelta;

    // restrict phi to be between desired limits
    phi = Math.max( this.minPolarAngle, Math.min( this.maxPolarAngle, phi ) );

    // restrict phi to be betwee EPS and PI-EPS
    phi = Math.max( EPS, Math.min( Math.PI - EPS, phi ) );

    var radius = offset.length() * scale;

    // restrict radius to be between desired limits
    radius = Math.max( this.minDistance, Math.min( this.maxDistance, radius ) );

    // move target to panned location
    this.target.add( pan );

    offset.x = radius * Math.sin( phi ) * Math.sin( theta );
    offset.y = radius * Math.cos( phi );
    offset.z = radius * Math.sin( phi ) * Math.cos( theta );

    // rotate offset back to "camera-up-vector-is-up" space
    offset.applyQuaternion( quatInverse );

    position.copy( this.target ).add( offset );

    this.object.lookAt( this.target );

    thetaDelta = 0;
    phiDelta = 0;
    scale = 1;
    pan.set( 0, 0, 0 );

    if ( lastPosition.distanceToSquared( this.object.position ) > EPS ) {

      this.dispatchEvent( changeEvent );

      lastPosition.copy( this.object.position );

    }

  };


  this.reset = function () {

    state = STATE.NONE;

    this.target.copy( this.target0 );
    this.object.position.copy( this.position0 );

    this.update();

  };

  function getAutoRotationAngle() {

    return 2 * Math.PI / 60 / 60 * scope.autoRotateSpeed;

  }

  function getZoomScale() {

    return Math.pow( 0.95, scope.zoomSpeed );

  }

  function onMouseDown( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;
    event.preventDefault();

    if ( event.button === 0 ) {
      if ( scope.noRotate === true ) return;

      state = STATE.ROTATE;

      rotateStart.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );

    } else if ( event.button === 1 ) {
      if ( scope.noZoom === true ) return;

      state = STATE.DOLLY;

      dollyStart.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );

    } else if ( event.button === 2 ) {
      if ( scope.noPan === true ) return;

      state = STATE.PAN;

      panStart.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );

    }

    scope.domElement.addEventListener( 'mousemove', onMouseMove, false );
    scope.domElement.addEventListener( 'mouseup', onMouseUp, false );
    scope.dispatchEvent( startEvent );

  }

  function onMouseMove( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;

    event.preventDefault();

    var element = scope.domElement === document ? scope.domElement.body : scope.domElement;

    if ( state === STATE.ROTATE ) {

      if ( scope.noRotate === true ) return;

      rotateEnd.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );
      rotateDelta.subVectors( rotateEnd, rotateStart );

      // rotating across whole screen goes 360 degrees around
      scope.rotateLeft( 2 * Math.PI * rotateDelta.x / element.clientWidth * scope.rotateSpeed );

      // rotating up and down along whole screen attempts to go 360, but limited to 180
      scope.rotateUp( 2 * Math.PI * rotateDelta.y / element.clientHeight * scope.rotateSpeed );

      rotateStart.copy( rotateEnd );

    } else if ( state === STATE.DOLLY ) {

      if ( scope.noZoom === true ) return;

      dollyEnd.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );
      dollyDelta.subVectors( dollyEnd, dollyStart );

      if ( dollyDelta.y > 0 ) {

        scope.dollyIn();

      } else {

        scope.dollyOut();

      }

      dollyStart.copy( dollyEnd );

    } else if ( state === STATE.PAN ) {

      if ( scope.noPan === true ) return;

      panEnd.set( event.clientX, event.clientY );
      panDelta.subVectors( panEnd, panStart );

      scope.pan( panDelta.x, panDelta.y );

      panStart.copy( panEnd );

    }

    scope.update();

  }

  function onMouseUp( /* event */ ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;

    scope.domElement.removeEventListener( 'mousemove', onMouseMove, false );
    scope.domElement.removeEventListener( 'mouseup', onMouseUp, false );
    scope.dispatchEvent( endEvent );
    state = STATE.NONE;

  }

  function onMouseWheel( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false || scope.noZoom === true ) return;

    event.preventDefault();
    event.stopPropagation();

    var delta = 0;

    if ( event.wheelDelta !== undefined ) { // WebKit / Opera / Explorer 9

      delta = event.wheelDelta;

    } else if ( event.detail !== undefined ) { // Firefox

      delta = - event.detail;

    }

    if ( delta > 0 ) {

      scope.dollyOut();

    } else {

      scope.dollyIn();

    }

    scope.update();
    scope.dispatchEvent( startEvent );
    scope.dispatchEvent( endEvent );

  }

  function onKeyDown( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false || scope.noKeys === true || scope.noPan === true ) return;

    switch ( event.keyCode ) {

      case scope.keys.UP:
        scope.pan( 0, scope.keyPanSpeed );
        scope.update();
        break;

      case scope.keys.BOTTOM:
        scope.pan( 0, - scope.keyPanSpeed );
        scope.update();
        break;

      case scope.keys.LEFT:
        scope.pan( scope.keyPanSpeed, 0 );
        scope.update();
        break;

      case scope.keys.RIGHT:
        scope.pan( - scope.keyPanSpeed, 0 );
        scope.update();
        break;

    }

  }

  function touchstart( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;

    switch ( event.touches.length ) {

      case 1: // one-fingered touch: rotate

        if ( scope.noRotate === true ) return;

        state = STATE.TOUCH_ROTATE;

        rotateStart.set( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );
        break;

      case 2: // two-fingered touch: dolly

        if ( scope.noZoom === true ) return;

        state = STATE.TOUCH_DOLLY;

        var dx = event.touches[ 0 ].pageX - event.touches[ 1 ].pageX;
        var dy = event.touches[ 0 ].pageY - event.touches[ 1 ].pageY;
        var distance = Math.sqrt( dx * dx + dy * dy );
        dollyStart.set( 0, distance );
        break;

      case 3: // three-fingered touch: pan

        if ( scope.noPan === true ) return;

        state = STATE.TOUCH_PAN;

        panStart.set( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );
        break;

      default:

        state = STATE.NONE;

    }

    scope.dispatchEvent( startEvent );

  }

  function touchmove( event ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;

    event.preventDefault();
    event.stopPropagation();

    var element = scope.domElement === document ? scope.domElement.body : scope.domElement;

    switch ( event.touches.length ) {

      case 1: // one-fingered touch: rotate

        if ( scope.noRotate === true ) return;
        if ( state !== STATE.TOUCH_ROTATE ) return;

        rotateEnd.set( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );
        rotateDelta.subVectors( rotateEnd, rotateStart );

        // rotating across whole screen goes 360 degrees around
        scope.rotateLeft( 2 * Math.PI * rotateDelta.x / element.clientWidth * scope.rotateSpeed );
        // rotating up and down along whole screen attempts to go 360, but limited to 180
        scope.rotateUp( 2 * Math.PI * rotateDelta.y / element.clientHeight * scope.rotateSpeed );

        rotateStart.copy( rotateEnd );

        scope.update();
        break;

      case 2: // two-fingered touch: dolly

        if ( scope.noZoom === true ) return;
        if ( state !== STATE.TOUCH_DOLLY ) return;

        var dx = event.touches[ 0 ].pageX - event.touches[ 1 ].pageX;
        var dy = event.touches[ 0 ].pageY - event.touches[ 1 ].pageY;
        var distance = Math.sqrt( dx * dx + dy * dy );

        dollyEnd.set( 0, distance );
        dollyDelta.subVectors( dollyEnd, dollyStart );

        if ( dollyDelta.y > 0 ) {

          scope.dollyOut();

        } else {

          scope.dollyIn();

        }

        dollyStart.copy( dollyEnd );

        scope.update();
        break;

      case 3: // three-fingered touch: pan

        if ( scope.noPan === true ) return;
        if ( state !== STATE.TOUCH_PAN ) return;

        panEnd.set( event.touches[ 0 ].pageX, event.touches[ 0 ].pageY );
        panDelta.subVectors( panEnd, panStart );

        scope.pan( panDelta.x, panDelta.y );

        panStart.copy( panEnd );

        scope.update();
        break;

      default:

        state = STATE.NONE;

    }

  }

  function touchend( /* event */ ) {

    if ( scope.enabled === false ) return;

    scope.dispatchEvent( endEvent );
    state = STATE.NONE;

  }

  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'contextmenu', function ( event ) { event.preventDefault(); }, false );
  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onMouseDown, false );
  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'mousewheel', onMouseWheel, false );
  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'DOMMouseScroll', onMouseWheel, false ); // firefox

  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'touchstart', touchstart, false );
  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'touchend', touchend, false );
  this.domElement.addEventListener( 'touchmove', touchmove, false );

  window.addEventListener( 'keydown', onKeyDown, false );

  // force an update at start
  this.update();

};

THREE.OrbitControls.prototype = Object.create( THREE.EventDispatcher.prototype );

theta-view.js

var theta_view = function (video_id) {
	var scene = new THREE.Scene();
	var width  = 600;
	var height = 400;
	var fov    = 60;
	var aspect = width / height;
	var near   = 1;
	var far    = 1000;
	var camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera( fov, aspect, near, far );
	camera.position.set( 0, 0, 0.1 );

	var renderer = new THREE.WebGLRenderer();
	renderer.setSize( width, height );
	var element = renderer.domElement;
	document.body.appendChild( element );

	var directionalLight = new THREE.DirectionalLight( 0xffffff );
	directionalLight.position.set( 0, 0.7, 0.7 );
	scene.add( directionalLight );

	var video = document.getElementById( video_id );
	var texture = new THREE.VideoTexture( video );
	texture.minFilter = THREE.LinearFilter;
        texture.magFilter = THREE.LinearFilter;
	texture.format = THREE.RGBFormat;

	var geometry = new THREE.SphereGeometry(100, 32, 32, 0);
	geometry.scale(-1, 1, 1);

        var faceVertexUvs = geometry.faceVertexUvs[ 0 ];
        for ( i = 0; i < faceVertexUvs.length; i ++ ) {
                var uvs = faceVertexUvs[ i ];
                var face = geometry.faces[ i ];
                for ( var j = 0; j < 3; j ++ ) {
                        var x = face.vertexNormals[ j ].x;
			var y = face.vertexNormals[ j ].y;
			var z = face.vertexNormals[ j ].z;

			if (i < faceVertexUvs.length / 2) {
				var correction = (x == 0 && z == 0) ? 1 : (Math.acos(y) / Math.sqrt(x * x + z * z)) * (2 / Math.PI);
                                uvs[ j ].x = x * (404 / 1920) * correction + (447 / 1920);
                                uvs[ j ].y = z * (404 / 1080) * correction + (582 / 1080);
                        } else {
				var correction = ( x == 0 && z == 0) ? 1 : (Math.acos(-y) / Math.sqrt(x * x + z * z)) * (2 / Math.PI);
                                uvs[ j ].x = -1 * x * (404 / 1920) * correction + (1460 / 1920);
                                uvs[ j ].y = z * (404 / 1080) * correction + (582 / 1080);
                        }
                }
        }

        geometry.rotateZ(-Math.PI / 2);
	var material = new THREE.MeshBasicMaterial( { map: texture } );
	var mesh = new THREE.Mesh( geometry, material );
	scene.add( mesh );

	// PCで閲覧時にマウスドラッグで操作
	var controls = new THREE.OrbitControls(camera, element);
	controls.rotateUp(Math.PI / 4);
	controls.noPan = true;

        ( function renderLoop () {
          requestAnimationFrame( renderLoop );
          renderer.render( scene, camera );
        } )();
};

Editor’s Note:
I believe that the original author’s name of mechamogera is connected to the movie Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, M.O.G.U.E.R.A. (Mobile Operations G-Force Universal Expert Robot-Aero-Type) was a UN-built mecha designed to fight Godzilla following the failure of G-Force’s Mechagodzilla.

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I posted this info in the Three.js forum and got the following response from @mrdoob:

He built and posted a #webgl_panorama_dualfisheye example based on the @mechamogera’s info:

https://threejs.org/examples/#webgl_panorama_dualfisheye

do you think he read the original article in Japanese? Is there another English translation of this? Cool that he’s interacting with the Japanese developer community

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