Feature request: Allow zooming with controller in 180° views too

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Zoom is one of the most feature that I use with Skybox, so it is very useful that you can use the controller for it by swipe up/down. But I was surprised that this function does not apply when watching 180° videos and I must do it with the UI. This breaks the scene flow. Is there any reason why zoom is not on the controller for 180 videos?

Andy

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Hi the reason for this is that for regular non-vr videos, the zooming option is for scaling the video into different sizes.
However for 180 and 360 videos, they are of set sizes because they need to cover exactly half/entire of the box you are seeing around you. So the zoom for 180 and 360 videos are actually just the camera moving in and out of the video, i.e. distance change. With distance change, the video could look distorting and strange.
So we didn't make the distance adjustment a default with the swiping.
Also because they are essentially two different functions.

Andy

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Yes, I see that it is a different function because one is called "Frame" and the other "Zoom", but it feels like the same: change the distance.

"With distance change, the video could look distorting and strange.So we didn't make the distance adjustment a default with the swiping. "

That is exactly the reason why I often miss a quick access to Zoom using the touch-pad that does not break the immersion . In some 180 videos the scaling is not perfect all the time and zoom is the only way to fight against distorting and strange look then.

However, maybe it is too difficult to implement.