Spectaculum (lat. spectacle, show, sight) is a hardware accelerated view for visual content on Android, supporting content ranging from static images to immersive 360° VR videos.
It works with all sources that can write to a Surface or SurfaceTexture, e.g.
MediaPlayer,
MediaPlayer-Extended,
ExoPlayer,
Camera, and
Camera2 API.
Key Features
- Support for configurable shader effects, zooming, and panning (extensible with custom shader effects)
- Capability for frame extraction
- Supports immersive 360° photos and videos, including stereo VR
- Lightweight design with no external dependencies
Primary Use Cases
- Enhancing photo galleries and picture viewers with zoom and pan features
- Upgrading camera apps with live previews, shader effects, and digital zoom capabilities
- Optimizing video players with customizable image adjustments via shader effects
- Displaying and playing back 360° VR content with sensor-driven viewport adjustments
