What is Cooliris
What is Cooliris?
It's simply the fastest and most stunning way to browse photos and videos from the Web or your desktop. Effortlessly scroll an infinite "3D Wall" of your content without having to click page to page, whether you'e on Facebook, Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa, Kodak Gallery, or any supported site. Or channel surf the latest news, TV episodes, movies, and music videos all from within Cooliris.
What's New?
The new Cooliris 3D Wall is now viewable in fullscreen mode or your browser tab.
- Easily jump between Cooliris and other tabs.
- Show off your 3D Wall by sharing its URL.
- Bookmark 3D views you want to revisit.
- Enjoy MySpace as well as Facebook.
- Jump freely among Flickr sets and pools.
Features
Search
It's the fastest way to search Google Image Search, YouTube, Flickr, Hulu, online retailers, and other sites. Zip through search results on the 3D Wall with our search function. Switch engines effortlessly without having to re-enter the search term.
Works with hundreds of sites
Cooliris is built around the industry standard Media RSS format, and works on hundreds of sites across the Web.
Slideshows
Double clicking an image or pressing the toggle button brings you to fullscreen slideshow mode. There, you can play, pause, fast forward, and rewind at will.
Channels: News & Entertainment
Hulu, ESPN, BBC, Sony Music, MSN, and more ...Catch the latest news, sports, and entertainment. Even enjoy full-length movies and TV episodes.* Learn more
Preferences
Customize the look and feel of Cooliris - modify the number of rows, background image, wall angle, slideshow speed and more!
Local File Support
Quickly find and view photos stored on your computer. Enjoy images from your Hard Drive, Desktop, iPhoto, and more.
Sharing
Share stuff with friends by dragging and dropping content from the 3D Wall. You can share as many items as you'd like, and even add a personal message.
3D Window Shopping.
Window shop some of the world's largest retailers by comparing products visually on the Cooliris 3D Wall. Highlight an item to learn the price or click the shopping cart icon to jump to the corresponding product page of the retailer.
Jump to Page
A picture tells a thousands words, but sometimes you just want to see the detailed story behind it all. Cooliris makes that easy. A click of a button lets you toggle between Cooliris and the corresponding web page of any item.
Favorites
Keep track of the best items in Cooliris by adding it to your own custom feed!
Maximize/Restore
Toggle between fullscreen and tabbed mode.
Compatibility
Cooliris comes in many flavors. Here are the browsers and operating systems we currently support.
| Firefox 2 | Firefox 3 | IE 6 | IE 7 | IE 8 | Safari 3 | Safari 4 | Flock | Flock 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows XP | x | x | x | x | x | ||||
| Windows Vista | x | x | x | x | |||||
| Mac OS X Leopard | x | x | |||||||
| Mac OS X Snow Leopard | x | x | x | ||||||
| Linux | x | x | x |
Supported x Not Supported
System Requirements
| Operating System | ||
| Windows: | XP, Vista | |
| OSX: | Mac OS X: 10.5-10.6.x (operates in 32-bit browser mode) | |
| Linux: | Ubuntu 8.04+, Fedora 10.0+, OpenSuse 11+ | |
| Processor: | ||
| Minimum: | 1 GHz | |
| Recommended: | Any type of multi-core processor. | |
| Note: | For Macs, any model with an Intel chip will work. PPC Macs are not supported. | |
| Memory: | ||
| Minimum: | 512 MB | |
| Recommended: | 1 GB | |
| Graphics Processor Unit (GPU): | ||
| Minimum: | 64 MB VRAM. Intel: 8xx. NVidia: GeForce 4. ATI: Radeon 8500. | |
| Recommended: | 128 MB VRAM. Intel: 9xx. NVidia: GeForce 5/FX . ATI: Radeon 9500. | |
Browser
- Firefox
- Firefox 3.0-3.5+
- Safari
- Safari 3.1-4.0+
- Internet Explorer
- Internet Explorer 7.0-8.0+
*Movies and TV episodes from Hulu available only in the USA.
