To get to Help, go to the Leia Appstore Home, Explore, or Library Pages, and tap the ellipsis button (see three vertical dots) in the top right corner of the screen. Then, in the dropdown menu, select "Help". In Help, you can review FAQs or contact Customer Support by tapping Contact Us (see the top row within the list of FAQs).

From there, you will be presented with an in-app form where you can select a topic and category that relates to your inquiry, elaborate on your question, and provide an email address Customer Care should use in their response. Click Send to submit and you're all done!

Your Leia Account uses a Single sign-on (SSO) authentication method that enables you to enter your login credentials once to give you access to all Leia apps and services across the same device.

Your Leia Account provides access to a unified user account experience across Leia’s hardware and software.

Logging in is simple.

On Lume Pad, your Leia Account supports creating accounts with either your email address or your Google Account. If you choose to sign in with your email address, you will need to create a password, along with providing your first and last name, and birth date. If you're using Google to sign in, some data from your Google account like your name may be synced with your Leia Account. Information provided on your account is never used in other apps (e.g. LeiaPix) without your express approval.

You can manage your Leia Account through the web. There will be a link to open the web portal to manage your Leia Account in the Settings of any app that uses the Leia Account login.

You can reach the Leia Appstore Account Page by going to Settings.

To get to Settings, go to the Leia Appstore Home, Explore, or Library Pages, and tap the ellipsis button (see three vertical dots) in the top right corner of the screen. Then, in the dropdown menu, select "Settings". In Settings, you can tap "Account" to reach your Account Page. From there, you can:

1. Open your Leia Account Settings Page

2. Switch accounts

3. Manage your payment methods for Leia Appstore

4. Set up a Purchase PIN.

5. Log out of Leia Appstore

6. Access Leia Appstore Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

Leia Appstore is the only place to explore, download, and update Leia apps.

Lume Pad apps like LeiaCam and LeiaPlayer can be updated in the Leia Appstore, and you can find awesome new 3D apps and games to download.

Many apps will be auto-updated via the Leia Appstore. To ensure auto-update works properly, make sure you're logged into Leia Appstore with your Leia Account.

Home Page

When you open the Leia Appstore app, you will arrive at the Leia Appstore Home Page.

At the top of the page under the Leia Appstore logo, you will find Featured Apps. This horizontal scrolling list will show you featured content highlighted by Leia.

Explore Page

Tapping the Explore button in the bottom center of the screen will take you to the Explore tab. Explore provides vertical scrolling lists of Games and Apps, so you can browse and see if you find anything that catches your eye.

You can also tap the Search icon (it looks like a magnifying glass) in the top right if there is specific content you're looking for, or tap the sort icon right next to it to see apps and games by the latest release date or alphabetically.

Tapping the Search icon in the top right of the Explore, Home, or Library Pages will open the Search Menu.

From the Search Menu, you can type the name of an app or game that you're looking for and hit enter on your keyboard and you'll see your Search results.

Library Page

The Library Page shows you all the apps you've downloaded using your Leia Account. It will also show you which apps have updates available, which apps are currently installed on your device, and which apps that you own are not installed on your device.

What is Lume Pad 2?

Lume Pad 2 is the ultimate 3D tablet. A crisp, comfortable 12.4-inch 3D display offering a no-compromise experience for the Android apps you know and love as well as a suite of apps that you can see in eyewear-free 3D.

Whether you want to see your favorite online videos in 3D, take 3D pictures of your family or pets, or rent Hollywood's most cinematic 3D movies, Lume Pad 2 does it all. 3D pictures, videos, and games, all elevated to the next level with Lume Pad's 3D display.

Anatomy of the Lume Pad 2

The Lume Pad 2 is a high-quality Android tablet with a chassis made of anodized aluminum. On the back of the device, you'll find the Leia branding and the high-resolution 3D camera.

On the front of the device, you'll find the front-facing 3D camera, ambient light sensor, and of course, the 3D display.

On the top of the device, you'll find the volume rocker and the MicroSD card slot. You'll see the four 3D spatial audio speakers on both the left and the right of the device, and on the right side of the device, you'll find the USB-C charging port. On the bottom of the device, you'll find the magnetic Lume Connector, to wirelessly charge your Lume Pad 2 with a Lume Stand.

It all starts with the 3D screen

At Leia, we’ve developed a single optical layer sculpted by nanotechnology that sits just underneath the LCD display to create the 3D effect, powered by what we call Diffractive Lightfield Backlighting (DLB).

With 2D content, the Lume Pad 2’s 12.4-inch screen projects out a bright 2560x1600 picture. When used for traditional Android apps, that 16:10 screen looks bright, sharp, and exactly like other high-end Android tablets.

But when the DLB is activated, lights pass through it to create a dynamic 3D effect. The light projects out eight views simultaneously, guided by face-tracking -- this is Lume Pad's 3D view mode. An incredibly crisp 3D image with an ultra-wide viewing angle. Unlike other 3D solutions, Lume Pad 2 is brighter, thinner, and can instantly switch between full-quality 2D and 3D.

Android 3D Tablet

Lume Pad 2 runs on Android 12, fully supporting Google Play, and all your favorite apps will run great in 2D.

Leia 3D Apps

Leia Appstore is your one-stop shop for downloading all the 3D apps for Lume Pad. The Leia Appstore has many 3D apps and games, with more launching every month.

Leia Account is a unified account system used throughout the Lume Pad experience.

LeiaCam takes 3D photos and videos at the press of a button. Photos are saved in Leia Image Format (LIF), which looks like a normal 2D JPEG image on most devices but are displayed in high-quality 3D on Lume Pad, where they can be easily edited and viewed. Videos are saved in the Leia Video Format (LVF), which looks like a normal 2D MP4 video on most devices but can be viewed in native 3D on Lume Pad.

LeiaPlayer is your Swiss army knife for playing back 3D media. We call it LeiaPlayer, but really, this app does a whole lot more than simply play your 3D images and videos. It is a quick way to edit 3D depth and 3D focus for your 3D images, gives you the power to convert 2D images and 2D videos into 3D instantly, and links directly to your smartphone's camera roll with LeiaLink.

LeiaChat is the world's first true 3D video chat platform.

LeiaTube lets anyone stream videos from their favorite streaming video platforms like YouTube and Twitch, and watch them in 3D.

LeiaFlix lets anyone easily rent 3D Hollywood movies with a few taps.

LeiaPix is the world's largest and most active social network for 3D images ever with hundreds of thousands of unique 3D pics. Share your content — and connect — with an active community of fellow creators. Then share posts straight from the app!

LeiaViewer allows you to see 3D models in new lights and textures, as well as 3D that leaps off the screen. And, with Sketchfab integration, you have access to over 500,000 3D models and animations.

LeiaFrame turns your Lume Pad into a 3D photo frame with ease.

Moonlight3D turns your Lume Pad into a wireless PC monitor with switchable 2D and 3D capabilities.

Take Photos

• When you launch the app, you will open into Photo Capture Mode

• Tap the white capture button to take a photo

• Photos captured by the Lume Pad's Rear Stereo Camera will be in the LIF format (a type of JPEG), which will be viewable in Leia apps in 3D or anywhere else in 2D

Camera Switch

• Tap the camera switch button to switch between the front and rear camera

Preview Image

• Tap the Camera Roll Preview icon in the bottom right corner to view photos you've taken in LeiaCam in the LeiaPlayer app

Take Videos

• Tap the Media Type Switcher button to change to video capture mode

• Tap the white and red capture button to take a video

• Videos captured in LeiaCam are saved in LVF format (a type of MP4), which will be viewable in Leia apps in 3D or anywhere else in 2D

LeiaCam Settings

Grid View

• Tap the Grid Off button to turn on the rule of thirds grid

• Rule of thirds is a common compositional technique that divides your frame into an equal 3x3 grid with two horizontal and vertical lines that intersect at four points

• Place your subject on the left-third or right-third of the frame to create a pleasing composition

Flash

• By default, the camera flash will be turned off

• Tap the flash-off icon to view 3 options: flash on, flash off and auto-flash

• Tap the lightning icon to turn flash on

• Tap the lightning icon with an A to turn auto-flash on

Front and Rear Camera Differences

Rear Camera

Photos and videos from the Rear Camera are always captured in 3D in Leia Image Format and Leia Video Format, which are backwards compatible as 2D files on devices that aren't Lume Pad.

Rear Camera Photo Specs

• Dual 16MP Sensors

• f/1.8

• Wide

• Close-loop

• AF

• Depth map captured in real-time

• Saved as LIF photo

Rear Camera Video Specs

• 1600p 3D @30fps

• Saved as an LVF video

Front Camera

Photos and videos taken with the Front 3D Camera will always be captured in 3D but will be backward compatible and viewable in 2D on all 2D devices.

Front Camera Photo Specs

• Dual 13MP Sensors

• f/2.0

• Wide angle

Front Camera Video Specs

• 1080p 3D @30fps

Photos are captured in Leia Image Format

JPEG: All images captured in LeiaCam are both 3D and 2D and saved in the Leia Image Format with the file extension .jpeg at the end of the filename.

What is Leia Image Format? Leia Image Format (a.k.a. LIF) is a JPEG picture that is encoded with extra information making the image viewable as a 3D image. Leia devices will automatically identify LIF files as a 3D image and display them in 3D view mode. Leia Image Format is fully backwards compatible as a 2D image on all non-Leia devices. If you send or upload a LIF through a platform that compresses images, depth information may be lost.

Videos are captured in Leia Video Format

MP4: All videos captured in LeiaCam are both 3D and 2D and saved in the Leia Video Format with the file extension .mp4 at the end of the filename.

What is Leia Video Format: Leia Video Format (a.k.a. LVF) is an MP4 video that is encoded with extra information making the video viewable as a 3D video. Leia devices will automatically identify LVF files as a 3D video and display them in 3D view mode. Leia Video Format is fully backwards compatible as a 2D video on all non-Leia devices. If you send or upload an LVF through a platform that compresses video, depth information may be lost.

Editing Tools

3D Depth Slider

• This is only available for 3D images converted from 2D

• The Depth slider controls the gain value of your image. As you move the slider up, you will perceive more depth

• 3D Depth adjusts the difference in image location of the same 3D point when projected under perspective to two different camera views. The perception of depth arises from the “disparity” of a given 3D point in your right and left images

3D Focus Slider

• This is available for all 3D images.

• The 3D Focus slider controls the convergence values of your image.

• As you move the slider down so the percentage values go more negative, more objects in your image will appear to be popping out in front of the screen

• As you move the slider up so the percentage values go more positive, more objects in your image will appear to be moving backward into the screen

• The convergence value is the point at which the left and right eye images align, which sets the location of convergence on the screen plane

• Objects in front of this point will appear to be in front of the screen and those behind will appear to be behind the screen

All of the following filetypes are supported in LeiaPlayer. It's organized by whether the filetype is 3D or 2D, and then further divided by whether it's an image or video. All 3D formats are automatically detected as 3D, either through the file's metadata or through an automatic computer vision algorithm for unlabelled 3D files.

3D Image Formats

• Leia Image Format (LIF)

  • Leia Image Format images (abbreviated as LIF) are JPG images with image metadata that may contain depth, bokeh data, and one or more images known as "views"

  • These images can be shared anywhere to any device and will automatically show as a high-resolution 2D image on all standard computing devices like laptops or phones. However, they will automatically be displayed as 3D images on Lume Pad and other Leia devices

  • They are optimized for 3D Mode by default

  • This is the default image format in the Leia ecosystem, and offers the most flexibility long-term. When you edit an SBS image in LeiaPlayer, it will automatically save as LIF

• 3D SBS Images

  • Two Side-By-Side images

    • Left eye image on the left, right eye image on the right

  • File formats supported: JPG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC

• Apple Portrait Mode Images

  • When a user takes a Portrait Mode image on an iOS device using the iOS Camera app, it may include an embedded depth map making it a true 3D file. If LeiaPlayer finds a depth map in a photo from iPhone, you can convert the file to LIF by simply tapping the 3D View Mode button

  • Tip: You can tell if a depth map will be captured when taking a photo in Portrait Mode on the iOS Camera app if the icon that says "NATURAL LIGHT" on-screen turns yellow. If it's grey, no depth will be captured

  • Tip: Newer iOS devices and especially iOS devices with LiDar take the highest-quality depth maps. Older devices may not be able to capture depth maps or will take poor quality depth images

• Legacy 3D Images

  • Support for MPO and JPS filetypes

    • Support for two images embedded in an MPO or JPS image (files with 1 or 3+ images may not be supported)

    • They look like standard 2D images on many non-3D devices

    • MPO is most commonly captured on Fujifilm FinePix Real 3D cameras, Nintendo 3DS and 2DS devices, and other 3D cameras from that era

    • JPS is most commonly captured using Nvidia 3D Vision tools, such as in-game screen captures, and from other 3D software for PC

Automatic Detection of SBS images:

In the case that the automatic file detection feature didn't correctly identify your your SBS image and shows it in 2D as two side by side images, you can force LeiaPlayer to treat image files as SBS by using the Manual 3D Tagging feature inside the app or by doing the following:

• SBS: Append "_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

• Half-width SBS: Append "_half_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

3D Video Formats

• Leia Video Format (LVF)

  • Leia Video Format images (abbreviated as LVF) are MP4 images with metadata that may contain a depth map and/or one or more video tracks known as "views"

  • These videos can be shared anywhere to any device and will automatically show as a high-resolution 2D video on all standard computing devices like laptops or phones. However, they will automatically be displayed as 3D videos on Lume Pad and other Leia devices

  • They are optimized for 3D Mode by default

  • This is the default image format in the Leia ecosystem, and offers the most flexibility long-term. When capturing a video in LeiaCam, it will automatically save as LVF

• 3D SBS Videos

  • Two Side-By-Side videos

    • Left eye image on the left, right eye image on the right

  • File formats supported: MP4, MKV, WEBM, H4V

  • SBS videos will open in 3D View Mode when viewed in LeiaPlayer on Lume Pad.

Automatic Detection of SBS videos:

In the case that the automatic file detection feature didn't correctly identify your your SBS video and shows it in 2D as two side by side videos, you can force LeiaPlayer to treat video files as SBS by using the Manual 3D Tagging feature inside the app or by doing the following:

• SBS: Append "_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

• Half-width SBS: Append "_half_2x1" to the end of the filename before the file extension

2D Image Formats

These standard 2D image formats are supported in LeiaPlayer. You can also automatically convert any of them into 3D by tapping the 3D View Mode button in the view switcher in the bottom left of the UI. This will create a LIF copy of the image.

• JPG

• PNG

• WEBP

• HEIC

2D Video Formats

These standard 2D video formats are supported in LeiaPlayer. You can also automatically convert any of them into 3D by tapping the 3D View Mode button in the view switcher in the bottom left of the UI. This is real-time conversion and will not alter the file or make a 3D copy.

• MP4

• MKV

• WEBM

2D to 3D conversion couldn't be simpler. Simply open your 2D image or video in LeiaPlayer and tap on the Leia View Switch in the bottom left hand corner. Voila, your file is now viewable in 3D!

For images, a 3D copy of the image will be made in the LIF format, so you'll now have the original untouched 2D file as well as a 3D LIF copy.

For video, the conversion is done in real-time and your 2D video file will remain untouched. You will need to follow the above process each time you return to your video if you'd like to view it in 3D.

If your file is a Portrait Mode image from iOS with an Apple Depth Map, the embedded depth map will be used in the 3D conversion.

To learn more about the different filetypes, go to Supported Filetypes in LeiaPlayer.

LeiaPlayer is a simple yet powerful app that lets you view and organize your 3D media. It supports playback of all your favorite 2D media too! And best of all: it can convert your 2D photos and videos into 3D in an instant.

Media

When you launch LeiaPlayer, you’ll find yourself in the Media gallery. The app launches directly to Media so you can easily find the images or videos you've engaged with most recently.

Media shows you all the images and videos found in your Pictures, Movies, and Downloads folders as well as any file you navigate to and open in LeiaPlayer's File Browser. You can easily remove any file from your Media tab by selecting it inside the Media tab and choosing "Remove Selection From Media". You can also easily add any file on your device to the Media tab by finding it in LeiaPlayer's File Browser and selecting "Add Selection to Media".

If you're opening LeiaPlayer for the first time, you’ll notice some preloaded media to give you inspiration on what 3D content can look like. Note: Media will automatically add photos and videos found in the top level of your Pictures, Movies, and Downloads folders, but will not automatically add files in nested folders found inside those listed folders.

Navigation Menu

Menu Button

Tap the Menu Button (a.k.a. Hamburger Menu) in the top left to access the Navigation Menu Drawer. From here, you can jump between different file galleries in LeiaPlayer.

Moving down the drawer menu below Media, you'll see Camera Roll, File Browser, Lume Link, and Settings.

Media

This is the default browsing experience in LeiaPlayer. The Media tab aggregates media on your device in one easy to use place. By default, all the image and video files in your Pictures, Movies, and Downloads folders will appear here. However, other files that you've opened in the LeiaPlayer File Browser will appear in Media automatically too, as well as media you've added using "Add Selection to Media".

Camera Roll

The Camera Roll is a folder of all the pictures and videos you've taken using camera apps on the device, including those taken with LeiaCam.

File Browser

file-browsingThis section shows you the entire file system of your device. The LeiaPlayer File Browser follows the standard file browsing paradigm from Android. The File Browser shows the folders on your device, and these folders contain subfolders within them. When you tap the “Pictures” folder you will see the “Screenshots” subfolder contained within it, alongside any media that's already in the Pictures folder.

We want to preserve this folder structure so that when you move files on or off of Lume Pad from a computer or another app, you can easily understand where they're located.

LeiaLink

LeiaLink is an app on iOS and Android phones that lets you send images from your phone to your Lume Pad and have it waiting for you in LeiaPlayer already converted into 3D. You'll find the images waiting for you under the LeiaLink tab in LeiaPlayer.

To use the LeiaLink feature, you must log in using your Leia Account, and link your device to the LeiaLink app installed on your mobile device.

Settings

The Settings tab in LeiaPlayer gives you the ability to turn features on and off and customize your LeiaPlayer experience.

• General: This section provides several options for how you'd like to view media in LeiaPlayer. It also gives you options on how you'd like LeiaPlayer to handle certain features that may make modifications to your files.

• Video Playback: Options for default video playback behavior.

• About: Licenses and legal info.

• LeiaPlayer Beta: Sign up for future Beta versions of LeiaPlayer.

LeiaPlayer Tips

Add Media to Lume Pad

There are a variety of ways to add media to your Lume Pad, including downloading files from the internet or getting a 3D photo or video from another Lume Pad user. To add media from a computer to Lume Pad to experience in LeiaPlayer, you can use Android File Transfer on MacOS or simply plug your Lume Pad into a PC to move files from your computer onto Lume Pad. Then, you can find them in LeiaPlayer and view them.

Automatic 3D Conversion

All 2D or 3D content can be viewed in 3D in LeiaPlayer! For 3D content it's self-explanatory, but for 2D images and videos it's a little different. Still, it's as easy as tapping the 3D button in the bottom left corner.

• 2D Images: Open a 2D image so it's full screen in LeiaPlayer. Tap the Leia logo in the bottom left-hand corner on the View Switcher, and a new LIF format version of your image that's in 3D. You will have two files now: the original 2D image and the new 3D LIF image.

• 2D Videos: Open a 2D video so it's full screen in LeiaPlayer. Tap the Leia logo in the bottom left-hand corner on the View Switcher, and after a few seconds of buffering, you will see your video playing back in 3D! Just follow these steps again whenever you want to view your 2D video file in 3D.

Ellipsis Button

The Ellipsis Button is the three vertical dots you usually see in the top right corner of the app. The Ellipsis Menu changes depending on the context of where you are in the app.

The Ellipsis Button opens up View Options if you're in a standard Gallery View. These View Options may be available in other modes too, like in Bulk Selection Mode. These are the options available within the View Options menu:

• 3D/2D Sorting: Show only 3D media files, only 2D media files, or Both.

• Media Type Sorting: Show only Images, only Video, or Both.

• Sort By Options: Sort by Date Created, Date Modified, Filename, File Size, or Resolution

The Ellipsis Button opens up More Options if you're in the File Browser View. These are the options available within More Options when in the standard File Browser View:

• New Folder: Creates a new Folder within the Folder that you're currently in.

• Select: This option will switch you into Bulk Selection Mode so you can easily select mutliple files to move or delete.

The Ellipsis Button opens into More Options in Bulk Selection Mode. Here are the options available within More Options when in Bulk Selection Mode:

• Add Selection to Media: Adds the selected file to the Media tab.

• Rename: You can use this option to change a file's filename (Only when 1 file is selected)

• Move: This feature will move the file(s) from one folder to another (more info below)

• Select None: Deselects all selected items and exits Bulk Selection Mode

• Invert Selection: Deselects all currently selected items and selects all currently unselected items within the folder that you're in.

• Select All: This option will select every item in the folder that you're in

Move Files

Moving files from one location to another is easy. Just follow these instructions:

1. Long press an image thumbnail to enter Bulk Selection Mode.

2. Select the files that you would like to move.

3. Tap the Ellipsis Button (3 vertical dots) in the top right corner.

4. Tap the Move Button in the More Options Menu.

5. In the Move Menu, navigate to the destination folder you want to move the file(s) to.

6. Tap the Move Here Button in the bottom right corner to confirm the move.

7. The files will now be located in the destination folder you selected.

Viewing 3D images

If you have 3D files captured from other devices like SBS images or video, LeiaPlayer will try to detect them automatically. However, sometimes, LeiaPlayer may not automatically detect them as 3D. To manually communicate to LeiaPlayer that the files are 3D, you will need to use the 3D Tagging feature.

Here's how to do this in LeiaPlayer:

1. Open up the 3D image that's being displayed in 2D

2. Tap Ellipsis Button (3 vertical dots) icon in the top right corner

3. Tap Add 3D Tag

4. Follow the instructions and answer questions about the file

5. The file will now be viewable correctly in 3D

Theater Mode

Overview

When you open an image or video in LeiaPlayer, it will open in Theater Mode. This is the best place to view 3D media.

View Switcher (3D/2D)

When viewing media, you will notice an option in the bottom right corner to change the view mode.

3D: View the compatible image or video in 3D Mode.

2D: View the image or video in standard 2D Mode.

Apple Depth Map 3D Conversion

Some Apple devices allow you to capture depth maps when shooting images in Portrait Mode and with some other apps. The quality of the depth map depends on the device, the sensors available, and the environment and distance from the subject when the image was taken.

• Shoot Portrait Mode Images on your iOS device where the Portrait Mode Indicator (e.g. Natural Light icon) is yellow

• Move images with Apple Depth Maps and move them to your Lume Pad (using LeiaLink, email, or other methods)

• Open it in LeiaPlayer

• Tap the 3D View Button to convert Apple Depth Map images to a 3D LIF

Currently supported iPhone Models

• iPhone 14 Series

• iPhone 13 Series

• iPhone 12 Series

• iPhone SE (2020 and 2022)

• iPhone 11 Series

• iPhone XS Max

• iPhone XR

• iPhone 8 Plus

• iPhone 7 Plus

Note: Some select iPad models with Portrait Mode capability are supported too!

Sharing images to other Lume Pads

In order to share Leia Image Format (LIF) files to another Lume Pad device and retain the 3D metadata, you must choose the transfer method you use wisely. Many messaging apps and social networks will strip the 3D metadata and send only a 2D image to the other user.

If you'd like to send the LIF file directly to another device here are some methods that work:

• Android Nearby Share

• Email

• Supported Messaging Platforms

  • Discord

  • WeChat

• ZIP Archives: If you compress or ZIP your LIF images before sending them, metadata will be retained in transit

Sharing 3D images To 2D social networks and devices

• If you want to share your 3D images with 2D devices, tap the share button on the gallery screen.

• This will allow you to export images as Depth Animation in MP4 and GIF format, which are 3D-synthesized animations that show the depth of your images by interpolating smoothly between the image's views.

• This is the best way to share your 3D images on traditional social media platforms.

Viewing Options for 3D Video

Loop Video

• To loop your video continuously, tap the ellipsis button in the top right corner

• Then tap “Loop Video On”

Depth Slider

• You will see the Depth Slider on the right-hand side of the screen whenever viewing video content in 3D mode

• Move the Depth Slider up and down to increase or decrease the disparity value, which will increase or decrease the sensation of depth

3D Image Editor

What are the benefits of editing 3D Images in LeiaPlayer?

• Improve the 3D visual quality of your images

• Increase the depth effect of your images

To edit images in LeiaPlayer, open an image and tap the pencil and pad icon in the bottom center of the screen. Only some 3D images can be edited, including LIF and 3D SBS images.

The LeiaPlayer editor relies on the depth map to estimate the depth at each pixel in the photo, which can be used to identify portions of the image that are far away and belong to the background.

Images are saved in the Leia Image Format and will retain the same number of views as it originally contained.

To learn more about specific tools available when editing 3D images, go to the Editing Images page.

The LeiaLink tab on the side of LeiaPlayer allows you to connect your smartphone to your Lume Pad. Then, you can easily send pictures to your Lume Pad from your mobile device and they'll appear in 3D in LeiaPlayer.

It's easy!

Instructions on Lume Pad

• Go to the LeiaLink tab in LeiaPlayer

• Sign in using your Leia Account

• You'll see a security code on-screen to enter on your mobile device then.

Instructions on Mobile Device

• Now grab your mobile device.

• On your mobile device, go to your device's app store and download LeiaLink

• Open LeiaLink and follow the instructions on the screen

• Type your Leia Account's email address into the LeiaLink app

• Type the security code on your Lume Pad into the LeiaLink app

• Your mobile device is now linked to your Lume Pad, and can seamlessly transfer images to your 3D tablet.

Now you can go to the image gallery on your smartphone, select images, and share them with the LeiaLink app. They will appear in the LeiaLink tab in LeiaPlayer on your Lume Pad, except they'll be in beautiful 3D!

LeiaTube is an app designed to perform automatic real-time conversion of videos from streaming services such as YouTube, Vimeo, Twitch, or Facebook. Any internet video that doesn't have DRM-protection on it should be able to work.

To convert a video, simply select it from your streaming service of choice and tap on "Share", and then tap on the LeiaTube icon. Your video will be converted and played in 3D View mode on your Lume Pad!

You can also browse curated content that's been pre-selected by Leia to show off a great 3D effect.

For something more specific, you can browse by different categories of content.

You can also go to the tutorials page to learn more about the supported platforms.

If you tap the "Use URL Link" button, it'll give you a tutorial on how to Share content to LeiaTube.

When playing content in LeiaTube, you get a pretty standard media player that's pretty self-explanatory. You have the pause and skip forward/backward options in the bottom right. You have a scrollbar at the bottom for seeking to any point in the content. You have a 2D/3D switch in the bottom right. And you have a 3D depth slider on the right hand side. LeiaTube supports 2D videos, 3D SBS videos (Half-width and Full-width), VR180 videos, 2D 360 videos, and 3D 360 videos. LeiaTube will normally identify the video automatically, but if it doesn't, you can tap the Gear icon in the top right and select the video format in the dropdown.

Though we highlight YouTube, Twitch, and Vimeo because they're popular platforms, you can try sharing a video from any streaming source to LeiaTube as long as the video doesn't have DRM. In many cases, it'll work great in LeiaTube! Voila, enjoy your LeiaTube experience!

LeiaChat is a cross-platform app that allows communications between 2D and 3D devices in the most immersive way possible.

LeiaChat is the world's first video chat platform that runs exclusively in 3D. LeiaChat is simple. Add your friend's email address to add them to your device contacts.

Tap on them, and send them an invite. If they join the call, you'll begin to video chat in full 3D!

LeiaFlix is a movie rental service that lets you to stream movies from Hollywood studios directly to your Lume Pad. Movies on LeiaFlix can be rented by paying a small fee. When rented, you can play the 3D movie an unlimited amount of times for 48 hours.

To play a movie, you simply browse the catalog on the application's home screen, where you can select the bundled movies, the highlighted movies of the week, the recently added films, or a few select genres.

If you'd rather choose by genre, LeiaFlix enables you to do so by providing you with a way to select the genre such as Action, Comedy, or Animated, and the application will only show you movies that belong to the selected category.

LeiaFlix also allows you to search the catalog, so you may search by title, director, actors, and any of the information associated with each movie.

Once you have selected a movie you will be presented with the particular details of that film, and then you can watch the trailer for free, or rent the movie and begin streaming it right away.

This service is only available in the United States and its territories.

LeiaPix is the premier social media app for 3D pics. It houses the largest collection of 3D images in the world – and it's the best way to share, discuss, and discover new 3D social content. Users post amazing, inspirational, and fun images every day.

Log In

You are two checkboxes away from joining the LeiaPix community. Agree to the LeiaPix Privacy Policy, Terms of Use, and Community Guidelines, then confirm that you're 16 years of age or older. After that, use your Leia Account to sign in to LeiaPix.

LeiaPix Home Feed

Whenever you start LeiaPix anew, you'll find yourself in the Home Feed.

The Home Feed can be accessed at any time whenever the Navigation Bar is visible, which is the row of icons you see at the bottom of the screen. If you're on another page and would like to access the Home Feed, press the LeiaPix Home Button in the middle of the Navigation Bar (it's the button with the LeiaPix Icon).

The Home Feed is an endless curated feed of LeiaPix content from people you follow, what's currently trending, new images uploaded to the platform, and images the algorithm thinks you'll like based on what you've liked in the past. The Home Feed consists of the Title Bar at the top of the screen and a scrollable feed of image thumbnails of LeiaPix Posts.

If you start scrolling down, the Title Bar with the LeiaPix Logo will automatically disappear. If you scroll up again, it will reappear. You can instantly jump back to the top of the Home Feed by tapping the LeiaPix logo in the Title Bar. When you're at the top of the Home Feed, you can pull down to refresh the Home Feed.

While you're in the Home Feed, you can tap on any image thumbnail to enter Theater Mode.

Theater Mode

Theater Mode is the primary method of interacting with images in LeiaPix. Almost anywhere in the app, if you see an image thumbnail, you can tap it to enter Theater Mode. This includes the Home Feed which we already mentioned, but also when on a Discover Category page, on your Notifications page, or on your Profile page, all of which we'll discuss later.

In Theater Mode, you can see the user who posted the image, the time the image was posted, and read the image's caption. There are also multiple ways to interact with the image, which are listed here:

• Full Screen the image by tapping on the image itself to make the borders with buttons and information appear and disappear

• Like the image to let the person who posted it know you liked it by tapping the Heart Button

• Comment on the image to start or add to a conversation by tapping on the Word Bubble Button

• Bookmark the image for later viewing in the Bookmarks section of your Profile page by tapping on the Bookmark Button

• Tap the Ellipsis Button for more options

  • Share a web link to the LeiaPix Post

    • If the user clicks on the link on a device with LeiaPix installed, it will open the LeiaPix app directly to the Post you shared

    • If the user clicks on the link on a device without LeiaPix installed, it will open the Post in LeiaPix.com as a Depth Animation, which is an animated 2D version of the Post

  • Report the Post if you believe it goes against the LeiaPix Community Guidelines

  • Block user will make it so that you no longer see any content from the blocked user anymore and vice versa (this can be reversed in Settings)

  • Export the image. Note: not all images on LeiaPix support this option

    • Still Image exports the image in Leia Image Format, which is a 3D image that looks 2D on any device that isn't LitByLeia

    • Video Animation exports the image as a Depth Animation in MP4 format

    • GIF Animation exports the image as a Depth Animation in GIF format

    • A variety of destinations are supported depending on the format you choose, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Slack, WhatsApp, and more

• Visit the Profile of the user who posted the image by tapping on their name or profile picture in the top left of the Theater Mode screen when the info border is visible.

• You can press the Back Arrow in the bottom left corner of the Theater Mode info border to return to the page you were in before entering Theater Mode.

If you're in a view within LeiaPix that has other images in it, you can swipe up and down while in Theater Mode to see other images.

Uploading Images

Now that you're comfortable using LeiaPix, why don't you try uploading an image yourself?

What to Post

There are two major ways to Post images to LeiaPix

1. You can post images already on your device's storage, whether they have been:

   • Taken with the LeiaCam app previously

   • Downloaded from an app or website

   • Transferred from an external drive or computer

2. Taken with LeiaCam from the Upload page inside the LeiaPix

How to Upload

To start the process, you simply press the Upload button on the far left of the LeiaPix Navigation Bar. The Upload button looks like a square with a plus [+] sign inside of it. The Navigation Bar is accessible from most screens, including Home, Discover, Notifications, and Profile. If you don't see the Upload button, press the back button until you reach a screen where the Navigation Bar appears.

When you tap the Upload button, you'll be taken to the Browse Images Page. Once you've entered the Browse Images Page for the first time, you'll be prompted to provide the app access to your files so it can upload your images to LeiaPix. Press "Allow Access" whenever prompted.

Whenever you tap the Upload Button in the Navigation Bar, you will enter the Browse Images Page showing your device's Camera folder by default. This will allow you to choose any 3D image that was previously taken with the LeiaCam app.

To change the folder you're browsing, tap on the folder name at the top of the screen with the [v] symbol to the right of it. This will let you choose any folder on the device that has 3D images in it. The number below the folder name tells you how many 3D images are in it.

If you'd like to take a new picture to post, simply tap the Take Photo button on the Browse Images Page. This will open LeiaCam from within LeiaPix, and you will be able to take a 3D image. The functions in LeiaCam that aren't supported by LeiaPix, such as video, will not work when using LeiaCam from within LeiaPix.

Once you've taken or selected an image to post to LeiaPix, tap the Next button on the top right of the Browse Images Page. This will take you to the full-screen Image Preview page, which will let you confirm this is the image you'd like to post before posting. Press the Next button in the top right to continue the upload process, or press the X button in the top left to go back to the Upload Page.

When you tap Next on the Image Preview page, it'll take you to the Caption Page. Here, you can write a caption for the image you're going to upload.

Captions can include up to 240 characters of the following:

• Text: Captions can have text describing the image, saying what it is, when it was taken, and other details about it.

• Emojis: Emojis can be used for additional communication options within a caption.

• User Mentions: You can mention or "tag" another user in your image by using the "@" symbol and beginning to type their name. Once you see their name in the menu that appears, tap on it to add them to the caption. The text of their name will turn purple if done successfully. You can use User Mentions to tag people who are in the image uploaded, give photo credit to the person who took the photo, or simply send another user a notification to check the image out because you think it's something they might like.

• Hashtags: Help group images that are similar to make them easier to discover and find. You can use the "#" symbol to create a hashtag. After using the "#" symbol, you continue to type a series of letters without spaces or punctuation to create a hashtag (e.g. #dog). Oftentimes, people will use hashtags to identify what is in the subject of the image, where the image was taken, when the image was taken, the brand of the products in the images, and other things along those lines. For example, if someone took a picture of the cheeseburger they had for lunch while on vacation in Seattle with their friends, the hashtags they use might include: #food #burger #cheeseburger #lunch #Seattle #vacation #friends

  • NOTE: Hashtags are not case-sensitive, but will retain the case of the letters you choose before posting. e.g. Posts that have #LOSangeles and #losANGELES in their caption will both come up when you search for #losangeles, but if your caption has #LosAngeles it will show up as #LosAngeles whenever people view your Post's caption in Theater Mode.

Finally, once you're done writing your caption, you can press the Post Button in the top right to post your image to LeiaPix!

When you press the Post Button, your image will begin to upload and you will be taken to your Profile Page.

Profile Page

Profile Pages are the primary place where a user's LeiaPix posts live.

There are two kinds of Profile Pages: User Profiles of other users, and Your Profile, which can be accessed by pressing the Profile Button on the far right of the LeiaPix Navigation Bar.

User Profile

Users usually go to the User Profile Page of another user to see all the posts from that user.

When you're on the User Profile Page of another user, you can see the following:

• Their name

• Their Profile Picture

• Their Cover Photo (if they've set one)

• Their number of Followers

• The number of users Following them

• Follow/Unfollow

  • If you're not Following the user, you'll see a Follow Button on their Profile

  • If you are Following a user, you'll see an Unfollow Button on their Profile

  • When you Follow a user, it ensures you see new posts from them in your Home Feed

• Their Bio

• Their LeiaPix Posts

• Ellipsis Button

  • Share Profile lets you share a web link to their profile

    • If opened on a device with LeiaPix installed, it will automatically open their User Profile Page in the LeiaPix app

    • If opened on a device without LeiaPix installed, it will open a 2D preview of their User Profile information in a web browser

  • Report allows you to report an account that you believe violates the LeiaPix Community Guidelines to the LeiaPix Team

  • Block user allows you to prevent this user to interact with you in any way, see your posts, see your comments, and vice versa (this can be reversed in Settings)

Your Profile

Your Profile has all of the same features as a regular User Profile, except for the Ellipsis Button.

In addition, Your Profile has the following features:

• Your LeiaPix Posts will be available on Your Profile, and when you tap the thumbnail they will go into Theater Mode. When in Theater Mode, you can:

  • Swipe through all of your Posts

  • Like your own Posts

  • Comment on your own Posts

  • Bookmark your own Posts

  • Ellipsis Button

    • Share a link to your Post

    • Edit your Post's caption, including User Mentions and Hashtags

    • Delete your post from LeiaPix forever

    • Export your post as a Still Image, Video Animation, or GIF Animation

• Edit is a button that takes you to a page that allows you to edit your Profile.

  • Change your First Name

  • Change your Last Name

  • Change your Bio

  • Edit your Profile Picture

  • Edit your Cover Photo

  • Delete your Cover Photo

• Bookmarks is where all the other posts that you've bookmarked live. You can come here to view and enjoy all the LeiaPix Posts you've bookmarked.

• Settings is a button that looks like a gear that gives you access to a lot of information and options that can alter your LeiaPix experience

  • Account

    • Tells you what LeiaPix Account you're signed in with

    • Share Profile allows you to share a link to your own LeiaPix Profile

    • Blocked Users is a list of every user you've blocked, and an option to Unblock them

    • Sign Out allows you to sign out of the LeiaPix Account you're signed in with

  • Support

    • What's New tells you about the newest features in the current version of the app

    • Get Help asks some questions and sends your information to the LeiaPix Team so they can more sufficiently help you

    • Report a Bug asks some questions and sends your information to the LeiaPix Team so they can try to eliminate the bug you noticed

    • Other Feedback asks you some questions and sends your information to the LeiaPix Team so they can review your feedback and use it to improve the app

  • Legal

    • Terms of Use explains the current requirements users accept when using LeiaPix

    • Privacy Policy explains how Leia responsibly handles your data

    • Community Guidelines explains the guidelines all LeiaPix users agree to abide by when using the app and interacting with each other

    • Open Source Licenses lists the open source software that is used in LeiaPix

  • Sensitive Content

    • Show All Sensitive Content is a switch that is off by default which hides Sensitive Content (content that doesn't violate the Community Guidelines but may be risque, intimidating, or make some users uncomfortable) behind a warning. Users must acknowledge that warning to remove the warning banner in front of sensitive content. Turning on the Show All Sensitive Content switch disables the warning and makes all sensitive content visible throughout the app

  • Advanced

    • LeiaPix Beta is a button that will allow you to opt-in to the LeiaPix Beta, which lets you try new versions of LeiaPix prior to the official release

Discover

The Discover Page is where you can explore and find new content, either through Featured Content, the Hashtag Categories, or through the Search Bar.

Featured Content

Featured Content are special categories of content that dynamically appear and can change, and you'll see them as large thumbnails at the top of the Discover Page, below the Search bar. These include:

• Most Likes: The most liked images on LeiaPix

• Featured Creator: A specific featured creator that's being recognized

• Featured Hashtag: A hashtag that's been chosen by the LeiaPix Team to be Featured

Hashtag Categories

The Hashtag Categories below the Featured Content are the most popular hashtags curated by the LeiaPix Team. Posting new images with these hashtags gives your post a high chance of being seen.

Search Bar

The LeiaPix Search bar (labeled "Search here") lets you search for LeiaPix users and hashtags. This way you can search for a user whose content you're looking for or find a hashtag you're looking for, as well as find hashtags similar to the one you were looking for.

Notifications

The Notifications Page is where you'll find notifications about things that relate to you on LeiaPix.

Under Notifications you'll find notifications about:

• Users who liked your post

• Users who commented on your post

• Users who Followed you

• Users who mentioned you in a comment on a post

• Users who mentioned you in the caption of their post

If you tap on the User's name or profile picture, it will take you to their Profile Page. If you tap on the image thumbnail, it will take you to the relevant image.

Every major 3D image format is supported by LeiaPix. This includes:

• LIF (Leia Image Format)

• SBS (Side by Side, 2x1)

• MPO

• JPS

To learn more about 3D image formats in detail, go to Supported Filetypes in LeiaPlayer.

LeiaFrame doesn't support every kind of file yet. LeiaFrame only supports 3D filetypes, and only supports some 3D image filetypes. Here are the files supported by LeiaFrame:

Supported 3D Image Formats

• LIF

• SBS (2x1)

Supported 3D Video Formats

• SBS (2x1)

Unsupported Formats

• 2D photos

• 2D videos

• MPO

• JPS

• VR180/360

Supported File Types

LeiaViewer supports the following file types:

• ‌FBX

• OBJ

• STL

• GLB

• GLTF

File Recommendations

• The file size limitations in LeiaViewer are impacted by the number of triangles, polygons and vertices of each model

• If your model is not loading, it may be too large to open in LeiaViewer. in this case you should try to reduce the facecount to under 100k.

• You can do this by going into Blender (a free app) and using the decimate tool.

• You may also want to adjust texture size down to 4K or less in Photoshop

• Recommend upper limit for facecounts: 100k

• Recommend upper limit for file sizes: 50MB

• Recommend upper limit for textures: 4K resolution or less

If there is problem loading a 3D model on your device:

• Send us the model file

• Describe the problem (is it a crash, is there an error modal, did the model fail to load?)

• Is the center of rotation correct

‌Importing Models

• To import models, tap the + button in the top left corner to open the file browser

• The file browser will automatically surface all of the model files located on your device

• For model types like FBX and OBJ, your textures will need to be siblings of the model file.

• STL doesn't have textures, so its a single model format. Just load the model by clicking on it in the file browser

‌Uploading OBJ & OBJ instructions

• OBJ and FBX are the same, but you need to make sure any textures that come with model are in same directory as the model itself

• sometimes they come with a separate textures folder, you need to move all the textures into the top level directory that contains the OBJ model

• once all the files are in the right place, just tap the OBJ model in LeiaViewer file browser

Animations

• Animations are not in a separate file, they are a part of models themselves

• Animations are usually included in GLB, GLTF, FBX model files already

• They will be shown when you open the model in LeiaViewer file browser

LeiaViewer is your home for viewing and enhancing 3D models in an immersive 3D environment. You can precisely tune the depth and appearance of your model and create dynamic backgrounds for a pleasant viewing and content-creation experience. You can also log in to SketchFab to search and view millions of 3D models.

File Browser

Home Screen

• Your home screen will display all of the models opened on your device, whether they are stored locally on your device or stored in temporary storage via the SketchFab explorer

• Your opened models will always appear here until you clear your cache, in which case the home screen will be empty

Supported File Types

LeiaViewer supports the following file types:

• ‌FBX

• OBJ

• STL

• GLB

• GLTF

Sketchfab Explorer

Tap the Sketchfab Explorer button in the top right corner of the home screen to view hundreds of thousands of models from the SketchFab community.

• If you don't already have an account, you will need to create one on their website

• Once the account is ready, log in with your username and password

• When you select a model to view from SketchFab, it will be downloaded locally to your device's temporary storage (until you clear the app's cache)

• It will then be stored on your home screen and remain accessible when you relaunch the app

Categories

• Models are organized into 18 different categories for a simplified search experience

Search

• Tap the magnifying glass icon in the top right corner to search for specific models

• Tap the search box at the top to enter keywords

• For example, type “Cars” and tap the check icon on your keyboard to populate a list of 3D car models you can view

• Sort by category, time frame, most liked

• Filter only models with animations by tapping the Animation box

• Filter models curated by SketchFab staff by tapping the Staff Picks box

Model Viewer

When you tap a thumbnail to open a model from your device or the Sketchfab Explorer, you will view it in LeiaViewer's Model Viewer.

Depth Slider

• The slider on the left side of the UI controls the disparity value

• As you move the slider up, the depth effect of the model will increase

2D3D Switch

• By default the 3D view will be enabled, so that you can see the model in 3D

• Tap the 2D button to view the model in regular 2D

• Note that in 2D mode, the depth slider will not appear in the UI

Animations

• Tap the animations icon to open up a menu of all available animations

If you have issues loading a Sketchfab model‌, please send us the following:

• Name of model and author

• Describe the problem (is it a crash, is there an error modal, did the model fail to load?)

• Describe visual issues (does the model look different than model thumbnail image?)

• Is the center of rotation correct

Environment Adjustments

Light

• The brightness slider increases the intensity of the light shined onto the model

• Rotation X slider moves the location of the light on the X axis

• Rotation Y slider moves the location of the light source on the Y axis

• Color selector adjusts the color of the model's background

• Increasing the brightness slider will increase the saturation of the colors selected

Effects

• The DOF (Depth of Field) slider takes into account how much depth is in the scene and adds a blur.

• Any object in the scene that has too high of a disparity value will be blurred

• Move the slider to the right to increase the blur effect

• This blur helps fix cross-talk issues. When objects have too much depth added to them and are not in focus, the blur helps conceal the visual issues

• The Bloom slider adjusts how the light sources hit the object

• Move the Bloom slider to the right to give the object a stronger “glow”

Materials

• The materials section allows you to select different material designs for your model

• Includes Metal, Carbon, and Wireframe materials

Undo/Redo

• Tap the left-facing icon to undo any change made in any of the Adjustment categories

• Tap the right-facing icon to redo any changes undone in any of the adjustment categories

• Tap the Restart circle icon to bring your model back to its original appearance before you made any changes in the Adjustment categories

LeiaFrame is a simple app that provides an awesome capability: turning your Lume Pad into a beautiful digital picture frame that can play back a slideshow of your 3D images.

How to use LeiaFrame

Using LeiaFrame is simple:

1. Open the LeiaFrame app

2. Tap the "Add Media" button

3. Select the images and videos you'd like to use

4. On the main page of LeiaFrame, tap "SlideShow"

5. Select your Mode and Slide Speed

6. Tap "Start"

7. Voila! Your LeiaFrame Slide Show will begin!

To remove content from LeiaFrame, tap and hold any thumbnail in the LeiaFrame gallery, and you will see a checkmark appear in its top left corner. You can then tap and select any other image in the LeiaFrame gallery. When you're done, tap "Remove Media" to remove the files from LeiaFrame's gallery.

Using LeiaFrame as a Screensaver

LeiaFrame can be used as a screen saver for your Lume Pad. If it's enabled and Lume Pad is turned on when you plug it into power, your Lume Pad will eventually launch LeiaFrame and start a slide show. To set LeiaFrame as your screen saver, complete the following steps:

1. Go to your "Settings" app.

2. Tap "Display" on the bar on the left-hand side.

3. Tap "Advanced".

4. Tap "Screen saver" at the bottom of the list.

5. Change "Current screen saver" to "LeiaFrame".

6. Change "When to start" to "While charging".

Now, your Lume Pad will launch a LeiaFrame slide show when you plug it in to charge!

Moonlight3D is an app for Lume Pad 2 that allows you to pair your device with a computer and use it as a wireless monitor. It also supports playing Half-Width SBS 3D content from your PC in 3D on the Lume Pad 2 display.

Moonlight3D is a fork of the open source . For support and questions, in general you should refer to the , as Leia will not provide support for any non-3D specific questions on Moonlight. Moonlight3D is 99% identical to the regular 2D version, with the exception being the added 3D capabilities. So if you can't get the 3D version to work, try the 2D version. If the 2D version doesn't work, reach out to the Moonlight community for support. Once you get the 2D version working, Moonlight3D should work great too.

Setting up Moonlight3D and using it is incredibly simple.

Setting up your PC for Moonlight3D

Moonlight3D requires some setup on your PC before you can use it. For a good experience, you'll need a PC with a modern graphics card. The process works a bit differently depending on whether you're using a Windows PC with an Nvidia GeForce GPU, or using another type of computer.

Setup instructions for a Windows PC with Nvidia GeForce GPU

1. Go to the GeForce Experience software

2. Go to the "Shield" category

3. Go to "Gamestream" section

4. Enable "Gamestream"

5. That's it, you're ready for "Moonlight3D App Setup Instructions"

Setup instructions for other computers without an Nvidia GeForce GPU

2. Setup Sunshine software

3. That's it, you're ready for "Moonlight3D App Setup Instructions"

Moonlight3D App Setup Instructions

Once your computer is set up to stream to Moonlight3D, then you have to get the Moonlight3D app on your Lume Pad 2. Ensure your Lume Pad 2 is on the same wifi network as the computer you're planning on streaming from, and ensure there aren't any restrictions on the wifi network.

1. Go to the Leia Appstore

2. Search for Moonlight3D

3. Download Moonlight3D

4. Open the Moonlight3D app on your Lume Pad 2

5. You should see an icon with your PC's name appear after a few seconds

6. Tap on the icon of your PC

7. A pairing code will appear, so type the code on the pairing window on your PC

8. You're ready to use Moonlight3D

Note: Restrictions between computers on a network are almost always active on a public wifi like at a cafe or restaurant or airport and thus Moonlight3D will not work. Nor will it work if you're using a guest network at an office.

Using Moonlight3D

To start using Moonlight3D, all you have to do is open the Moonlight3D app and tap on the icon for a paired computer. You will then see options for what to start streaming, which can be your Desktop, Steam, or a game.

Tap on one, and it will begin streaming to your Lume Pad 2. When you've found Half-Width SBS 3D content and it's full screen, you can switch to 3D by tapping and holding on-screen with three fingers for a second. Be careful though, if you tap and don't hold the on-screen keyboard will appear.

Features of Moonlight3D

Besides turning your Lume Pad 2 into a wireless monitor for your PC, these are the various other features available in Moonlight3D.

2D/3D Switch: Tap and hold with three fingers on-screen for a second to switch between 2D mode and 3D mode. 3D mode works to display any full-screen half-width SBS 3D content that's on screen in 3D.

On-Screen Mouse: You can swipe around the screen of your Lume Pad 2 with one finger to control the PC's mouse remotely. More options for mouse control are available in Moonlight3D's settings.

On-Screen Keyboard: You can summon the on-screen keyboard by tapping quickly on-screen with three fingers. Tap again with three fingers to dismiss it.

Real Mouse: Mice work in every way. They can be wired to the PC, connected over Bluetooth to the PC, wired using USB-C to the Lume Pad 2, or connected over Bluetooth to the Lume Pad 2. In all cases, the input will be passed to the PC without issue.

Real Keyboard: Keyboards work in every way. They can be wired to the PC, connected over Bluetooth to the PC, wired using USB-C to the Lume Pad 2, or connected over Bluetooth to the Lume Pad 2. In all cases, the input will be passed to the PC without issue.

Game Controllers: Game controllers work in every way if supported by the game. They can be wired to the PC, connected over Bluetooth to the PC, wired using USB-C to the Lume Pad 2, or connected over Bluetooth to the Lume Pad 2. In all cases, the input will be passed to the game without issue.

Note: By default, Moonlight3D requires both the PC and the Lume Pad 2 to be on the same wireless network without any network restrictions. However, using the Sunshine software, you can configure your PC to stream to Moonlight3D over the internet, regardless of where your devices are. This works over the internet only AFTER the initial setup where both devices are paired while on the same network.

Viewing 3D Images

Creating 3D Images

Editing 3D Images

Sharing 3D Images

LeiaPlayer is your hub for viewing 3D images stored on your Lume Pad 2.

3D images can be found all over Lume Pad in various apps, but LeiaPlayer is your one-stop shop for viewing all the different 3D formats supported in the Leia ecosystem.

Viewing 3D Images You'll find all of the 2D and 3D images on your device in LeiaPlayer. You can easily view them by tapping on the image thumbnails you find in the Media, Camera Roll, or File Browser tabs in LeiaPlayer. Moving media to your device To add images from other devices to your Lume Pad to view in LeiaPlayer, you have a lot of options.

If you use Google Photos, you can simply use the Google Photos app on your Lume Pad to get your favorite images and download them to your Lume Pad. The process is similar to any other cloud image service, just download the service's Android app through Google Play and download the images to your device.

If the images aren't on another service, you can use a USB cable to move them to your Lume Pad. First, get all the images to your Windows or Mac computer. Then, plug in your Lume Pad using a USB-C cable. You'll see a prompt on your Lume Pad with multiple options. Choose "Transfer Files".

If you're on a Windows PC, you'll now see Lume Pad in your Windows File Explorer. If you're using a Mac, we recommend using Android File Transfer, which you can download here.

Supported File types

Many kinds of 3D image file types are supported on Lume Pad, though different apps may have different levels of support.

To learn which file types are supported by LeiaPlayer, please visit Supported Filetypes in LeiaPlayer.

Where to find 3D Images

There are lots of ways to find 3D images. You'll find them all over the internet, including on the Leia Forums. You'll find them in the LeiaPix app. You can even make your own by capturing native 3D images or converting your 2D images.

If you want to learn more about creating 3D images, click here or simply visit the next page.

Viewing 3D Video

Creating 3D Video

Editing 3D Video

Sharing 3D Video

The sharing process for 3D images is a little different depending on the recipient's device.

Sharing to Leia Devices

LeiaPix

The best way to share 3D images to other Leia devices is to your account on LeiaPix! LeiaPix is already the place where everyone is sharing and talking about the best 3D images on the platform. If you want to show off your images, LeiaPix is definitely the place to do it.

Send a 3D Image Directly

You can always just send a 3D image to another device directly. You can plug in a USB-C cable and transfer the image to another device, including a PC or Mac. You can also move the files onto USB storage. Finally, you can use Android Nearby Share to send the file directly to another Leia device or other Android device in your vicinity.

The primary file type used on Leia devices is LIF (Leia Image Format). In a perfect world, you could just send a LIF using any method you want. Unfortunately, a lot of the most popular communication platforms compress images, which turns 3D LIF files into regular 2D images.

Options for sharing LIFs:

1. Send an LIF through a known-good communication platform

2. Send a zipped LIF through any platform

3. Send an SBS instead

Messaging Platforms that support LIF

Unfortunately, there are only a few messaging platforms that don't compress your images. They include:

• Email (choose Full Size)

• Discord

That's it! All the other major platforms we've tested do NOT support transmitting LIF files, as they compress all images and wipe data of images sent on them.

Messaging Platforms Incompatible with LIF

• Slack

• Signal

• Telegram

• WhatsApp

• Messenger

• WeChat

Zipping LIF files to send on Incompatible Messaging Platforms

To ZIP a LIF file to send over one of the above incompatible messaging platforms, you can simply put the LIF files into a folder in the Files app on your Leia device, tap the ellipsis button (three dots in the right corner), and then tap "Compress". This will ZIP the entire folder, including the LIF files. You will be able to send this through any platform that supports basic file transfer, and when the recipient unzips the folder, they will be able to access the LIF images in full 3D View Mode!

Export as SBS

If you don't wish to spend the time zipping the files, an easy way to get them onto another device is to export them as an SBS. To export the files as an SBS, simply go to the image in LeiaPlayer and tap the Share button, then choose Side-By-Side under Export Options. These will be able to be sent through any messaging platform that supports images. Two potential issues however: the platform may still compress the image which lowers its visual quality, and the image will show 2 side-by-side images when it's received.

Sharing to Legacy 3D Devices & XR headsets

Older 3D devices and XR headsets don't support the LIF format. Some older 3D devices instead use full-width SBS, some support half-width SBS, some support MPO, and some of them support multiple of the above file formats.

The first step in getting your 3D files to a format viewable on your target device is to find out what file format the device supports. Then, you need to find a path to getting your 3D image into that format.

Because full-width SBS is so popular, there is a good chance your device supports it. In many cases, all you have to do is export your 3D image from LeiaPlayer into an SBS file and it will simply work on your legacy 3D device or XR headset. If not, you can often easily find 3rd party programs on your computer to turn your full-width SBS file into a half-width SBS or MPO file. This makes it easy to get your favorite 3D images onto your other devices.

Sharing in 2D to Other Devices

If you share a LIF with a 2D device, it will simply look and work like a normal JPG! No additional work required.

There are many ways to edit 3D images just like 2D images, including PhotoShop, GIMP, Photopea, and more. You should explore using these tools to see which best suits your needs.

In LeiaPlayer, you can edit the 3D Depth and 3D Focus of supported images, but to crop and do other kinds of edits on your images, you'll need to export the image as an SBS and use another 3D image editing tool.

There are three major ways to create 3D Images:

• Shoot images with a camera

• Render images using a software tool

• Capture images inside real-time software

Shoot

You can use a variety of 2D and 3D cameras to create 3D images. We'll list them here from the highest potential for quality to the lowest.

Custom Stereo Rig

The best way to capture 3D images is to build a custom stereo rig using two or more high-quality cameras. Doing this is difficult, but can yield the highest quality results. The distance between the sensors, the accuracy of the synchronization, the precision of the calibration, and of course the quality of the sensors and optics all play a part in the quality of the outcome.

You should expect to use a 3rd party software tool like StereoPhoto Maker after the fact to rectify and align the images. You should create files in an SBS format for viewing on Lume Pad.

3D Cameras

Purpose-built stereo 3D cameras have a wide range of potential quality, even within units of the same model. While there are many different models, we recommend the FujiFilm FinePix W3 or Kandao Qoocam EGO for photos. If you're comfortable using StereoPhoto Maker, you can even capture photos using a Canon camera with their Dual-Fisheye Lens and convert from their Dual-Fisheye format to SBS 3D using this tutorial.

iOS Device Cameras

iOS devices use a mix of software and hardware to capture superior depth in their Portrait Mode pictures. These Portrait Mode images are fully supported by Leia software. Please read Supported Filetypes in LeiaPlayer for more information.

iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro series devices with LiDAR generally are expected to produce very high-quality 3D images you can view on Lume Pad, while standard iPhone 13 and iPhone 12, as well as all iPhone 11 Pro series devices and lower, are generally expected to produce results that aren't as good. Feel free to try and explore to see what works best yourself.

LeiaCam

One of the best ways to create 3D images is with LeiaCam, which shoots images and videos with immersive depth on the Lume Pad. LeiaCam lets you capture the world around you in 3D. Take images and videos with immersive depth that pops out of the screen.

To learn more about LeiaCam, check out the LeiaCam page.

Cha-Cha Method

This generally isn't recommended if you have alternative options, but one method that can work well with practice is the Cha-Cha Method, which uses a single camera and a quick motion from the photographer to move weight from one foot to the other to capture a stereo image. Here is a description of how to do it. Any movement in the scene between shots will make for a bad image. But it can work in a pinch! And if the Cha-Cha itself didn't work to produce a good 3D image, you can take one of the images and convert it to 3D, as described below.

Traditional Cameras

You can also use a variety of normal cameras to shoot 2D images to convert to 3D later. Your smartphone, a DSLR, or a mirrorless camera can all be used. You can even use a webcam!

Simply shoot the 2D image, and then move it onto your Lume Pad. Open the image in LeiaPlayer, and tap the 3D icon in the bottom left-hand corner. Voila, your formerly 2D image now has a 3D copy!

Render

There are a variety of software tools that let you render out a stereo 3D image.

LeiaPix Converter

In LeiaPix Converter, you can upload any image you want and it will automatically estimate a depth map. You can then edit that depth map in your browser and export it as either a LIF or an SBS to view on Lume Pad.

Try LeiaPix Converter today!

PhotoShop

Some creators compose 3D SBS images in PhotoShop.

Maya and other 3D modelling and VFX rendering programs

Some creators compose a scene using 3D models and render it out in SBS 3D to view on Leia devices.

Capture

You can also capture 3D content from inside some of your favorite real-time apps on a variety of different hardware.

Photo Mode Horizontal Series Capture

Any game that has a Photo Mode with the following features can be used to take 3D photos:

• In Photo Mode, EVERYTHING on the screen stops moving

• In Photo Mode, you have horizontal directional control of the camera

• After taking a photo in Photo Mode, the scene doesn't change in any way

If all of the above is true, you can simply take two or more photos in a horizontal line from within the game's Photo Mode and stitch them together into an SBS using a 3rd party app like 3DSteroid from Google Play.

Supported platforms include PC, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, XBOX One and XBOX Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch.

Games that have Photo Modes that are known to work include Marvel's Spider-Man, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and God of War. Games that are known NOT to work include Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (because characters continue to move/sway while in Photo Mode).

Here is an example of what a good 3D image can look like when captured in this method:

In-game 3D Capture

Some games on some platforms have built-in 3D cameras that let you natively capture 3D content from inside the app.

Platforms that support this frequently are 3D-first platforms like the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS. Games like WipEout HD on PlayStation 3 will natively capture 3D photos in MPO format when using Photo Mode to capture photos when the game is being displayed in 3D mode. Games like Animal Crossing: New Leaf, StreetPass Mii Plaza: Flower Town, and Nintendogs & Cats on Nintendo 3DS all allow for the capture of 3D screenshots in parts of the games which will be saved on the device's SD card in MPO format.

Depth Buffer Injection

You can actually capture 3D images from almost any PC game using a 3rd party tool that gains access to the graphics engine's depth buffer like SuperDepth3D. Try these tools yourself to experiment and see the best ways to capture 3D images inside your favorite PC games. SuperDepth3D supports over 100 of the most popular AAA PC games of all time. Here is SuperDepth3D's game compatibility list.

There are three major ways to create 3D video:

• Shoot video with a camera

• Render video using a software tool

• Capture video inside real-time software

Shoot

You can use a variety of 2D and 3D cameras to create 3D videos. We'll list them here from highest potential for quality to lowest.

Custom Stereo Rig

The best way to capture 3D video is to build a custom stereo rig using two or more high-quality cinema cameras. Doing this is difficult, but can yield the highest quality results. The distance between the sensors, the accuracy of the synchronization, the precision of the calibration, and of course the quality of the sensors and optics all play a part in the quality of the outcome.

You should expect to use a 3rd party software tool to stitch, synchronize, and align the images. You should edit the two videos into a single SBS file for viewing on Lume Pad or editing.

3D Cameras

Purpose-built stereo 3D cameras have a wide range of potential quality, even within units of the same model. While there are many different models, we recommend the for 3D video if you can find it. For subjects you're shooting from a closer distance, the is also considered one of the best 3D video cameras available today.

LeiaCam

One of the best ways to create 3D video is with LeiaCam, which shoots LVF video on the Lume Pad.

To learn more about LeiaCam, check out the page.

Traditional Cameras

You can also use a variety of normal cameras to shoot 2D video to convert to 3D later. Your smartphone, a DSLR, a mirrorless camera, or even a cinema camera can all be used. You can even use a webcam!

You can convert from 2D to 3D in real-time in the LeiaPlayer app.

Render

There are a variety of software tools that let you render out a stereo 3D video.

Maya

You can use plugins to render out an SBS video in Maya.

Cinema 4D / 3DS Max / KeyShot

Some creators compose SBS videos in other apps using custom camera configurations.

Plugins for Unreal Engine / Unity / Other game engines

There are plugins and/or built-in features of some game engines that allow you to render your game scene in SBS, and you can use that to render a 3D video.

Capture

You can also capture 3D video from inside some of your favorite real-time apps or games on Windows PC.

Depth Buffer Injection

There are three major ways to view 3D videos on Lume Pad:

• LeiaPlayer: For local video files

• LeiaTube: For video streams from YouTube, Twitch, and other services

• LeiaFlix: For renting Hollywood movies in 3D

LeiaPlayer

LeiaPlayer lets you play back a variety of 2D and 3D filetypes on your Lume Pad's storage in 3D View Mode. To learn more, go to the page.

To learn about which filetypes are supported, go to the page.

LeiaTube

LeiaTube is a service that lets you take an online video stream from your favorite platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Vimeo, DailyMotion, and more and have them automatically convert to 3D. You can use 2D video streams, SBS 3D video streams, and even VR180/360 video streams.

LeiaFlix

LeiaFlix makes it easy to rent high-quality Hollywood movies on the Lume Pad. Simply make a LeiaFlix account, add a payment method, and voila! You can easily rent a huge variety of movies from studios like Warner Bros. and Universal.

Sharing 3D Video is easy! You can simply send the LVF or SBS video file to the other person using any communication platform that supports sending video (and doesn't compress the video in the case of LVF) and it will be able to be played back on the recipient's Lume Pad.

If you'd like to share it to many people, you can upload it to YouTube or another video platform that's supported by LeiaTube in SBS format. If you want the video to work for users of legacy 3D devices and VR headsets as well as Lume Pad, share SBS video to YouTube. Convert from LVF to SBS using FFMPEG To convert your LVF video to SBS, you must follow the following steps:

1. Install FFMPEG on your computer. This will be different depending on which operating system your computer uses, but you can Google how to do so. Using a package manager like Chocolatey on Windows or Homebrew on MacOS can make it much easier.

2. Run the scripts below with the LVF file you want to convert by utilizing the example command in the following line:

sudo sh /filepathOfScript/lvf2sbs.sh /filepathOfLeiaCamVideo/nameOfVideo.mp4

Link to scripts:

LVF to SBS Script

LVF to LR Script

NOTES: Sudo isn’t required but is probably a good idea. You may need to add the script to your PATH variable if you have any issues and didn't use a package manager. You should also ensure you're running the command inside the directory you want the constructed file to end up in. To make it easy, you should probably have the script and original LVF in the same folder as you want the output files to be. The instructions for lvf2sbs and lvf2lr are the same, with the only difference being one gives you a constructed SBS, the other gives you the left video, right video, and audio all as separate files.

In most cases, editing 3D video for Lume Pad is largely the same as editing 2D video. However, there are some caveats.

Firstly, you must ensure you're working with SBS video, and not with LVF video. You can learn more about how to convert from LVF to SBS in Sharing 3D Video.

One major consideration is that Lume Pad has a 16:10 ratio. If you'd like to make use of full screen on Lume Pad, you may want to create a 16:10 video. However, 16:9 and wider ratios will play on Lume Pad with horizontal black bars above and below your content.

There are two kinds of video you can edit into Lightfield video that can play on Lume Pad:

• 2D Video

• 3D SBS Video

2D Video

For 2D video, you have one major consideration which will affect decisions you make: will you want to keep the output in 2D and have it converted on-the-fly in LeiaPlayer? Or will you want to convert the finished product (or the original clips) into SBS?

If you wish to play it back on Lume Pad using Instant 2D to 3D conversion in LeiaPlayer, then the process is identical to editing a regular 2D video.

If you wish to adjust the depth of the conversion, make manual edits to the 3D views, or use the 2D clips as part of a larger 3D video, then you must first do as much editing as you can to the 2D video until the clips look the way you want, then convert the videos to SBS 3D using a third party tool.

3D SBS Video

Working in SBS is the recommended method for creating 3D video on Lume Pad.

Luckily, most major NLE's fully support 3D SBS video. These include:

• Final Cut Pro X

• Adobe Premiere

• DaVinci Resolve

Once you have your SBS master of your video, you can use it as-is everywhere in the Leia ecosystem.

The best way to view 3D models on Lume Pad is to use LeiaViewer. You can both view 3D models that are saved locally on your Lume Pad's storage as well for browse for new 3D models by using LeiaViewer's SketchFab Explorer. To learn more, go to the LeiaViewer page.

There are a variety of ways to create 3D models. Some methods include:

• Blender

• Maya

• ZBrush

• 3DS Max

• AutoCAD

• Revit

And more! To learn more about how to prepare your 3D models for Lume Pad, visit Supported Filetypes in LeiaViewer.

3D software is the core of the Leia ecosystem. It enables everything we capture and display on Lume Pad. To learn more about how to develop Lightfield software, please explore the Leia Developer Documentation.

There is a variety of 3D software for Lume Pad. Some is available pre-loaded on Lume Pad, and the rest you can find in the Leia Appstore.