![]() ![]() you can then email or usb transfer it to your phone, (make sure its properly named, with PANO_xxxxxxx.jpg and try it out, if it still wont work try the previous app on it again. Thats especially useful when you find yourself on a high scenic point or smack in the middle of a. When done it will spit out a file to download, it will have some of the missing data tagged in. The Photo Sphere Camera app lets you create 360 degree images and publish them on Google Maps. (warning it will look like you're standing on a black hole, or there may be a line where the scenery does not match (behind you in the photosphere)) so if its not a full 360, you might need to adjust those settings. Then you have some options, like setting where along the photo is "center" or "north"Īlso you can set the dimensions, not all panoramas are all the way to under your feet, some have a dead space or are cropped, if you make it a full sphere it will be oddly distorted. (im not totally sure why, perhaps still missing critical meta data.)įor those i found a web app, you should email or usb transfer the file from your phone (or if you still have it on a desktop do it there (ive had mixed luck doing this with the phone browser, although it should work) There are many other 360degree flat panoramas that you can find, but they don't work with just the tagging with the previous app. it will work for genuine photospheres generated by someones kitcat camera app, but if it was made otherwise, or uploaded to some place that strips meta data, there are some exif/metadata tags that are probably missing. Open google cardboard and go to the photospheres option and click through the images to see if it worked.īut the name format is only part of it. try renaming the photograph to PANO_whatever.jpg and emailing it to yourself. And then one needs to know if they still have the exif data(meta data in the file, you can’t often see, that tells cardboard that it is a photosphere and where to start…. Click on Choose File and select your panorama stored on your computer. Then use your web browser to navigate to the Google Photo Sphere app. Photospheres can be tricky to download at full resolutions(and with the needed data intact). Export the panorama at 6000 pixels on the long side. I hunted online and found the following information.Īny photosphere you take on your own phone should work and just automatically show up. In preparation for our hackerspace getting some cardboard vr kits from Instructables I started dabbling with how it loaded photospheres. Then once you have the panoramas, you need to get them to your phone, you can transfer them to a folder via usb, you can email them to yourself and save them on the phone, you can find them via apps like sphereshare app, and download them (may require paid version) You are welcome to snag some I've collected, only about 1/3 are my own photos, so if you own the rights to any of them and want me to take them down, just let me know. Google released its Photo Sphere Camera app for iPhone users a few months back with the ability to capture 360 images right from your device and share them over social media or even Google Maps. Some of them are as easy as right clicking and downloading, some are trickier, (not the time or place to go into stealing images if you can't find it out in the open to download, consider finding/writing the creator to ask for a copy.) you can find them on websites like, Some of of my favorites were of a panorama stitched from one of the moon landings, and a selfie done by the mars rover (with an edited in amazing sky. you can find them on google+ you can find them on google image searches. He also is a fan of Magic the Gathering and soccer.There are lots of ways to get 360 degree panoramic images. ![]() He is one of the few people who used Google Stadia, which he misses dearly. In his free time, he loves hiking and spending time with his family. When he's not writing, Zach works as an energy consultant. His current daily driver is a Pixel 7, and he writes all his articles on an HP Chromebook x2 12. Even though the rest of his family has switched to iPhones, he could never do it. Zach's first Android phone was a Motorola Droid Turbo 2 he got in 2016 after switching from an iPhone 5S. He holds a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's in Energy Engineering, giving him unique insight into new renewable energy and battery technologies. Zach loves unique and fun hardware and software features as well as products with a sustainability focus. You'll find him writing how-to guides on these topics, but you may also see him dabble in other content areas from time-to-time. He specializes in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, and Google hardware and software products. Zach has been a How-to Writer at Android Police since January 2022. ![]()
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