First, there are 360 panoramas and then there are 360 spherical^[1] pictures. And then there are 360 videos! Finally, it makes a difference if you look at all these on a screen or if you put your VR goggles on. And by the way, the virtual worlds are 360, too!

Example of a 360° pic by Google.

[vrview img=”https://wp-prd.let.ethz.ch/WP0-CIPRF9728/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2019/01/coral.jpg” stereo=”true”]

When you are on a mobile device, go to the cardboard view for 3D by clicking the cardboard icon (at the bottom left of your screen).

When it looks like this, put on your goggles.

I used the App GoogleStreetview to take the following picture. Unfortunately the download is bad quality.

[vrview img=”https://wp-prd.let.ethz.ch/WP0-CIPRF9728/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2019/01/IMG_0970-streetview.jpg” stereo=”false”]

This is the same spot in Lucca but at another time of day and taken with real 360° gear by David Wortley.

[vrview img=”https://wp-prd.let.ethz.ch/WP0-CIPRF9728/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2019/01/LuccaPOI06.jpg” stereo=”false”]

If you embed a 360° pic wrongly on eSkript –setting it falsely to stereo– it looks like this. I like the effect, though.

[vrview img=”https://wp-prd.let.ethz.ch/WP0-CIPRF9728/wp-content/uploads/sites/175/2019/01/IMG_0970-streetview.jpg” stereo=”true”]

Repositories

I haven‘t checked these out yet but I will.

• http://dermandar.com
• https://www.360cities.net
• https://www.flickr.com/groups/360degrees
• https://kuula.co

I got these links from the presenters of CIAK, Cristina Bralia and Chiara Lanzani.