360 Photography, 360 Photo, 360 Degree Video: How to create 360 Photo?

360 Photo is the new social buzz as the technology evolves over time, Facebook is using it to boost user engagement and have some immersive VR experience.

Let"s learn how to create some 360 photos with basic tools and steps.

Do you have any wonderful hiking experience when your foot standing on the peak of the mountain and thinking how can you create the whole 360 natural views before you? I beg you do. Now you can fulfill your fantasy with the 360 Photo 3D rendering technology, you can take the full 360 degree shot of the view right before you and render it as a moving animated 3D content image.

When you upload your 360 photos to certain 360 photo platform, you will see your image in 360 degree and keep moving without you touch it by the modern Mobile Gyroscope technology. The image would be rendering a 3D content which would bring you some type of Virtual Reality experience by wearing the Glasses or Google CardBoard.

See a 360 photo live example here:

1: Using iPhone’s Built-In 360 Panorama camera feature

If you have a new iPhone or Samsung phone, there is a "Pano" option in your camera, you can use it to shoot the 360 degree photo and upload to our APP as an immersive 3D animated content.

Simply activate the Pano camera, slowly turning your body 360 degree in one direction to create a full shot of the surrounding object to seamlessly stitching a standard 360 photo.

Go to Youtube, search keyword phrase "iPhone Panorama Photo" to learn more about how to create the 360 photo tutorials.

iPhone 6 OR Plus: How to Shoot in 360 Panorama Mode Video tutorial?

2. Samsung Galaxy Cameras for 360 photo

How to switch to 360 panorama feature mode on?

Open the Samsung camera application, in ‘touch and hold’ Mode, switch to the ‘Panorama’ thumbnail.

Position the camera to the captured subject, then press the ‘Shutter’ button while moving the camera slowly 360 degree in one direction. the screen will show a rectangle alignment box to guide you through the whole shooting process.

When you finish moving the 360 degree angle, your camera will stop capturing and make the necessary adjustments, then it will stitch all images together to create a live 360 photo for you. The photo will be saved to the Gallery.

Source:http://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00026601/249322/

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3: Use the 360 Panorama APP to create the 360 photo

1) For iPhone APP:

We have tested many iPhone APPs, we found ‘360 Panorama’ APP works pretty well for creating the 360 panorama photos.
How to take the 360 photo?

Simply install the APP, open it, pan your camera 360 degree in one direction and watch as capturing images stitching seamlessly before you.

You might need to capture the 360 photo vertically twice from top to bottom to create better 360 degree visual result.

Get it here - 360 Panorama iPhone APP:

Tutorial: How To Use 360 Panorama APP for iPhone:

2) For Google APP:

There are many APPs on Google Play store you can use to create the 360 photo, simply do a keyword search on ‘360 Panorama’, find a good review APP, start testing the camera to find out how it is working out for you.

For better result, we recommend using the APP with Spherical Fisheye Lens function for the better immersive visual experience.

Get it here - 360 Panorama Android APP:

4. Most recent state of art pro 360 camera

‘Ricoh Theta S’ 360 camera is the best choice for you to create both 360 photos and 360 degree video if you can afford to pay for it.

Basic Specs:

360 degree Spherical photo

360 degree video up to 25 minutes

See the live video on your mobile device

Full HD Video with 30fps

360 degree video integrate and upload to YouTube.com

Check more of Ricoh Theta S product specs here:

Get the Ricoh Theta S 360 camera here:

After you create the first 360 photo, you can SignUp here to use our 360 photo platform: https://www.visualpathy.com/public, wearing a Google Cardboard to experience the immersive 3D content.