Photo Sphere

Up, down, and all around. Immersive 360º panoramas.

Photo sphereNormal photos show just a single viewpoint while photo spheres welcome others to freely look up, down, and all around to explore the entire scene. 

Photo sphere

Creating a photo sphere is

easyThe photo sphere camera mode on your Android phone makes it easy to capture a series of photos and automatically turn them into a seamless 360º experience. You can also turn your DSLR camera panoramas into photo spheres.

Create using Android device

•Google Nexus devices (Stock Android)

•Google Camera app from Google Playhttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.GoogleCamera&hl=en

Tips for great photo spheres

•Shoot when no one is around•Turn on your device GPS•Start the sphere at the least-interesting

point•Move the camera slowly•Use the undo function•Pivot around the lens of the camera, not

around your head or body.•Shoot in portrait mode

Add to Google Maps and share your world

Add your photo spheres to Google Maps so people can see your favorite places from around the world. You can help a local business by adding a photo sphere to its Google+ Local page.

Create your own Street View

Create your own Street View and publish it on Google Maps or your own website for the world to see. Using the “Connect” feature in our Views community, you can easily build 360º virtual tours of the places you love.

Bloggers, Developers, & Photographers•You can embed the photo sphere

viewer onto your own website or blog.•Android APIs that make it easy to include

photo spheres in your app.•Spherical panoramas from your DSLR

camera can be turned into photo spheres, which adds metadata into your image.

One-Click 360º Cameras

The easiest way to capture lots of photo spheres to create your own Street View is with a Photo Sphere compatible one-click 360º camera, such as the RICOH THETA.

Google Views•All photo spheres on maps•www.google.com/maps/views•Sign in with your Google account

Tiny PlanetsIf you've taken a 360° Photo Sphere, you can also turn that into a small world, called Tiny Planet. Just tap the pencil edit button on the photo (Android Gallery app) to begin, select "Create Tiny Planet", adjust the zoom and rotation, then let it process.

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