360° / VR, Virtual Reality

Photo

Video

  1. ‘Regular’ media, non-panorama
    1. What the human eye can view without movements, about 160° by 75° (horizontal angle by vertical angle)
  2. Panorama – media outside of the just mentioned about 160° by 75°
    1. Partial panorama, more than 160° but less than 360° in horizontal plane
    2. Cylindrical panorama, 360° in horizontal plane but less than 360° in vertical plane
    3. Spherical panorama, 360° in both horizontal plane and 360° in vertical plane
    4. (3D) Stereoscopic panorama – adding depth to media, requires two photos taken from different positions

“An image showing a field of view approximating, or greater than, that of the human eye – about 160° by 75° – may be termed panoramic. This generally means it has an aspect ratio of 2:1 or larger, the image being at least twice as wide as it is high.” [wikipedia Panoramic photography]

https://www.wix.com/blog/photography/2017/06/08/everything-wanted-know-360-photography/

Omnidirectional cameras can shoot 360°{\displaystyle \times }

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180° panoramic photos or videos.

https://www.google.com/search?q=vr+360

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_omnidirectional_cameras

https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/89585/how-are-360-photos-stored-and-processed

Applications – for Viewing Static Media, Photos

https://www.google.com/search?q=360+photo+viewer+app+macos

https://www.google.com/search?q=Spherical+photo+viewer+app+macos

https://wiki.panotools.org/Panorama_Viewers

cylindrical, spherical and cubic panoramic images.

ApplicationProperly handles 360 photo – VIEWING (e.g. .jpg)Comments
FSPViewer.app (download)YesBut only (also) one photo at the time, same as RICOH THETA.
One advantage with this is good zoom capability.
home: http://www.fsoft.it/FSPViewer/
info: https://wiki.panotools.org/FSPViewer
Hugin.app (download)(No)Ah, this is not an app for viewing media but editing – stiching.
http://hugin.sourceforge.net/
LizardQ Viewer.app (download)YesBut only (also) one photo at the time, same as RICOH THETA (below). And this app doesn’t allow using keyboard arrows to move around… Skip this and use THETA instead!
Preview.app (macOS std)No
QuickTime (player) (macOS)No
RICOH THETA.app (download)YesBut only one photo at the time!

https://wiki.panotools.org/PTViewer

Web-based

Tests: http://jandp.biz/mlabs/360/

.hdr

.jpg, .jpeg

.xdr

https://www.google.com/search?q=file+extensions+for+vr+images

https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/89585/how-are-360-photos-stored-and-processed