Photo
Video
- ‘Regular’ media, non-panorama
- What the human eye can view without movements, about 160° by 75° (horizontal angle by vertical angle)
- Panorama – media outside of the just mentioned about 160° by 75°
- Partial panorama, more than 160° but less than 360° in horizontal plane
- Cylindrical panorama, 360° in horizontal plane but less than 360° in vertical plane
- Spherical panorama, 360° in both horizontal plane and 360° in vertical plane
- (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.google.com/search?q=what+makes+a+photo+a+panorama
- Long history: https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/panoramic_photography/panoramic_home.html
- https://www.360cities.net/help/taking-panoramic-pictures/how-to-get-started
- https://www.google.com/search?q=spherical+photography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereo_photography_techniques
- https://www.google.com/search?q=stereoscopic+photography
- https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+virtual+reality
- https://www.google.com/search?q=ricoh+theta+s
- Ricoh Theta S – Still image resolution: L: 5376 x 2688, M: 2048 x 1024 (https://theta360.com/en/about/theta/s.html)
- https://xinreality.com/wiki/Ricoh_Theta
- https://www.dpreview.com/articles/4794312887/ricoh-theta-s-boosts-resolution-introduces-google-street-view-integration
https://www.wix.com/blog/photography/2017/06/08/everything-wanted-know-360-photography/
Omnidirectional cameras can shoot 360°{\displaystyle \times }
180° panoramic photos or videos.
https://www.google.com/search?q=vr+360
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_omnidirectional_cameras
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360_photography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panorama
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360_product_photography
- capability to turn an object around, to view an object from any angle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VR_photography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTime_VR
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramic_photography
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemispherical_photography
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.
| Application | Properly handles 360 photo – VIEWING (e.g. .jpg) | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| FSPViewer.app (download) | Yes | But 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) | Yes | But 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) | Yes | But 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