2013年6月2日星期日

How to view 360 Panorama, Use 360 Panorama Software to Creat and View It

360 panorama software

360 panorama software Panoweaver can build 360 degree panoramas from digital photos. Users can stitch wide angle images, fisheye lens images, etc, into spherical panorama, cylindrical panoram and cubic panorama. Besides, the ponarama can also be published into Flash virtual tour or HTML5 virtual tour with this 360 panorama software. Thus, it can be viewed on PC, iPhone and iPad.
Main features of 360 panorama software:
  • Support automatic stitching and manual stitching
  • Stitch spherical panoramas from fisheye photos
  • Stitch cylindrical panoramas from single-row/multiple-rows of photos
  • Support stitching HDR panoramas from camera RAW source images
  • Stitch and blend HDR source images into an LDR panorama
  • Recognize the lens type automatically
  • Support two blenders: PWBlend and Smartblend
  • Stitch 16 bit panoramic image
  • Right click stitching
  • Save unfinished project
  • Add hotspot, progress bar and customized toolbar to panorama
  • Output panoramas to Flash panorama tours (both html based Flash and standalone swf), QuickTime movies and Java Applet tours
  • Mask is supported in the 360 panorama software.
  • Little planet view can be achieved with the panorama software.
  • Tripod can be romoved directly in the 360 panorama software.
  • Gyro effect is supported in HTML5 virtual tour.
  • More features.

How to stitch spherical panoramas?

To create 360*180 degree spherical panoramas, it is recommended to shoot fisheye photos and then stitch with 360 panorama software Panoweaver.
What is fisheye photo?
Fisheye photo is usually taken with fisheye lens, and there are three types of fisheye photos that can be stitched into 360*180 spherical panorama with photo stitching software Panoweaver.
  • Full circular fisheye photo
    It has a 180° angle of view in all directions, Only 2 or 3 circular fisheye photos would be enough when stitched in photo stitch software
  • Drum fisheye photo If you attach DSLR with Focal length multiplier>1 to Sigma 8mm f4 EX fisheye lens, the two margins in the final fisheye images will be cut. We call it drum fisheye image derived from its shape. 6 images in total, including the zenith and the nadir, would be enough when stitching panorama in our 360 panorama software.
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Full circular fisheye photo
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Drum fisheye image
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Full frame fisheye photo
  • Full frame fisheye photo It has a 180° angle of view only on the diagonal line. To create a panorama with full frame fisheye photos, 8 images, including the zenith and the nadir, need to be processed in 360 panorama software.
    Stitch full frame fisheye photos to panorama:
    The stitched panoramic photo is a 360 degree spherical one.

Where you can use 360 panorama software and panoramic virtual tours?

360 Panoramas can be widely used in many commercial fields, here are some introductions about how to and where you can use 360 panorama software made panoramas and virtual tour software made VR Tours to promote your business.

Scenic Spot Panorama

You can travel with Panoramas created by 360 panorama software. On scenic spot publicity, comparing with traditional text description and local plan photos, 360-degree panoramic virtual tour are more capable to introduce the entire scenery spots. You can have a panoramic view of all the beautiful scenery. Embed the 360 panoramic tours to your website, the visitors may easily view the sight and have a strong immersive feeling, which will arouse their interests to travel.
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Store Panorama
Although the online shopping is an irresistible trend in this internet era, some shoppers still prefer to learn about products in physical stores. So it’s wise to combine online and off-line store shopping together. 360 store panoramas created by 360 panorama software may provide buyers the convenience of online shopping and the reliable quality service and experience of physical store. When they found their favorite dresses or suits, they can click on the hotspots linked by images to see the details, which may attract more customers to visit your store and place orders.

Real Estate Panorama
360 panorama software is widely used in real estate sales and house renting. Panorama software can stitch multiple photos into one 360 panoramic image. Just staying at home with their PC, the tenant and buyer can view the house in all directions. In the real estate panorama, you may also add some hotspots to link to Google/Bing Maps to show where the room or offices locate, or link to a URL to introduce your company. You can also connect some pop up image to show your indoor facilities.

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