A 360 or panorama image, is a special type of image that allows the user to experience being inside the image in 3D. It simulates the user being in the shoes of the photographer, who took the picture, and looking around to the left, right, up and down as desired as well as sometimes zooming. The user can view the scene on a mobile, using Facebook, using other desktop viewers, or embed it into a website.
How to create a 360 image?
Create VR camera, and place it in a good position in the center of the scene. In Render Output Settings it is preferred that the output ration be set 2:1, SPP 3000, and Rendering Mode to Interior Renderer with Light and Specular depths set to 100. Then select Fixed to File form the 360 Image menu.
For 360 images to be automatically detected on Facebook width to height ratio should be 2 to 1, for example if width is 2000 the height of the image should be 1000. Another restriction is with maximum file dimensions of 6000 x 3000 pixels
Sharing 360 images on Mobile
Using the FREE SimLab VR viewer; with a 360 image created *.png transfer the image to a mobile, and download File Manager (Mobile, AsusTek Computer Inc.).
Browse to the 360 image
Select File Manager
Select the image from the list, and experiment with your 360 image!
For more details and examples on how to embed a 360 image in a website visit these links: Link 1, Link 2
