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360 Image

 
 
What is a 360 image?
 
A 360 or a panorama image, is a special type of image that allows the user to experience being inside a 3D scene, the user can view the scene
on a mobile, or using Facebook or other viewers.
 
 
 
 
 
 
How to create a 360 image?
 
Creating a 360 image using SimLab Composer is very simple, first you need to create a VR camera, place it in the scene, then select the VR
camera, and render a 360 image.
 
 
This process is shown in the following tutorial .
 
 
 
 
Sharing 360 images on facebook?
 
Facebook has one extra restriction on 360 images to be automatically detected, width to height ratio should be 2 to 1, for example
if width is 2000, height on the image should be 1000
 
 
 
How to embed and use a 360 image in a website?
 
  • Download photo-sphere-viewer JavaScript library.
  • Added it in your website files.
  • Embed the necessary JavaScript files needed such as: three.min.js, photo-sphere-viewer.js
  • Add CSS:
 
 
  • In your body tag create container for 360 images:
 
 
  • Then Include JavaScript Code:
 
 
  • Finally it will look like this :
 
 
For more details and examples on how to embed a 360 image in a website visit these links: Link 1, Link 2