360-degree video

Sample 360-degree video in 360x180 equirectangular format.

360-degree videos, also known as surround video,[1] or immersive videos[2] or spherical videos,[3] are video recordings where a view in every direction is recorded at the same time, shot using an omnidirectional camera or a collection of cameras. The term 360x180 can be used to indicate 360° of azimuth and 180° from nadir to zenith. During playback on normal flat display the viewer has control of the viewing direction like a panorama. It can also be played on a display or projectors arranged in a sphere or some part of a sphere.

  1. ^ Nielsen, Frank (2005). "Surround video: a multihead camera approach". The Visual Computer. 1 (1). Springer: 92–103. doi:10.1007/s00371-004-0273-z. S2CID 2000070.
  2. ^ "With Google's new immersive videos, you can feel what it's like to be a ballet dancer". Quartz. December 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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