360° photos with Google Street View

Google Street View

A 360° photo puts your subject in a new light. With the Google Street View app, Google offers an easy and accessible tool to create 360° images with your smartphone.

  • Download the Google Street View App from the Play Store or App Store and open it.
  • Tap on “Create” and then on “Take an all-around panoramic photo”
  • Point the camera at the orange dot and start your 360° photo.
  • Follow the arrow and take a Photo from every angle.

Finish with your shooting?

  • You will find your photo under the Profile tab after composing the images. Here you can view your photo and tag it with a location.
  • Use the Share button in the photo view to share the photo with friends or save it.

Tip:

Mount your phone on a tripod for better stitching stiching results. This way, the angle and height of the camera won’t change.

You like to create more 360° photos?

You have now created 360° photos with your phone camera. However, depending on your camera, they turned out less good or you would like to take 360° shots with your GoPro or any other camera?

In next article, I’ll show you how to build your own small mount for a GoPro Hero 7 using 3D printing and create 360° photos with it. You can find the article here.

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