360 degree video viewer

 360 degree video viewer (vid360 app).

This little app allows you to view 360 degree videos on your android phone or tablet.

Download free apk file:

HERE.

Android device must have gyroscope and accelerometer sensors.

You can find out whether your Android device contains these sensors using the "Sensors toolbox" application.

You can download "Sensors toolbox"

HERE.

You can use "vid360" app for to:

- see 360 degree videos,

- display latitude, longitude, user comment data,

- locate the position of the 360 degree video on the raster map or on the google map.

You can see what the application allows in these screenshots:

Create subfolder in the "Movies folder" in the Internal (shared) storage. Copy your 360 degree videos in the subfolder.

You can create more subfolders in the "Movies folder".

You can copy also your own "map.jpg, map.jgw" raster map in the subfolder.

The name of the raster map has to be map.jpg and the name of the referenced file has to be map.jgw.

You can copy also your own "*.mpw" file in the subfolder.

There are latitude, longitude, user comment data.

You can write your own data in the "*.mpw" file.

It is the simple UTF text file. You can use Notepad ++ for edit it.

The line has the following structure:

Latitude_Longitude_Comment

How to get 360 degree videos?

1) You can take your own videos with the "360 degree ​​camera". 

I use the Insta360 X3 camera (there is also Insta360 X4).

Look HERE  or  HERE .

Check out my short 360 degree video I made with Insta360 X3 camera.

Video 1

2) You can download a 360° YouTube Video.

How to Download a 360° YouTube Video:

- Launch "4K Video Downloader+".

- Copy the link to the 360° YouTube video you want to download.

- Click the Paste Link button in the downloader.

- Select the format, quality, and output folder.

- Click Download.

You need to install "4K Video Downloader+" for Windows to download 360° YouTube Video.

Download it HERE.

Metadata.

In the application, I enabled the use of a custom file ("*.mpw") with three basic metadata:

Latitude, longitude, user comment data.

When making a video using a 360 degree camera, a "gpx" file is also generated.

This "gpx" file can be used to insert map data directly into the video.

Watch my video preview with map data embedded.

Notice how the cursor moves around the maps with the changing position.

Look video HERE.

About the possibility of inserting map data into the video - sometime in the next blog.

360 degree videos can also be viewed on YouTube.

For example:

HERE

or

HERE

Enjoy.

JS

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Privacy rules:

"vid360 app"

The application does not collect any personal information. 

The author of the application is the author of the blog. 

The application is: 

- freely distributable, 

- free of charge, 

- does not contain ads. 

The author allows the link (reference) to the blog to be distributed and shared in any way. 

The author does not allow modifying and changing the program code and its components. 

The author does not allow to modify and change the components of the APK file. 

The author does not allow to modify and change the name of downloaded APK file.

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360 degree photo viewer

 360 degree photo viewer (ph360 app).

This little app allows you to view 360 degree photos  on your android phone or tablet.

Download free apk file:

HERE.

Android device must have gyroscope and accelerometer sensors.

You can find out whether your Android device contains these sensors using the "Sensors toolbox" application.

You can download "Sensors toolbox"

HERE.

You can use "ph360" app for to:

- see 360 degree photos,

- display some basic EXIF ​​meta data,

- locate the position of the 360 degree photo on the raster map or on the google map.

You can see what the application allows in these screenshots:

Create subfolder in the "Picture folder". Copy your 360 degree photos in the subfolder.

You can copy also your own "map.jpg, map.jgw" raster map in the subfolder.

The name of the raster map has to be map.jpg and the name of the referenced file has to be map.jgw.

You can create more subfolders in the "Picture folder".

How to get 360 degree photos?

1) You can take your own photos with the "360 degree ​​camera". 

I use the Insta360 X3 camera.

Look HERE  or  HERE .

Some of my photos taken with a 360 camera:

Photo 1

Photo 2

Photo 3

2) You can download Google Street View 360 Images.

How to do it?

Look  HERE .

You need to install "Street View Download 360" for Windows to download Google Street View 360 Images.

Download it HERE.

EXIF metadata.

Every photo needs at least basic EXIF ​​metadata.

"360 degree photo viewer" displays this EXIF ​​meta data:

Latitude

Longitude

Altitude

DateTime

Image width

Image length

Camera model

User Comment

When taking a photo with a camera, the camera writes EXIF ​​metadata to the photo.

EXIF ​​metadata can be edited or written into the photo using a computer program.

You can use "Exif Pilot".

Free download is HERE.

Latitude, Longitude, Altitude

Camera model, user comment, datetime

360 degree photos can also be viewed on www pages.

For example:

HERE

or

HERE

Enjoy.

JS

**************

Privacy rules:

"ph360 app"

The application does not collect any personal information. 

The author of the application is the author of the blog. 

The application is: 

- freely distributable, 

- free of charge, 

- does not contain ads. 

The author allows the link (reference) to the blog to be distributed and shared in any way. 

The author does not allow modifying and changing the program code and its components. 

The author does not allow to modify and change the components of the APK file. 

The author does not allow to modify and change the name of downloaded APK file.

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