Social Media
You can post 360° images on social media sites such as Facebook® 360 Photos to create interactive, panoramic
experiences. You can also export 360° videos that are handled in a similar way, for
example Facebook® 360 Videos. While these videos are
playing, you can choose your perspective throughout the entire 360°. When played on
mobile devices that employ gyroscopes, the motion of the device defines the
perspective or viewing direction, giving you the illusion of having a window into
the virtual world.
VR Headsets
You can use stereographic and 360° images as input for VR headsets, giving
users the impression they are in the virtual scene while allowing them to look in
every direction. These stereographic and 360° images can also be exported as videos
and uploaded to YouTube® where they appear as
VR-360 videos, ready to be streamed and consumed from any VR device.
HDR Environments
When you export 360° images in a high dynamic range format such as
.HDR or .EXR, you can reload the
resulting images as HDR Environments into SOLIDWORKS Visualize. You can then set up
your own scenes to customize reflections and lighting for subsequent visualization
purposes.