iPhone panorama vs. Nexus 4 PhotoSphere

maxsmacs

macrumors regular

Original poster

• Nov 19, 2012

• #1

Does the iPhone have a "PhotoSphere" like program? I recall reading it somewhere but I can't find it. Thanks.

 

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tvith

macrumors member

• Nov 19, 2012

• #2

I don't think it's build into the iOS, but I believe there are a lot of 3rd party apps you can download that would do what your looking for. Apple just started Panoramic shooting, something Android has had for yrs.

 

davehutch

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 20, 2012

• #3

Try "Photosynth".
It will make full 360 degree spherical images for the iPhone

 

MDJCM

macrumors regular

• May 6, 2013

• #4

davehutch said:

Try "Photosynth".
It will make full 360 degree spherical images for the iPhone

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Tried this, it's ok but first test came up a bit rough, got to try outdoors next

 

osofast240sx

macrumors 68030

• May 6, 2013

• #5

alexglee said:

Does the iPhone have a "PhotoSphere" like program? I recall reading it somewhere but I can't find it. Thanks.

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i use this



https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/360-panorama/id377342622?mt=8

 

MDJCM

macrumors regular

• May 7, 2013

• #6

Thanks looks good, I'll check it out

 

bearda

macrumors 6502a

• May 8, 2013

• #7

MDJCM said:

Tried this, it's ok but first test came up a bit rough, got to try outdoors next

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To be honest I've never been able to get a Photosphere to come out without some weird distortion on my Nexus 4. I don't think there's a fool-proof way of doing it at the moment on any phone.

 

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cynics

macrumors G5

• May 8, 2013

• #8

bearda said:

To be honest I've never been able to get a Photosphere to come out without some weird distortion on my Nexus 4. I don't think there's a fool-proof way of doing it at the moment on any phone.

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I agree, the stitching tech on a phone isn't up to par yet. I've found panorama on both Android and especially iOS to not only be pretty good but actually useful.

Took this the other day on the Appalachian trail in VA.

Edit: excuse the low quality, that's a tapatalk upload

 

mattopotamus

macrumors Pentium

• May 8, 2013

• #9

guccisbarbie said:

completely agreed, there are third party apps which are able to create 360 degree photo sphere.

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"Panorama 360" is basically the exact same as photosphere.

 

Assault

macrumors 6502a

• May 8, 2013

• #10

mattopotamus said:

"Panorama 360" is basically the exact same as photosphere.

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Wow, I just checked that out. Talk about a cheap knockoff of Photosphere! It literally looks like they copied the UI for this app. However, I did notice one significant difference. The image is not a full 360 degrees in both the x and y planes, just the horizontal x plane.

It is def a good alternative, although the UI (specifically the grid) looks second rate compared to the real thing. If you don't have Android 4.2.x or only have an iDevice, this would be the app to get for a similar effect. Thanks for the heads up on the app.