iPhone panorama vs. Nexus 4 PhotoSphere

[alexglee]

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

[tvith]

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]

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

[MDJCM]

Originally Posted by davehutch

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

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

[osofast240sx]

Originally Posted by alexglee

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

i use this



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

[MDJCM]

Thanks looks good, I'll check it out

[bearda]

Originally Posted by MDJCM

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

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.

[cynics]

Originally Posted by bearda

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.

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]

Originally Posted by guccisbarbie

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

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

[Assault]

Originally Posted by mattopotamus

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

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.