Spartan
Design
University

COURSES

360° Panoramic Photography for VR, AR, XR, MR, etc.

In this course you will learn GIGA photography (hundreds of images per panorama), publishing tours for the Oculus headset family, creating panoramas with a Drone, creating stereo images and how to put an object inside a panorama.

Module 2 - Equipment and Software

  • View the Nodal Ninja 3 (entry level) arm.
  • View the Nodal Ninja 6 (Pro level) arm.

Module 3 - Shooting Giga Pixel

  • View How to Set No-Parallax Point

Module 4 - Image Processing

Module 5 - Down Shot Patching

Module 6 - Creating a Spherical Image

Module 7 - Multiresolution Panorama

  • View the Provo Courthouse (117 shot method-cropped frame)
  • View the Library Multiresolution panorama (with colors)
  • View the Provo Library Panorama (117 shot method-full frame)

Module 8 - Publish a Tour for Oculus Go using VR Tourviewer

  • Download the 4K sample panorama for headsets (tile at 1012px)
  • Download the 6K sample panorama for headsets (tile at 1520px)
  • Download the 8K sample panorama for headsets (tile at 2024px)
  • Download the 10K sample panorama for headsets (tile at 2528px)
  • Download VR Tourviewer
  • Download the Android File Transfer Utility
  • How to Sideload tours to Oculus Go and Oculus Quest
  • How to get vr sphere preview to work with VR Tourviewer
  • How to add butterflies, leaves, snow, rain to a tour in VR Tourviewer
  • The interface for Oculus Go does not support zooming so using a high resolution image is a waste and overfills your internal Oculus storage. To create a version of your tour for oculus, set the "Image" to single node and the cube face to 2000px. This will give you an 8000 x 4000 experience.
  • View the augmented Hines Mansion tour for web browser
  • View the augmented Hines Mansion tour for Oculus headset

Module 9 - Shooting Panoramas with a Drone

  • View the drone shot with a new sky.
  • View Beit Lehi drone shots with directions
  • Download the sky images

Module 10 - Stereo Panorama

  • View Dual Camera Multi-row Stereo Attachment (F6043)
  • Read How to Uplaod stereoscopic to Round Me
  • Read A Short Expert Level Tutorial on Practical Stereo Panography
  • View Dual Camera Multi-row Stereo Attachment (F6043)

Module 11 - An object within a Panorama

  • View The Jeep on the Bookcase Shelf

PART II

Battle of the Cameras

View one of the panorams

View the other panorama

View both panormas in Round Me. Pano width reduced to 10,000px wide

Canon 5DS

  • View HDR version
  • View singleshot version
  • Canon EOS 5DS
  • 28mm EF fixed lens
  • f-11
  • Focus set to 10ft
  • Bracket ±2
  • 7.14GB for the RAW files
  • Combined with Photomatix Pro using style: Realistic
  • Stitched Panorama Width = 42576px

    SONY M7II

    • View HDR version
    • View singleshot version
    • Sony 7R II
    • Sony 24mm G master lens
    • f-11
    • Focus set to 10ft
    • Bracket ±2
    • 5.06GB for the RAW files
    • Combined with Photomatix Pro using style: Realistic
    • Stitched Panorama Width = 32652px
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