A new feature will greatly expand the audience of panoramic technologies.
Social network Facebook said it was ready to provide users the ability to upload their 360-degree photographs in the news feed.
The function will be similar to the spherical video available since September of last year, and will support both photos taken with a spherical camera, and panoramic images from smartphones.
It is the last opportunity to significantly expand the audience of the technology. 360-degree cameras are quite expensive, but a panoramic image can be obtained with the help of most phones using specific software, and in some modern models of smartphones feature panoramas already present by default.
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Facebook 360-degree photo will help promote the Oculus Rift – its own virtual reality helmet. Earlier this purpose was created and spherical camera 360 Facebook Surround.
