Capture a 360° panorama with your phone

You don’t need a 360 camera to add a location. Spin your phone in place and Vimmersa paints each frame onto a live sphere until you have a full panorama — all in the browser, no app to install.

Before you start

  • • An iPhone works best today (no app needed).
  • • You’re signed in — the panorama saves to your account.
  • • A few minutes and a spot you can turn around in.

Step by step

  1. 1

    Open the capture tool

    On your phone, go to Tools → “Capture 360° panorama with your phone”. Inside a project, you can also tap “Capture with your phone” in the editor. You need to be signed in — the finished panorama is saved to your account as a location.

  2. 2

    On a computer? Use the QR hand-off

    Open the tool on desktop and it shows a QR code. Scan it with your phone to shoot there — when you save, the new scene opens back on your computer automatically. Nothing to email or transfer.

  3. 3

    Grant camera and motion access

    The tool uses your camera and your phone’s motion sensors to know where you’re pointing. Allow both when prompted. Everything runs in the browser — there’s no app to install and no separate 360 camera.

  4. 4

    Shoot: turn slowly and fill the dots

    Hold the phone upright and turn on the spot. A grid of dots marks where a frame is still needed; aim the reticle at a dot, hold steady, and it captures automatically, painting that patch onto a live sphere. Work around the full ring, then tilt up and down to cover the ceiling and floor.

  5. 5

    Pick a capture mode that suits you

    Manual captures when you hold steady on a dot, Timer gives you a short countdown per frame, and Instant grabs frames as fast as you can aim. If a frame comes out blurry, “Retry last” undoes just the most recent patch.

  6. 6

    Stitch and set exposure

    When the sphere is filled, the patches are stitched into a single equirectangular panorama. Use the live exposure control to even out brightness — what you set is baked into the saved file.

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    Preview, then save as a location

    Preview lets you look around the finished 360° right in the window. When it looks right, Save creates a new location you can drop into a tour, add hotspots to, and share.

Tips for a clean result

  • Pivot around the phone’s lens, not your body — keep the camera roughly in one spot as you turn. This is the single biggest factor in a clean stitch.
  • Turn slowly and steadily; give each dot a moment to lock before moving on.
  • Shoot in even, diffuse light. Harsh mixed lighting and moving people or cars are the usual causes of seams.
  • Cover the poles — tilt up for the ceiling/sky and down for the floor, or those areas end up blurry.
  • An iPhone gives the most reliable results today. Calibration keeps improving across devices.