Social networks to share your 360 degree content
Once you start experimenting with a new 360-degree camera you’ll soon want to share your content and see what others have been doing.
Facebook and YouTube now support 360-degree videos, and because of their popularity they are naturally a perfect platform for sharing such content. But there are also some emerging social networks specifically designed to share 360 degree images. Additionally they offer tools that Facebook or YouTube don’t have yet. Here are some social networks you may want to check.
Portby
Portby is a simple 360 photo-sharing app developed by a VR startup called Fulldive. It allows users to see, edit, and instantly share a panoramic 360-degree view on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media networks. In addition, the photos can be viewed through Google Cardboard. Users can download the app and link their smartphone to their 360-degree camera or phone camera to control it. The “Explore” feature allows users to see each other’s photos. The application is currently available on Google Play and Apple App Store.
Spinnable
Spinnable is a cross-platform 360 social sharing app built by the company called Intermersive. Users can upload 360 degree images or take a panorama picture with the phone’s native camera and turn into a spherical image. Recently Ricoh announced a partnership with the platform. The partnership allows Ricoh Theta S owners to directly upload 360-degree videos recorded with the camera to Spinnable app.
The Spinnable platform is currently available as an iOS app. According to the company’s announcement Android, Samsung Gear, and desktop versions are expected soon.
MettaVR
MettaVR is a social media platform for user-generated 360-degree videos and a community of 360 creators around the world. It allows users to explore others’ work through a world map. User can trim their videos, apply simple filters or add text. You can also follow users by subscribing to their content. The platform is currently in beta and you can sign up for a waitlist. (PS. If you are interested just drop me a line on Twitter, I have some limited number of invitations to share)
Vrideo
The Los Angeles-based startup Vrideo is not only designed to be a 360-degree social platform, its’ goal is to be one of the major distribution platforms for VR. Users can upload their videos and explore others’ work through Android, iOS, Samsung Gear VR apps and the company’s website. The Vrideo player allows for playback quality of 480p to 4K, and supports many different panoramic video formats. The company is backed by media-focused venture capital firms in Los Angeles and New York.
Littlstar
Disney funded Littlstar is a global network dedicated to 360 videos. The platform offers 360 video content from well-known brands like Showtime, Disney, Discovery, Fusion, PBS, Mountain Dew, National Geographic and Red Bull as well as individual users from around the world. Users can download Littlstar iPhone and iPad app from the Apple App Store or the Android app from Google Play Store.
Kuula
Kuula is a web based 360 degree photo sharing app developed by Bartek Drozdz. With Kuula users can easily share and embed their photos or apply unique effects such as filters and lens flares.
Vizor.io
Vizor.io is a web based VR platform to create and share VR content on desktop, mobile or on head mounted displays (HMD). Users can embed their project into other sites on the web, design multiple 360 images in a VR gallery, or add 3D effects. The user interface is easy to understand, and there some useful tutorials to learn more about how it works.
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