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A JavaScript library to display 360° sphere panoramas.
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About mistic100/Photo-Sphere-Viewer
Photo Sphere Viewer is a JavaScript library built with TypeScript that enables the display of 360-degree sphere panoramas in web applications. It leverages Three.js to render immersive panoramic content that viewers can interact with by panning and rotating the view. The library is designed to handle equirectangular panoramic images, a common format for 360-degree photography.
The project is maintained as a continuation of an earlier Photo Sphere Viewer implementation and is distributed as an npm package with comprehensive documentation available on its dedicated website. It supports modern web browsers and provides a flexible, configurable API for developers to integrate panoramic viewing capabilities into their projects. The MIT license makes it freely available for both personal and commercial use.
The library caters to photographers, real estate professionals, travel and tourism websites, and any developers needing to showcase immersive panoramic content. It abstracts away the complexity of 3D rendering and user interaction, allowing developers to add panoramic viewing with minimal setup.