How are 360 videos created?

Question

I think I understand how they’re recorded using a spherical camera, but how do people make 360 videos with 3D modeled environments and things like that?

In: Technology

Answer 1

With 3D modeled environments it’s actually easier, because you don’t need to buy a special camera. 3D modeled means the video was computer generated. If your software supports it, you can simply tell the computer to render all the directions. Normally you’d set up a virtual camera and tell the computer to render what the camera can see.