360 Image Format. These limits are the maximum values and apply to web uploads and direct graph api uploads. Normal photos posted on facebook can not be controlled 360 degrees.
Mobile uploads have additional limitations applied during upload. So we made this tool so that you can switch from normal photos to 360 degree photos and when you create it you will not see it change anything. Images and video generally need to be stored in the equirectangular panoramic equirect pano format which is a common format supported.
Any image format will do.
The two most common are the equirectangular and cube map. Equirectangular projection represents the sphere as a 2x1 rectangle where the cartesian x y coordinates correspond to the longitude and latitude of the point on the sphere. Monoscopic is the most common type of 360 video and also is what is commonly supported by 360 video players such as youtube and facebook. The 360desktop panorama file type file format description and windows programs listed on this page have been individually researched and verified by the fileinfo team we strive for 100 accuracy and only publish information about file formats that we have tested and validated.
