360 degree video template (room)

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Originally published on deviantArt.

Please
note that the aspect ratio is 16:9, while you might need 2:1!

YouTube is fine with other aspect ratios, but it looks like other services
(including Facebook 360 videos and images) require a width twice as long as the
height. It's easy to fix, just stretch/scale down the template, image or the
finished video to the right dimensions.

I'm leaving it at 16:9 because I learned that it was easier for me to
change/export the exported video than to get my video editing software to
export in a less conventional format.

Also, for Facebook, make sure you don't go over 4096x2048.



You want to make your own 360 degree video, maybe with your own drawings or
even a 2D animation? With this free template, you should be able to make
something of your own. This is a room with a width of 16 units, a length of 16
units and a height of 8 units.


I have published these templates in the Public Domain, which means you can use
it for free, for anything, without having to ask me for permission and with no
restrictions. Also, the test video is in the public domain, feel free to use it
anywhere you like.


Have fun!


Don't know what to do?

Use the images as templates for anything you'd like to use in a 360\u00b0 video. I
recommend not to change the aspect ratio. Load your drawing or your animation
into a video editor and export the video without any black bars (crop or
stretch the image to the video size). A faster alternative is to open the image
in VLC Media Player and convert it to MP4.

Before you upload it to YouTube or Facebook, you'll need to inject some
metadata into your video file.

More information here:
support.google.com/youtube/ans\u2026

You can do so by using a program

• for Windows: github.com/google/spatial-medi\u2026



• for a Mac: github.com/google/spatial-medi\u2026



• as a Python script: github.com/google/spatial-medi\u2026

If it doesn't already do it automatically, only the top checkbox should be
checked after selecting the video file in the program ("My video is
spherical (360)"). Inject the metadata and upload it to a suitable host.
Right now, I know of Facebook and YouTube for videos... and Flickr for equirectangular
images, I think. I haven't actively looked into other services.


Uploading could take a while. But there are options to view it on your computer
to see if everything worked.

You can test the video with VLC Media Player 3.0 and upwards. After injecting the metadata, playing a 360\u00b0 video works nicely, as
far as I tested it.


YouTube might take a while to convert a 360\u00b0 video into its VR form. Also,
uploading anything below 720p is a bad idea because the quality will be really
low.

More
templates for 360\u00b0 video (with varying licenses) on the internet:

• www.finwe.mobi/main/360-degree\u2026 (CC-BY-ND) - a superb
  selection of all kinds of formats for 360\u00b0 video



• www.flickr.com/photos/sbprzd/4\u2026 (CC-BY-NC-SA)
  model test image



• commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil\u2026 (CC0) Tissot's
  indicatrix for equirectangular projection; more



• www.flickr.com/photos/dmswart/\u2026 (CC-BY)
  checkered plane



• www.flickr.com/photos/albertot\u2026 (CC-BY-SA)
  hand-drawn equirectangular perspective lines



• www.flickr.com/photos/dmswart/\u2026 (not
  licensed as free) Equirectangular Perspective Lines



• studiobehind90.com/2016/12/25/\u2026 Cubemap to 360 Photoshop
  tutorial



• magazine.artstation.com/wp-con\u2026 (not licensed as free)
  Awesome grid with depth, similar to my template



• cubebrush.co/blog/360-painting Photoshop 360\u00b0 painting
  tutorial including free template (licensed to personal use, commercial use
  can be bought)

Contents:

• room.blend -
  the Blender source file from which I rendered all of this



• roomtemplate.xcf -
  the GIMP project file I worked with; see layer groups below



• roomtemplate.psd -
  a Photoshop friendly export



• room_template.png -
  the empty room background



• red.png -
  gridlines parallel to the y-axis



• blue.png -
  gridlines parallel to the x-axis



• yellow.png -
  gridlines parallel to the z-axis

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