Google Street View is no longer hidden away inside Google Maps; it now has its very own app on Android and iOS, which offers immersive 360-degree imagery, and allows you to contribute your own. “Find ...

This year you won't need a professional camera rig to grab an immersive 360-degree view of your surroundings so you can create and share your own VR photos and video. Managing Editor Josh Goldman is a ...

Uploading your own Street View Photos -- even with a 360-degree camera-- can be a pretty laborious process. Google introduced "Street View ready" standards in 2017 to make things easier, and now ...

It can be a pain to upload your own Street View photos even if you have a 360-degree camera. You may have to stop to take photos every few feet, and then there's the question of getting the spherical ...

Having a population of 50,000 people, unfortunately, doesn’t always make the Faroe Islands a top priority for many companies — like Google Street View. But after launching Sheep View 360, a cleverly ...

Similar to Daydream-ready smartphones for virtual reality, Google is launching a certification program for 360-degree cameras. “Street View ready” will insure that the upcoming 20 devices are ...

The tech giant is working with camera makers to create new devices that will help normal people like you and me contribute to Street View. Terry writes about social networking giants and legal issues ...

Google has taken the wraps of a new version of its Street View Trekker portable 360 degree camera that helps it map and capture places where its Street View cars can't -- like mountain tops, ancient ...

The whole appeal of virtual reality is that it absorbs you. When it's done poorly, the simulacrum shows itself, and you get The Truman Show sort of feeling, the feeling that something's just not right ...

Google is retiring its Photo Sphere Camera app on iOS and the Street View feature from the Google Maps app on Android in favor of a new app for both operating systems: the Street View app. The tech ...

Who needs a street for Google Street View? The 360 camera, left, that Paolo Tosolini and David Geller used to map part of the Lake Washington shoreline from aboard a boat. (Paolo Tosolini Photo; ...