Flickr Jumps Into 360° Virtual Reality Photos with New Samsung Gear VR App
Flickr today announced its new virtual reality app for the Samsung Gear VR headset, allowing people to experience 360° photos hosted on the service through an immersive virtual reality experience. The photo sharing service began teasing this new VR experience back in September.
Flickr photographers have uploaded tens of thousands of 360° photos over the years, and now Flickr is providing a new way to experience them through a VR headset.
After installing the app by following the instructions on Flickr’s new VR page, put on your headset and load up the app. You’ll see a carousel of top curated 360° photos.
Select one, and you’ll be transported to that place. Look around in any direction to feel like you’re actually standing where the photographer was.
Don’t have a VR headset? You can still explore the photos by dragging around in the frame:
Flickr says it’s working on other 360° photo features and experiences for both VR headsets and for mobile devices, and that this new app “is just the beginning.” Stay tuned.