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What is 360Cities?

360cities.net is the largest collection of stunning, high-resolution, interactive panoramic photos and 360º videos created by a network of thousands of the finest panorama photographers and videographers from around the world. 360Cities is the leader in 360° / VR media for education, publishing, advertising & film, and mobile app & game development. We provide standard file transfers as well as hosted solutions in which we provide API access to content and metadata. We’ve been curating and licensing high quality, fully 360° interactive panoramic photos and videos since 2008 and have rewarded thousands of passionate VR photographers and videographers with royalties on their work.

Publishing 360° Videos

360° videos are are automatically available for licensing by our customers and distribution partners. Uploading 360° videos to 360Cities is a great way to promote your work and earn royalties from them.
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View in VR

The most immersive way to view the hundreds of thousands of 360° images and videos on 360cities.net is in Virtual Reality (VR). You can enjoy a VR experience either by using a dedicated head mounted display (headset) or by using mobile devices with a VR headset. Read More

Choose Your Account Type

There are four account types on 360 Cities: BASIC, PLUS, PRO and COMPANY. For a complete list of accounts on 360 Cities and their features, take a look at our plans & pricing page.
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Earning Money With Your Panoramas And 360º Videos

Creating and sharing panoramas is our passion, but wouldn't be great if you could earn extra money from them? Read on...
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Getting Started See All
Learning How to Make Panoramas

"So, what is the secret of creating a 360 panorama? It's actually pretty easy. You, the photographer, choose a place. Then you start taking photos around yourself until you cover the whole intended field of view with photos."
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The Importance of Writing Metadata

Make your images more discoverable by being sure to add proper metadata like title, description, location, and (very important!) tags. Adding (properly spelled) tags significantly increases the chance that your image will surface in a search.
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2 Ways of Uploading Your Panoramas

So, what is the secret of creating a 360 panorama? It's actually pretty easy. You, the photographer, choose a place. Then you start taking photos around yourself until you cover the whole intended field of view with photos.
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360 Requirements

All panoramas that you upload to your account are reviewed before being published on the 360Cities.net site. 360Cities checks for technical, content restrictions, size, and file types of all panoramas to ensure quality standards are met.
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4 Types of Accounts, Lots of Features
BASIC: Free! Use It, Love It

Upload and publish an unlimited number of panoramas and 360º videos, license them to third parties, embed your panoramas on any website. Sign up today and start discovering the wonderful Panoramic World of 360Cities.
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PLUS: For Enthusiasts

All BASIC features PLUS... make your own decision about your panos. Unlist them if you don’t want anyone to see them, share your portfolio with your friends and customers, create sets with a bunch of images or get priority review.
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PRO: Top of the Line

BASIC + PLUS + PRO, all are yours: More control, more money, all features: turn ads off or keep all your ad revenue, get hired for photography jobs, customizable PRO embedding, show your business name, publish business panos… And sleep well, since you can always ask us for an Original Files Back-Up if you lose some files.
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COMPANY: For Groups

One PRO account not enough? Get a COMPANY account, and get 4 PRO accounts in one.
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Sharing Panoramas See All
Panorama Embedding

Basic and Plus contributors can embed their panoramas easily on any website, blog... Whitelist URLs, set the width and height, pick the embed code and paste them as desired.
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How to Share Panoramas

The rest of the world deserves to see that amazing panorama you just found.
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Business Panoramas

Only 360Cities PRO and COMPANY account holders may publish panoramas that are clearly intended to promote a business.
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PRO Embed

Embed your panoramas to your clients’ website for free. Fully customizable PRO embeds for your panoramas without arrows or ads. Choose your logo and link to whatever URL you choose. Optional autorotation, controls, attribution, and other text. Possible to create fully white-label embeds of your panoramas published on 360Cities.
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What to do if...
I found a problem

You can find the solution on the 360Cities Forum or contact us.
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My panorama was not selected

Don't panic! It can happen and it's not the end of the world! You can improve your panorama and swap it!
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I didn't receive the verification email

Please check your spam folder or change your email address in your account settings, you will receive a new email to your new address.
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I want to contact the 360Cities Team

You can send us an email here . Keep in touch with us!

I don't find the 360Cities' PayPal Email Address

If you need to send payments to 360Cities for whatever reason, please use this email address for PayPal payments...
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I want to license 360° VR Photos and Videos

You can license panoramas from 360Cities on a rights managed basis for your commercial project. Join a growing number of companies and add the beauty and interactivity of high quality 360 x 180 degree panoramas from our collection.
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Licensing Your 360º Panoramas And Videos

You can license panoramas from 360Cities on a rights managed basis for your commercial project. Join a growing number of companies and add the beauty and interactivity of high quality 360 x 180 degree panoramas from our collection.
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Integrate hundreds of thousands of stunning, 360º VR images and videos into your service360Cities is the source of 360° / VR media for education, publishing, advertising & film, and mobile app & game development. Using the power of the 360Cities API you can now add this unique resource to your edtech, publishing, licensing, or VR development service.
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Get the high resolution, fully spherical panoramic images for your online promotional campaign, VR app, digital publication and many other uses with our automated licensing engine. Here's how to search for, price, purchase and download the panoramic images you need.
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Commission a Gigapixel

Promote your large crowd event or online campaign with an interactive gigapixel panorama
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Finding the Right Panorama and 360º Videos

There are five ways to find the panoramas you’re looking for: search, map, directories, Gigapixels or contact us.
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How to post 360° panoramas to Facebook

All 360Cities panoramas are now optimized for Facebook. When you license and download an image from us, simply upload the stitched JPEG file to your Facebook feed as if it were a regular image. Facebook will recognize it as a 360° image and display interactively in the Facebook 360 player.
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