That's a shame. I don't use it a lot, but it's contributed to my photographic memories over the years. Quality was never amazing, but it could make for some fun pictures. A somewhat related feature I miss that Google dropped a while ago is Cardboard Camera. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.... It basically took panoramas that also included a short clip of sound, which made for some fun "rel…
Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
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Re: Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
#42That's a shame. I don't use it a lot, but it's contributed to my photographic memories over the years. Quality was never amazing, but it could make for some fun pictures. A somewhat related feature I miss that Google dropped a while ago is Cardboard Camera. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.vr.... It basically took panoramas that also included a short clip of sound, which made for some fun "rel…
> official Google Camera
Oh - so official it won't install on any Android device I own?
Re: Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
#43For an anniversary with my wife once I took her on a VR tour of all the photospheres that I'd captured over the years at places like our old apartment or on holidays. Seeing places with strong memories but almost being there felt really meaningful, and she really loved it! So I'll really miss the photo sphere camera :(
Re: Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
#44Re: Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
#45This is a real shame. My favourite experience with photospheres was taking some with my old Google Nexus 5X.
I took quite a lot in Central London and at my family home. On a later trip to my parents' rural village in India, I brought along a Google Cardboard and spent hours showing the villagers our life in London.
These are people who live very simple lives as farmers and farm hands. They don't know much about the outside world and their lives are very much dictated by the humdrum of life within their small communities. Using the headset was perhaps the only way these people would get a chance to stand outside if the Houses of Parliament, or get a panoramic view of London from Waterloo Bridge.
I know that VR videos exist, but the ease of being able to take photos at home and giving people a VR experience to show them how we live on the other side of the world was something very special. It's one of the experiences that really shaped my view on what technology could do and how it can really help people understand one another.
That same thing is possible today, but I'd probably need a 360 camera and a different VR headset since Google Cardboard and Daydream were discontinued.
Re: Google Removes the Photo Sphere Mode from the Pixel 8 Camera
#46I'm quite sure that they are removing it to re-add it in a few years as a brand new exclusive pro premium feature...