360 panorama, but the other way round???

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I'm familiar with panoramas, and photo-spheres is one of my interests..

Instead of viewing 360 from one point, I want to move round one point taking photos, then stitch them so that I can effectively "walk" round that point and see it all round.

I'm sure there must be software to do it, but I don't even know what the process is called, so can't search for it !

I am aware of photogrammetry software, but I don't really want to create a 3D image, nor am I interested in 3D photos, just an "inverse panorama"

Would be grateful for any info.
 
In cinema, it's one of the "Bullet Time" effects: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_time

The default seems to be to set up a ring of cameras and expose synchronously, using green screen to mask the other cameras in the setup. I imagine that, depending on how accurate you want the stitching to be, you might have to lay track around the subject if using a single camera.

I would have thought you could use ordinary panoramic stitching techniques to create the image strip and then find something that can present the whole as an inverted panorama. It may be that some panorama display software actually includes the facility.
 
I would just use a camcorder or the movie option if the camera has it. then to get what your after extract individual frames and stitch them together.Or something like this watch until end. get a better slider this one, the USB port broke. One issue you will come across is keeping the same distance away so be aware

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPSixnVFPgs
 
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There was a software that enabled you to "walk through" a house using still shots for estate agents, I even used it once, I fancy it was a plug-in for photoshop? but I honestly cant remember now. You could look around with that, I remember having to photograph the ceiling as you had to shoot in all directions.
Sorry thats not much help maybe someone else remembers the name.
 
realspeed said:
I would just use a camcorder or the movie option if the camera has it. then to get what your after extract individual frames and stitch them together.Or something like this watch until end. get a better slider this one, the USB port broke. One issue you will come across is keeping the same distance away so be aware

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPSixnVFPgs
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That is the effect that I am looking for, but rather taking a series of photos on the way round and stitching them.

The estate agents one is a variation of a photo sphere, which is not so hard it seems. https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=sGpmRax2vJk

In fact Android phones can make very satisfactory photospheres, or it is easy and quick to do with a camera and tripod. (I use 72 photos, better than a phone, though the extra quality is of little benefit for viewing online) The only hard part is a plain blue sky :)
 
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