This is a 360° stereoscopic panorama of the sunset over our lake this evening. To view it, download the image and open it in a stereo viewer such as Bino, setting the viewer as follows:
- Surround 360°
- Input 3D above-below → Input top/bottom
- Choose the output method of your choice if you have VR equipment, or Output 3D side-by-side → Output Right/Left and cross your eyes until the two images merge and the 3D scene appears
I don’t have VR equipment myself. I use the eye-crossing method.
If you’ve never tried to view a stereogram this way, the key to success is to keep the screen a good distance away from your eyes - at least at the beginning - and keep your eyes as parallel to the pair of photos as possible: cross your eyes until you brain “latches” onto the 3D image and naturally keeps your eyes crossed. If you head is tilted even slightly, it’s a lot harder to achieve, if not downright impossible. Once you get the knack, it only takes a split second to bring the two images together.
In this particular sphere, the 3D effect is mostly visible on closer objects, such as the trees and the building behind you. The initial view, which points at houses across the lake, has very little 3D effect, but is easier to latch onto.