What is 360° video?

Unlike traditional video that films a specific perspective of the environment, 360° video is a video format that allows a user to capture any perspective in the entire environment at the same time. Thus, one obtains a 360° representation of the environment that was filmed. When referring to 360°, this refers to the all-encompassing 360° video format, which can be used to both film and view content in 360°. The example below is one of many which are online and publicly available:

*Author: Ryan Whitehead