Upload your first panorama
A panorama is a 360° photo you can step into and look around. In Kroscloud you mostly use panoramas to enrich your 3D scenes and 2D maps: drop a panoramic point onto your scene, and visitors click it to drop into a real 360° view of that spot — just like Google Street View. You can also chain panoramas together into a virtual walking tour.
Add a panorama to your scene
This is the main way to use panoramas. With a 3D scene or 2D map open in the editor:
- Open the Points of interest menu and add a new point.
- Choose the Panoramic point type.
- Upload your 360° photo (or reuse one you've already added).
- Give the point a title and an icon, and place it where it belongs on your model or map.
That's it — visitors now see a pin on your scene, click it, and step into the full 360° view to look around, then come back to the model or map.
Build a VR tour by chaining panoramas
Every panorama is itself a little scene that can hold its own points of interest. In the Points of interest menu, use “Edit pano (new tab)” to open a panorama and add points inside it — including more panoramic points. Each panoramic point jumps the visitor to the next panorama, so you can chain several together into a Street-View-style walking tour that hops between viewpoints — all reached from points on your 3D model or map.
Inside a panorama you can add the same content as anywhere else — text with audio narration, images, and videos — so each stop on the tour can tell its own story.
Panorama image requirements
A panorama must be a 360° equirectangular image (the wide, “unwrapped” 2:1 kind), saved as JPG.
- Dimensions: a power of two — 8192×4096, 4096×2048, 2048×1024… 8192×4096 is recommended for a panoramic scene (4096×2048 for a background).
- File size: keep it small — around 5 MB or less — so it loads fast. Use stronger JPG compression if needed.
- If the dimensions aren't an exact power of two, the image is resized down to the nearest one (e.g. 8000×4000 → 4096×2048), so export at the right size to keep full quality.
Prefer a standalone 360° scene?
You can also create a panorama as its own top-level scene: on My board, click Create 360° Panorama, upload an equirectangular JPG (up to 100 MB), name it and save. It works, but remember that in Kroscloud a panorama is usually far more useful as a point inside a 3D scene or 2D map.
What you can build
- An interactive floor plan where each room opens a 360° view — click a room, step inside, look around.
- A 3D building model with interior panoramas at key spots, so visitors move between the overall shape and real photographic detail.
- A 2D site or campus map with Street-View-style waypoints that lead visitors around the grounds.
See the showcases for ideas, then share or embed your finished scene.
Troubleshooting
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| My panorama looks stretched or warped | It must be a 360° equirectangular image (twice as wide as it is tall). A normal flat photo won't display correctly as a panorama. |
| My image looks lower-resolution than expected | Dimensions must be an exact power of two; otherwise the image is scaled down to the nearest one. Export at sizes like 8192×4096 or 4096×2048. |
| It says I've reached the panorama limit | The Free plan allows 3 panoramic points per scene. Upgrade for more. |
| The panorama loads slowly | Keep the file around 5 MB or less — increase JPG compression rather than uploading a huge file. |
Panoramas live inside a scene
Start by creating a 3D scene or a 2D map, then add 360° points to bring it to life.
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