Panorama Viewer on Facebook
Visual + Interaction Design
USER RESEARCH ANALYSIS
project management
Problem:
People were not posting panorama photos on Facebook because they were displayed poorly.
Response:
Design an immersive experience for panorama images to increase photo sharing.
Note: This was the first iteration of the current 360-degree photo feature on Facebook. Patents for this work are pending.
Sponsor: Facebook
Date: 2014
The zoom button was added to the photo viewer when a panorama image was detected.
The slider bar serves as both navigation and a preview of image dimensions.
In addition to the slider bar, both the gyroscope and accelerometer in mobile devices could be used to navigate through the image.