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The capture guide

Capture the room.
Keep the feeling.

A good walkthrough starts with complete, steady images. Here’s how to bring your first property into HouseTour.

Available now: upload and build on your phone.

HouseTour currently imports complete 360° photospheres. Guided capture and automatic stitching inside HouseTour are not available yet.

01 / Phone

Use a full photosphere capture mode.

Your capture app must export a complete 360° × 180° equirectangular image: all the way around, above and below. A normal wide panorama is often only a horizontal strip.

Export the original JPG, PNG or WebP to Files or Photos, then open HouseTour on the same phone and choose Add panorama.

02 / 360° camera

One capture. All directions.

A supported dual-lens 360° camera captures the sphere together. Export a stitched equirectangular photo from its companion app, then upload it from your phone.

Use still photos for the room tour. Regular videos, fisheye images and ordinary photos need a different processing path.

Before leaving the property

A few minutes here.
A better tour later.

  1. 1

    Keep the lens in one place

    For a photosphere, rotate around the camera lens as closely as possible. Walking around while stitching can split door frames and nearby furniture.

  2. 2

    Cover the whole sphere

    Follow overlapping capture targets around the room, then cover the ceiling and floor. Retake missing areas instead of stretching or filling them.

  3. 3

    Hold still and keep the light consistent

    Clean the lens, avoid moving people, and pause for each frame. Where your capture app allows it, keep exposure and focus consistent.

  4. 4

    Check the room in 360°

    In the studio, look at windows, door frames, ceiling and floor. Check for blur, dark patches or broken seams before connecting the rooms.

  5. 5

    Walk the route both ways

    Place a doorway link and then its return link in the next room. Review the route before making the tour public.

File checklist

Full sphere. Original detail.

Projection
Equirectangular, 2:1
Formats
JPG · PNG · WebP
Upload limit
32 MB per room
Useful starting resolution
4096 × 2048 pixels

A 2:1 shape alone does not prove complete coverage. Check the actual room in the viewer. Larger originals need more memory on the viewing device; tiled delivery is still planned.

Ready for the first room?

Create your property and open it in the studio.

Open tour studio