View your 360° panoramas with an inexpensive VR headset:

As it happens, Google Cardboard is completely compatible with Podium Panorama renders uploaded and hosted through the Spherecast service. And believe us, it's seriously cool!

What you need:

  1. SU Podium V2.5.1 or above and SketchUp 2014 or 2015.
  2. Time to create a high resolution, photo-realistic panorama image (equirectangular image). Read here for instructions.
  3. Access to the free spherecast.org upload site (free)
  4. A smart phone - Any Android or iPhone will work.
  5. Google Cardboard or Google Cardboard based VR device.

Get Cardboard: There are several reasonably priced Google Cardboard sets available direct from manufacturers on the Cardboard website, or through Amazon. This one in particular is inexpensive and well reviewed: D-Scope Google Cardboard Kit.

Using Google Cardboard with your Pano EQ image

1. Upload to Spherecast:

Once you generate your SU Podium V2.5.1 equirectangular panorama image, you can upload this image to the Spherecast.org upload web site.

Sherecast.org will then generate spherical panorama and provide a URL for your panorama presentation. For example: Sample spherecast pano.

2. Switch to stereoscopic mode

Spherecast has a wonderful stereoscopic feature, which makes it possible to use the platform with Google cardboard.

Send the URL to your Smartphone—any iPhone or Android device will do—and open the URL in the smart phone's browser.

Click on the Google Cardboard icon to create two mirrored panorama images (as seen in the image right).

Place the smart phone in your Google Cardboard headset according to the included instructions.

Experience an immersive VR event!