Newbie questions about 360° panorama photos

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We will not be able to support the panorama type you describe for a number of reasons:

  1. When tilting towards the pole we need to stop the rotation close to the poles of the photo (when looking straight up or down) to avoid turning upside down. With a panorama like the one you describe there would have to either be a discontinuity when tilting towards the poles to be able to switch view to the other side or turning the camera upside down. Take a look at 360 example above for a reference on the stop tilt near the poles behavior.

  2. The equirectangular format Equirectangular Projection - PanoTools.org Wiki does not support this kind of pano. It can only be cropped like here Photo Sphere XMP Metadata  |  Street View  |  Google Developers, not wrapped over the top edge like you describe.

What you should be able to do though is to take two different panoramas, one looking at one direction from floor to ceiling and another looking at the other direction from floor to ceiling. That would give a similare experience but in two photos instead of one.

Hope that helps.