Time travel Through your Project

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The time travel dropdown at the top of the walkmode view contains all 360° photos and 2D photos of one waypoint taken at different times. This feature is very useful to visualize progress in a project. This dropdown also contains other data sets showing the scene in a 1.5m radius around the currently active waypoint.

1. Click the icon to go to the walk mode view or click a waypoint in the 2D view.

2. Open the time travel dropdown at the top left.

3. For a better visualization, click the icon.
   The photos will be displayed in a thumbnail view.
   

4. Select the photo you want.

Figure 1-170 Time travel

Clicking the three-dots menu of the selected 360° photo provides options to edit, move, download and delete the 360° photo.

If you have uploaded photos at different points in time, you can create a so-called time travel that shows your project at various stages.

Visualization of Photos in Dropdown and Viewer

Photos from the same date are grouped in a single entry in the time travel dropdown.

The number next to the photo capture date shows the number of photos taken on this date. If you click this number, the photos are all displayed in a carousel.

Figure 1-171 Extended 2D gallery

You can either click these photos or go through them with the arrow keys.

Visualization of 360° photos and 2D Photos in Dropdown and Viewer

If a capture contains a 360° photo and a 2D photo, the entry in the dropdown will show the 2D photo as an annotation.

Figure 1-172 Gallery entry with 360° and 2D photo

Clicking the 360° photo will open the waypoint and show the 2D photo as an icon in the Viewer. Hovering the mouse pointer over the icon, will show a preview of the 2D photo. Clicking the icon will open the 2D photo in a new browser tab.

Figure 1-173 360° photo waypoint with a 2D photo in preview mode

Use Point Clouds for Time Travel

If you have more than one point cloud of the same location captured at different dates, you can also use point clouds for time travel.

1. Click the icon to go to the 3D view.

2. Open the dropdown list at the top left.

3. Select the point cloud you want.

Compare 360° Photo to Point Cloud or 3D Model

In the Sphere XG Viewer, you can also compare the selected 360° photo to a point cloud or a 3D model if available.

1. Click the Split screen button at the bottom of the screen.

The screen will be split vertically.

2. Click either the Point Cloud or the 3D Model button at the top right of the screen.

3. Optional: Select the point cloud you want to compare from the dropdown on the point cloud side of the screen.

Figure 1-174 Select point cloud

The 360° photo will be displayed on the left side, the point cloud or 3D model at the right side of the screen.

Figure 1-175 Compare 360° photo and point cloud

By default, the following options will be active: