Facebook 360 have you used it

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Just this past week, I took a quick course in Facebook 360. It's something I'll be starting to use when covering news but it can be used for so much more. Have you heard of it? If not, Facebook 360 is a tool really, to help you get followers and readers to interact with you. With myLot being a site wanting members to be social this would be a great tool for them to allow. There are THREE tools in 360 360 Photos This allows you to take a photo and lets your followers or users view the photo from different vantage points, by moving their mouse if they are on a desktop or tilting and turning their phone. If you think that's cool you'll love... 360 Videos When using Facebook 360 video, you're panning an area. Say you're in a restaurant and you want to share your experience. Slowly pan from left to right with this app and your followers will get a 360 view of it all. Don't worry about making mistakes. If you pan too fast an arrow pops up pointing back, to the left, to let you know, you need to go back to a certain point and continue from there. It took me three tries. The first time the footage didn't start where I wanted. To avoid this start further over than you would normally start and the first pan image should pop up where you want to originally start. My second try. I panned too fast and that's when the arrow popped up telling me to go back to a certain point and continue from there. My third try, I got it right! I will say this is not a live video. You won't get movement like the wind blowing a flag. It captures it in the pan. But that's where the next 360 tool comes in.... Oh and your followers can interact with this one too in the same way, moving the mouse or tilting and turning your phone. LIVE 360 LIVE 360 brings it all together the 360 view, panning, and the movement. Here's a photo of the first one I did. However, I'm not sure if myLot will let you interact with these. That's something support would have to answer.