A 360 format is a video with a 360 view where you can move your phone to see the surroundings, 360 videos normal use an MP4 format or an MK. You can see 360 videos on YouTube on any device in some cases you can watch it in VR.

A 360-degree video is normally recorded using either a special rig of multiple cameras or using a dedicated camera that contains multiple camera lenses embedded into the device.

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360 cameras are being used within the media a lot at the moment, For example, they are using it for football videos, sports, fashion, tech, gaming and many more. With this amount of 360 cameras being used means, there has to be a need for these types of videos. If you look on facebook you can see that a lot of pages are using them, when you upload a pan photo on facebook you can see the 360 mouse control.