Apps for Photography
There are so many different ways to use your RICOH THETA 360° camera.
| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| YouTube Live Events 360 | Stream on YouTube in 360° using Live Events. You will need to configure your encoding specifications. |
| YouTube 360 Video | YouTube supports uploading and playback of 360° spherical videos in Chrome, Firefox, MS Edge, and Opera. |
| WordPress | WordPress.com supports embedding 360° photos via simple shortcode. |
| DualFisheye RAW | This plugin allows you to take multiple RAW images very quickly with just one click. |
| Burst IBL Shooter | Burst Capture Mode of Camera API is used. |
| Long Video Classic | Plug-in saves RICOH THETA V videos longer than 25 minutes using standard H.264 compression and standard video bitrate. |
| Long Video High Compression | Uses High Efficiency Compression, not default H.264 video compression standard, to reduce the 360° video file size. |
| Theta Live Streaming for oVice | This plug-in enables 360° video streaming on the virtual space "oVice". |
| MiiRo | MiiRo is 360° Remote Meeting Tool. |
| Agora Live Streamer | This plug-in does live streaming using Agora.io service. |
| Dual Fisheye Plug-in v2.12.0 - free | Single or bracketed dual-fisheye images. Merge DNG images into super HDR |
| Theta Magic Filters | Uses OpenCv to process images and generates interesting filters for the camera. |
| THETA Magic Filters | RICOH THETA plug-in that processes images and quickly generates interesting transformations of your 360° pictures. |
| Wireless Live Streaming - free | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V and Z1, live stream 360° video to YouTube without using a computer. |
| Big Time | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V that sets self-timer shutter delay for longer than 5 seconds. |
| Make Smile Shutter | Make children smile and look at the RICOH THETA V camera using your recorded voice, altered with fun special effects. |
| Meow Shot! | Aimed at making cute cats look at the RICOH THETA V camera using your recorded voice or pre-recorded meows. |
| GoThru Upload | Connect your RICOH THETA to your wireless network, and upload your panoramas directly to your GoThru account. |
| Scuba | For recreational and scientific diving using the TW-1 underwater case, takes 1,000 pictures at 4 second intervals. |
| MESH Plug-in for RICOH THETA | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V that easily connects with two different MESH IoT blocks: shutter button and motion sensor. |
| Bracket Quick Shot | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V that takes 3 pictures at different exposures. |
| VR Media Connection | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V and Z1 to connect to a head mounted display (HMD) wirelessly and view THETA 360° pictures. |
| Time Shift Shooting | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V and Z1, makes it possible to easily eliminate photographer from the 360° shot. |
| Smart Device - free | Control RICOH THETA V and Z1 by speaking commands through Alexa. |
| Single Lens Shooting | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V and Z1, used to take a picture using only the front lens. |
| File cloud upload V2 | Upload RICOH THETA pictures directly to a Google drive account. |
| Automatic Face Blur BETA | Blurs all faces in 360° RICOH THETA pictures, both original and blurred photos saved. |
| Self-timer Locked | RICOH THETA V plug-in to take 360° pictures or videos using self-timer mode. |
| Current Location | This plugin displays your location in map data provided by OpenStreetMap. |
| HID Remote | Connect RICOH THETA with any Human Interface Device (HID) like keyboard, mouse, finger presenter, game controller. |
| Change via Tilt | With this THETA plug-in, you can change the shooting settings by combining THETA's position (tilt) and button operations |
| BT Earphone Remote | With this THETA plug-in, you can remotely control THETA from Bluetooth audio devices such as earphones. |
| 360 Monitor Free | With RICOH THETA V / RICOH THETA Z1, you can browse on-site situation! |
| Plug-in Launcher Z1 | With THETA alone, you can select the desired plug-in from all already installed plug-ins and start the plug-in. |
| VRFix | For YouTube and Facebook, loads a 360º video file, injects video metadata, and saves a copy of the file. |
| VANISH360 | Instantly remove objects that are moving in a series 360° images, for RICOH THETA S, SC, and V. |
| VR Panorama Viewer | View RICOH THETA 360° images inside of Google's Cardboard. |
| Vimeo360 | Upload in up to 8K, stream in high quality, and host, manage, and publish your 360° videos. |
| V360 | Create 360° videos from your mobile phone, combine clips, trim, sort, add music. |
| Unity | Popular real-time 3D development platform. |
| TL-2 Lens Cap – For Theta Z1 | Compact cap to protect the lenses of your Theta Z1. |
| TL-1 Lens Cap – Not for THETA Z1 | Dedicated compact cap to protect the lenses of your Theta SC, S and V. |
| ThetaZero | Alternative to official RICOH THETA mobile app, takes pictures, shows battery level, sets shutter sound. |
| Pano2VR | Tool for straightening panos and creating tours, great for things like tripod removal or fixing images. |
| Theasys | Create and publish virtual tours online for free. |
| VeeR VR | Curated VR experiences from around the world. |
| theta360.com | Website for uploading and sharing spherical images, provided by RICOH. |
| Theta Z1 Stitcher - paid, mobile | Mobile app to stitch images captured by RICOH THETA Z1. |
| Theta Transfer | Enables transferal of original (3584 x 1792) JPG images directly from RICOH THETA to Android. |
| Stand TM-1 | Dedicated monopod for RICOH THETA cameras, made by RICOH. |
| Semi-Hard Case TS-2 | Semi hard carry case for RICOH THETA Z1. |
| THETA S Bracket for HDR | Simple and easy Android app to capture & download images for HDR imaging with RICOH THETA S/SC. V is not supported. |
| Theta HDR | Takes three 360° pictures with different exposures (correctly lit, underexposed, overexposed). |
| Theta Hardcase TH-2 | Clear hardcase for shooting underwater or in inclement conditions. |
| Theta Extension TE-1 | Adapter for RICOH THETA that enables use of tripod while connecting to USB or HDMI cables. |
| THETA DNG Transfer - free | Downloads DNG files directly from your THETA Z1 via Wi-Fi. |
| THETA (Device Web API Plug-in) | Controls multiple IoT devices, including RICOH THETA, from an Android mobile app. |
| Theta Cable Switch CA-3 | Remote control device for RICOH THETA cameras to operate the camera shutter. |
| THETA ActionPlus+ | Take a 360° picture based on movement or sound detection. |
| 360 Magic Tour | Creates virtual 360º tours using THETA S, allows moving around rooms and spaces. |
| Tao360 | VR gallery app compatible with Google Cardboard. |
| Spinnatic | An online platform for creating custom 360° virtual tours. |
| Glo3D | 360° car photography app for automotive dealer digital merchandising |
| Piranha | The Piranha App is designed for car dealers to shoot photos of their cars in minutes. |
| EZ360 | Automated Photo Studio for auto dealers and their vehicles |
| Shopicar 360 | Shopicar 360 captures exterior and interior 360° spins, videos, and photos for sharing |
| SnapLot 360 | Capture interior panoramic views to increase merchandising efficiency and differentiate your listings. |
| CloudPano Automotive | Capture exterior and interior spins of any vehicle in 3 minutes or less. |
| AutosOnShow | AutosOnShow provides video and imagery solutions for the automotive industry. |
| Spheremote | Take photos, download 360° images from RICOH THETA, and create time lapse sequences. |
| SkyBox VR Player | Preview 360° content through Oculus RIFT, supports DK2 (Mac + WIN) and CV1 (WIN). |
| Simple HDR | Quickly capture a full set of bracketed 360° images, simplified down to two main settings, for RICOH THETA m15 and S. |
| SeekBeak | Online platform that allows you to easily add interactive content to your panoramic and 360º images. |
| Roundme | 360° VR publishing and panoramic tours authoring platform, free and paid accounts. |
| Rollworld | iOS app to create Tiny Planet photos and videos. |
| Underwater Housing TW-1 | TW-1 underwater housing offers 30 meters of waterproofing. Compatible models: RICOH THETA V, S, SC. |
| 3D Microphone TA-1 | 3D microphone for exclusive use with RICOH THETA V, for recording natural, balanced spatial or 3D audio. |
| Soft Case TS-1 | Soft carrying case made by RICOH, with strap attachment, comes in two colors: white and black. |
| Ricoh Selfie Stick TM-3 | Small, lightweight & portable selfie stick ideal for RICOH THETA. |
| Ricoh Selfie Stick TM-2 | Take great 360 degree selfies with a self stick made explicitly for RICOH THETA. |
| PTGui - paid | Panoramic image stitching software for Windows and macOS. |
| Photomatix Pro and Photomatix Essentials | Create HDR photos and adjust them in the style you want, from realistic to creative, using one-click presets. |
| Panoraven | Commercial 360° photo viewer with a free plan for personal use. |
| Panolens | Javascript panorama viewer based on Three.js with impressive set of features. |
| Paneek | Interactive media platform for creating engaging virtual tours by adding links, 360° photos and videos. |
| Pixelmator Pro | Image editor, great for use with RICOH THETA Stitcher (standalone) |
| 3DVista | Experts in the art of immersive imaging. |
| 360Photo-to-Video | |
| THETA+ | A specialized smartphone app for editing 360° still images and videos taken with the RICOH THETA. |
| Orbix360 | Publish 360º experiences on mobile, desktop and virtual reality. |
| DualFisheye Plug-in Remote - paid | Control DualFisheye Plugin for RICOH THETA Z1/V via Wi-Fi. |
| OpenFrame | Simple 360° camera and app combination to create virtual tours, designed for real estate agents. |
| NVIDIA Jetson | Small, powerful computer from NVIDIA, stream from the RICOH THETA as normal USB web cam using the RICOH THETA USB API. |
| meta360 | Makes your 360° images recognized as 360° content on Google Photos, Facebook, and other social media sites. |
| Momento360 | Upload, view, and share your 360° photos and videos all in one place, all from your browser. |
| MAGIX Movie Edit | Video editing software that supports 360° video. |
| Level Theta Images | Levels RICOH THETA images when transferring to desktop, can do in batches, saves as TIFF for less compression loss. |
| Lapentor | Cloud-based virtual tour software. |
| KR Pano | Tools for manipulating 360° pictures and videos, including panorama viewer, virtual tours, and more. |
| KIRORU 360 Live Player | Plays back network streams (RTSP only) from 360° cameras or video servers, supports THETA S, uses hardware acceleration. |
| Kiroro 360 | Display RICOH THETA 360° photos and videos, switch to side by side display, attach VR glasses, such as Tao Visor. |
| Hugin | Assemble a mosaic of photographs into a complete immersive panorama, stitch any series of overlapping pictures, more. |
| Waterproof Hard Travel Case | Waterproof hard travel case by HOLACA for RICOH THETA m15, SC, S, and V. |
| Water Resistant Housing | Water resistant housing for RICOH THETA m15, SC, S, and V. |
| Traveling Bag | Traveling Bag for RICOH THETA M15, SC, S, and V. |
| Theta V Cover with Cleaning Pen K | Protective silicon cover with cleaning pen kit, for RICOH THETA V. |
| HDR 360 Bracket Pro for Ricoh Theta | For building light probes on a set, paid app for iOS, offers HDR bracketing, exposure customization, more. |
| Google Tour Creator - free | Tour Creator makes it easy to build immersive, 360° tours right from your computer. |
| Google Street View | Connect directly to your RICOH THETA camera from the Google Street View app and publish your 360° location photos. |
| GIMP | Freely distributed raster graphics editor for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. |
| Flickr | Image and video hosting service, free and pro versions. |
| Final Cut Pro X | Offers 360º spherical video editing and VR goggle previews from the 360º video timeline. |
| Facebook 360 | Main Facebook information page for uploading 360° content, including 360° videos using Facebook 360 Publisher Tools. |
| Facebook Live 360 | "Transport people into moments and experiences—right as they happen" |
| ExifToolGUI | Graphic User Interface (GUI) for handy but command-line only metadata tool ExifTool. |
| ExifTool | Read, write and edit metadata information. |
| Exif Fixer | Make any panoramic JPEG image work as an interactive panorama in Facebook and be recognized properly in Google services. |
| edit360 Pro | Formerly known as "Theta Converter," levels 360° images automatically, solves wavy lines, for RICOH THETA V. |
| EasyTransfer for Theta Cameras | Download full resolution 360° photos from RICOH THETA m15 to your Android device over Wi-Fi. |
| Easypano | Developers and marketers of panorama software and virtual tour software. |
| Cyberlink PowerDirector | Easy and powerful video editor with 360° video editing features. |
| CloudPano | Create and display virtual tours in 360° and VR. |
| Circular Studio | "Tiny planet" app for iOS that turns your 360° photos into amazing 2D circular images. |
| Waterproof Camera Case | Waterproof camera case, includes dense absorbing foam and airtight seal, for RICOH THETA SC, S, and V. |
| Camera Control for Ricoh Theta | Control Ricoh Theta m15 over Wi-Fi, supports settings like shutter speed, ISO, exposure compensation, and time-lapse. |
| Attachments for Theta Strap | Connect decorative attachments using the tripod hole at the bottom of your THETA to attach straps to your camera. |
| Android Studio | The fastest tools for building apps on every type of Android device, including RICOH THETA V and Z1. |
| Affinity Photo | The only fully-loaded photo editor integrated across macOS, Windows and iOS. |
| Adobe Premier Pro | Supports viewing and editing VR videos, automatically detects VR properties. |
| Adobe Photoshop CC | Industry standard raster graphics editor. |
| Adobe Lightroom Plug-in for Z1 - free | THETA Plug-in that makes it easy to edit and stitch RAW DNG images. |
| RICOH THETA Stitcher (RTS) for Z1 - free | THETA Plug-in makes it easy to edit and stitch RAW DNG images. |
| 360player.io | View, share and embed your own 360º images to enhance your business website. |
| 360Cities.net | Curates and licenses high quality, fully 360° interactive panoramic photos and videos. |
| 360 HDR Bracket Tool | Paid app for automatically shooting 360 images at different exposure settings, made for 3D animation rendering, gaming. |