Photo Sphere
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Photo Sphere is a Google camera mode that lets users capture immersive 360-degree panoramic images by stitching together multiple photos.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Photo Sphere canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3420919 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Photo Sphere Context triple: [Google Camera, hasFeature, Photo Sphere]
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A.
Panorama
Panorama is a prominent sidebar section of the Berlin International Film Festival that showcases innovative, independent, and socially engaged films from around the world.
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B.
Panorama
Panorama is a long-running BBC television current affairs documentary programme known for its investigative journalism and in-depth reporting on political and social issues.
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C.
Panorama
Panorama is a notable musical number from the stage musical "The Sleeping Beauty."
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D.
SPHERE
SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
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E.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Photo Sphere Target entity description: Photo Sphere is a Google camera mode that lets users capture immersive 360-degree panoramic images by stitching together multiple photos.
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A.
Panorama
Panorama is a prominent sidebar section of the Berlin International Film Festival that showcases innovative, independent, and socially engaged films from around the world.
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B.
Panorama
Panorama is a long-running BBC television current affairs documentary programme known for its investigative journalism and in-depth reporting on political and social issues.
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C.
Panorama
Panorama is a notable musical number from the stage musical "The Sleeping Beauty."
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D.
SPHERE
SPHERE is a high-contrast imaging instrument on the Very Large Telescope designed primarily for directly observing and characterizing exoplanets and circumstellar disks.
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E.
Periscope
Periscope was a live video streaming mobile app that allowed users to broadcast and watch real-time video from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google product feature
ⓘ
camera mode ⓘ |
| availableOn |
Google Play Edition devices
ⓘ
Nexus devices ⓘ
linked to:
Nexus (Google smartphone line)
some Google Camera compatible phones ⓘ some Motorola devices ⓘ |
| brandingOwner |
Google LLC
ⓘ
linked to:
Google
|
| canBeSharedTo |
Google Maps Street View
ⓘ
linked to:
Maps JavaScript API Street View service
social networks ⓘ |
| captureMethod |
guided by on-screen alignment dots
ⓘ
user moves phone around in all directions ⓘ |
| category |
mobile photography feature
ⓘ
panoramic imaging technology ⓘ |
| designedFor | consumer users ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| enables |
capture of 360-degree panoramic images
ⓘ
capture of immersive panoramic photos ⓘ |
| fileFormat | JPEG with XMP metadata ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automatic stitching
ⓘ
exposure blending ⓘ on-screen capture guidance ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Google+ Photos (historical)
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Photos
|
| introducedBy | Google ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Android 4.2 Jelly Bean ⓘ |
| metadataStandard |
Google Photo Sphere XMP metadata specification
ⓘ
linked to:
XMP
|
| outputType |
360-degree photo
ⓘ
spherical panorama ⓘ |
| partOf |
Android camera app ecosystem
ⓘ
Google Camera ⓘ
linked to:
Google Camera app
|
| platform | Android ⓘ |
| primaryUse | creating immersive environment photos ⓘ |
| requires |
accelerometer
ⓘ
camera with sufficient processing power ⓘ gyroscope ⓘ |
| similarTo | Street View panorama capture ⓘ |
| supports |
device-tilt based viewing
ⓘ
horizontal 360-degree coverage ⓘ touch-based exploration of scene ⓘ vertical 180-degree or more coverage ⓘ |
| targetDeviceType |
smartphone
ⓘ
tablet ⓘ |
| uses |
image stitching technology
ⓘ
multiple overlapping photos ⓘ |
| viewableAs |
flat equirectangular image
ⓘ
interactive panorama ⓘ |
| viewableIn |
Google Maps
ⓘ
Google Photos ⓘ Street View app ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Photo Sphere Description of subject: Photo Sphere is a Google camera mode that lets users capture immersive 360-degree panoramic images by stitching together multiple photos.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Google Camera app