View 360 VR Experiences in the ArcGIS 360 VR web app

The ArcGIS 360 VR web app allows you to view 360 VR Experiences on desktop PCs, mobile devices, and virtual reality (VR) headsets. 360 VR Experience (.3vr) is a file format exported from CityEngine or created from a web scene that allows the consumption of a collection of panoramic images.

See https://360vr.arcgis.com to view the web app.

The 360 VR Experience gallery

The 360 VR Experience gallery appears when you open the web app. It displays the available 360 VR Experience items that you can open.

ArcGIS 360 VR gallery

You can filter the items with the following options:

Public Experiences

Publicly available and popular items

My Experiences

Your items*

My Favorites

Your favorite items*

My Organization

Your organization’s items*

* Requires sign in

Using the search field, you can search for all items accessible to you. For advanced keyword search, see Use advanced search.

  • Click Content item to go to the ArcGIS Online 360 VR Experience item page.
  • Click Favorites to add the experience to your favorites.

Using the web app

Use VR, desktop, or mobile devices to view a 360 VR Experience. Viewpoints and scenarios allow you to explore the experience further. Click the viewpoints to navigate to predefined views. Click the scenarios to see specific alternatives when multiple scenarios are present in the experience.

Screen experience on desktop and mobile

Screen experience

On a desktop, click and drag to rotate and look around. On a mobile device, rotate the device around to navigate. Click or tap the viewpoints and scenarios to explore the 360 VR Experience.

Use Full-screen Full-screen to enter full-screen mode. To go back to the 360 VR Experience gallery, click Gallery.

Note:

The full-screen mode is not available on all platforms.

The following are desktop keyboard shortcuts:

  • To switch viewpoints, press the Left or Right arrow key or A or D keys.
  • To switch scenarios, press the Up or Down arrow key or W or S keys.

Virtual reality experience using a headset

Open the 360 VR Experience in the web browser on your virtual reality (VR) device. For example, on Oculus Quest, click the Oculus button on the right controller to open the quick menu. Select Browser. Enter the 360vr.arcgis.com URL in the browser. Select an item to enter VR mode. On desktop browsers, or when the VR mode is not automatically entered, click Goggles to enter VR mode.

Oculus browser
Oculus enter URL

Use the VR controllers to switch to a different viewpoint by pointing the controller at the viewpoint thumbnail or camera button Camera viewpoint and clicking any controller button. You can also click the scenarios to see different alternatives. Point at the gallery button Gallery and click to go back to the 360 VR Experience gallery.

360 VR Experience in virtual reality

The following are controller shortcuts:

  • To quickly change views, tilt the controller joystick left or right, or swipe left or right on a controller with a touch pad.
  • To quickly change scenarios, use up or down.
  • To show or hide the menu, point the controller outside of any menus and click any controller button.

To learn more about how 360 VR Experiences are created in CityEngine, see Export 360 VR Experiences from CityEngine. Also, see Create 360 VR Experiences from web scenes for information on creating them from your web browser.

Note:

The ArcGIS 360 VR web app replaces the legacy Oculus app for Oculus Go and Gear VR headsets.