Swivel Viewer, an open source embeddable album viewer
July 29th, 2010 | Published in Google Open Source
A while back, we noticed that lots of sites were starting to show 360 degree views of their products.
So a few months ago we added a feature to Picasa Web Albums that lets you flip through the photos in an album in “Full Screen View” or “Slideshow” mode by dragging left and right on the current photo. This works especially well if you put an object on a turntable, but it also works fine for other albums, like our featured shots from the 2010 Winter games.
The embedded album viewer also supports this feature:
So a few months ago we added a feature to Picasa Web Albums that lets you flip through the photos in an album in “Full Screen View” or “Slideshow” mode by dragging left and right on the current photo. This works especially well if you put an object on a turntable, but it also works fine for other albums, like our featured shots from the 2010 Winter games.
The embedded album viewer also supports this feature: