Mobile-first 360° virtual tour creation using just your phone
Pivot is a lightweight platform for capturing, generating, and sharing immersive 360° walkthroughs of real estate spaces—no special hardware or technical skills required. Designed with short-term rental hosts, subletters, and real estate agents in mind, Pivot lets users scan their space room-by-room using their smartphone, automatically generate 360° views, and instantly share a complete virtual tour via link.
Unlike traditional solutions like Matterport, Pivot is fast, affordable, and accessible to everyday users.
Creating professional virtual tours today is:
- Expensive (e.g. Matterport costs hundreds of dollars per property)
- Equipment-heavy (special cameras or contractors)
- Out of reach for smaller hosts and renters
Pivot democratizes tour creation:
- No hardware — just your phone. 20–40 images per room.
- No stitching/editing — fully automated within minutes
- No friction — built-in sharing, mobile/web/VR viewing
A sample walkthrough generated entirely using Pivot’s guided photo capture and auto-stitch pipeline. GIF compressed due to Github size constraints.
 Project Page: Upload & organize photos, stitch 360° images, arrange room layout, annotate, and manage project settings |
 Explore Page: Browse tours created by users with your email domain (e.g., Stanford housing discovery) |
- Structured Projects – Set up projects, define rooms, and manage tour settings in one place
- Flexible Photo Input – Capture guided 360° shots or upload your own panoramic images
- Auto Tour Builder – Automatically stitches images and connects rooms into smooth, navigable walkthroughs
- Interactive 360° Viewer – Pan, zoom, and transition between rooms on mobile or desktop
- Floor Plan Editor – Visually arrange rooms to reflect real spatial layout
- Custom Room Labels & Annotations – Name rooms and tag features (e.g., dishwasher, balcony) with icons or notes
- Explore by Organization – Discover public tours made by others with your domain (e.g.,
@stanford.edu) - Privacy Controls & Sharing – Public, private, or password-protected tours with link/embedding options
- Frontend (Web): React + TypeScript
- Mobile App: React Native
- Backend: Supabase (RLS-secured), PostgreSQL
- Image Processing: AWS + PTGui CLI (stitching 20–40 smartphone photos into 360° images in minutes)
- Authentication & Sharing: Supabase Auth + storage rules to support:
- Public links
- Org-only access (e.g.,
@stanford.edu) - Private/internal tours
This folder contains the Unity project that allows users to experience a 360° walkthrough of their space in virtual reality.
| Pivot | Matterport | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardware Required | No | Yes |
| Cost | Free | $$$ per tour |
| Time to Publish | Minutes | Hours/days |
| Skill Required | None | Moderate |
| Shareability | Web, mobile, VR | Web, mobile, VR |
| Ideal For | Small hosts, renters, student housing | Enterprise, realtors |
Pivot isn’t trying to replace Matterport for luxury listings—it’s unlocking virtual tours for the 90% of the market they can’t serve.
This prototype was developed as part of a Stanford CS210 senior project.
Contributors:
Special thanks to our TA Natalie Greenfield and instructor Jay Borenstein
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├── README.md # Project overview and media
├── archive/ # Legacy or in-progress code
├── img/ # Media assets for README
├── mobile_app/ # React Native capture app
├── vr_viewer/ # Unity-based VR walkthrough viewer
└── webapp/ # Web-based project/tour management interface
## 📎 Additional Resources
- 📘 [Team Wiki Page](https://github.com/cs210/Pivot/wiki)
- 📐 [Team Coding Standards](https://github.com/cs210/Pivot/wiki/Team-Coding-Standards)
- 📄 [Product Requirements Document](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jG3TpzOdq8mq9hlyTwwn-EBwxiXAfL_b9FL28QPo6WE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.p6o1yo1yd1du)