Chang, Che-HanLai, Wei-ShengChuang, Yung-YuPierre Benard and Daniel Sykora2017-04-222017-04-2220171017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/egp.20171037https://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/egp20171037This paper proposes the swung-to-cylinder projection model for mapping a sphere to a plane, which is useful for viewing 360 panoramic images. Our model extends the swung-to-plane model and consists of two steps. In the first step, the sphere is projected onto a swung surface. In the second step, the projected image on the swung surface is mapped onto a cylinder through the perspective projection. The proposed model is simple, efficient and easy to control. Similar to the swung-to-plane model, it makes a better compromise between distortion minimization and line preserving. However, it does not suffer from the distortion problem of the swung-to-plane model when viewing full 360 panoramic images.I.3.3 [Computer Graphics]Picture/Image GenerationViewing algorithms10.2312/egp.201710375-6