The future of photography is in 360 degrees according to British photographer Rod Edwards, who has created immersive views of Herzog & de Meuron's new extension to the Tate Modern gallery.
Rod Edwards has produced six 360-degree views of the Switch House, which opened this year in London, including one at the building's entrance and one from the 10th-floor viewing platform.
The photographer has also created a webpage where these can be viewed full screen. They can be experienced in virtual reality using a headset like Google Cardboard.
"360-degree imagery is the future, and the future is here now if you want to take advantage of it," said Edwards.
"It is becoming mainstream, so these are exciting times," he continued.
"It is fast developing with VR and becoming ubiquitous. Even Getty Images has a 360-degree stock photography department, while Facebook and YouTube both support 360-degree photos and videos, and other social media sites are set to follow."
Edwards spent two days at Tate Modern to plan the shoot and take all the photographs.
He used a Canon DSLR camera to capture his high-resolution images, as well as a fisheye lens and a panoramic tripod. This allowed him to rotate the camera in precise increments of 60 degrees.
He then manually stitched together each image into a "spherical" using various computer programs, including Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop ? a process that took approximately four hours per view....