You have to try this at home yourself. This is not magic. But it’s pretty darn close.

Everyone has been talking about the Cycloramic ever since its founder, Bruno François, appeared on Shark Tank last week. This is going to be one of the most amazing things you have ever seen. A new app is capable of turning a series of photos into a panoramic photo or video. And the phone can even do it by itself using the iPhone’s vibrate feature which has been specially calibrated by the app to spin the device smoothly around on its own steam. You can then view the photo or video on Cycloramic’s 3D viewer.

You have to watch the videos to better understand this amazing feat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZhnEHOMzY#t=335

The Sharks loved the Cycloramic. Mark Cuban gave Cycloramic $500,000 at a $3 million valuation. François was only seeking $90,000.

After researching information about the app, I found out that the episode was filmed over the summer. At that time, Cycloramic had 660,000 downloads and cost $.99 on the App Store. Today, it has more than eight million downloads and costs $2.99, although it is currently offered on special at $1.99. François is also developing a rotating base to allow the app to work on non-iPhone devices.

About 100,000 new downloads took place within an hour of Cycloramic’s debut on Shark Tank. The power of television? No, the power of a great product.