360° spins

A Podiar spin is a 3D reconstruction built only from your own photos of that car, shown turning on a podium. Nothing is generated or invented: if the photos don’t cover the car, the spin says so rather than filling it in.

Spins are included on the Pro, Group and Founder plans, not on Starter. See Billing & subscriptions.

Capture a walk-round

1. Open the car, tap Vehicle options → Start walk-round.
2. The app shows how this uses your monthly car allowance before you start. A full walk-round uses one car, and discarding a walk-round does not refund it.
3. Set the circle around the car, then walk all the way round, keeping the same distance. Photos are taken automatically as you go — you don’t press the shutter.
4. Follow the prompts: Keep walking round the car, Slow down a little, You’re drifting off your circle.

A walk-round ends when you have been all the way round. If no new photo is taken for 10 minutes it pauses and stops there. Small gaps are fine: the viewer holds the previous photo across a gap, and missing spots can be re-captured later.

Each car can have up to three walk-rounds. To start another, discard one from the dashboard first.

How long it takes

A full turn usually takes 20 to 45 minutes the first time. You can leave the screen — it carries on without you. The status moves through Uploading your walk-round, Cutting out the car, Building the 3D turn and Ready to spin.

If a spin doesn’t finish

You may see Turn didn’t finish — the 3D turn couldn’t be built from these photos. Your photos are safe, and Podiar support can run it again; sometimes a new walk-round is the way to try again. A spin that fails never affects the car’s still images.