360° films about Toruń — ready today
6 films with a guide and captions — on YouTube and in DeoVR
Finished 8K 360° films about your city, with the guide in captions and watchable with the sound off — ready to show from today on your website and in VR headsets.
Author: Andrii ShramkoWhat is ready for Toruń
6 films about Toruń, 27 min of flight in total: the Old Town with its Market Square, town hall, Artus Court and Leaning Tower, Philadelphia Boulevard with its gates and the ruins of the Teutonic castle, the New Town with St James' and St Catherine's churches, the ramparts and Jordanki, and the left bank of the Vistula with Dybów Castle.
The guide tells the stories of particular places: why the Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit had to pass for a burgher's house, what the defenders of the Monastery Gate poured on attackers, where the bell taken by the Swedes is today. The facts come mainly from Wikipedia, and the guide's full text is under every film.
The films are in 8K (7680×3840), 60 fps. They work on YouTube, in DeoVR, on phones and in VR headsets — from today, with no extra work on your side.
| The Church Disguised as a House | Old Town · Church of the Holy Spirit · Artus Court | 7 min |
| The Rival Bank of Toruń | Dybów Castle · Józef Piłsudski Bridge · Podgórz | 3 min |
| The Town of Craftsmen | Provisions Warehouse · St Stephen's Church · New Town Market Square | 5 min |
| The Town That Took the Castle | Philadelphia Boulevard · Sailors' Gate · Swedish Granary | 5 min |
| Porridge, Post and a Leaning Tower | Old Town Market Square · Old Town Hall · Artus Court | 4 min |
| Built Where the Walls Came Down | St Catherine's Church · St James' Church · Wilam Horzyca Theatre | 4 min |
- 1,000+views of the films about ToruńYouTube + DeoVR, public counters, as of 29 October 2026. Only the films of this series about Toruń.
How we count
We add up the public view counters of YouTube and DeoVR — views are events, so they can be summed. We never add up subscribers or the number of films, because the same film is on both platforms. Hours watched are shown only when a platform has reported them, never worked out from film lengths. Facebook is not included. Numbers are rounded down and refreshed once a month.
- YouTube: 100+ (views of the films about Toruń, 29 October 2026)
- DeoVR: 900+ (views of the films about Toruń, 29 October 2026)
YouTube + DeoVR, public counters, as of 29 October 2026
Embedding the films from YouTube on your websites needs no paperwork. Screenings, 8K files and trade fairs — we will agree the terms when we meet.
Accessibility: every word on screen
Every word of the guide is on screen. The captions are burned into the picture (open captions, WCAG 2.1, success criterion 1.2.2), so they work on YouTube, in DeoVR and in headsets. For now the captions are in English, like the narration (a synthetic voice); there is no audio description.
The same text stands in three places around the viewer, and one copy is always next to the place the guide is talking about — in a headset, the caption is where you look. The guide's full text is also under every film.
Captions in 360° films are still rare — in this series every film has them. Poland's Digital Accessibility Act refers to WCAG 2.1, and criterion 1.2.2 covers captions for recorded video. If you need a version with Polish captions, please send us a message — we collect these requests, and they decide which films get Polish captions first.
Heritage and 3D scans
A 3D scan of a historic building is documentation for the heritage conservator and a model in which visitors can see up close what cannot be seen from the ground.
There are no scans of Toruń yet — below are examples from Opole and Lublin that open in a browser, with nothing to install.
What a pilot could look like: a gate, a tower or a church scanned outside and inside. A QR code at the entrance opens the model on a phone — you can look at the roof and the tower from above, or “cut” the building open and look up into vaults that visitors cannot get to.
The cathedral and Old Town streets (an example from Opole)
A 3D model in the browser, nothing to install
University of Opole (an example from Opole)
You can fly a drone through this scan in a simulator
Lublin's Old Town, the largest of my public scans
259 million splats, 13 levels of detail
A QR code next to a historic building will open its 3D model on a phone; on Android, in AR mode too.
What else we can do
A VR stand at an event
A flight over the Old Town and the Vistula in a headset — at a fête, a fair or a picnic, without leaving the tent.
A screening without headsets
A big screen, a kiosk or a 360° room that you walk into and fly over the city without a headset. We will prepare the file in the room's format.
A 3D scan and a QR code at a landmark
For example the Sailors' Gate or the Leaning Tower: a model on the phone, seen from above, from every side and in cross-section.
3D games and tours in the browser
Nothing to install, built on real scans of the city — that is how the ShramkoGSFPV drone simulator works.
Scans for filmmakers and game makers
The lanes of the Old Town or Philadelphia Boulevard as locations for virtual production, games and student projects — under an open licence, with the author credited.
Permits and paperwork
I handle the aviation paperwork with PAŻP and ULC (Poland's air navigation agency and Civil Aviation Authority) myself. From the city I need permission for the take-off sites and, for historic buildings and interiors, the consent of whoever manages them.
Over gatherings of people I fly only with a ULC permit. We blur faces and number plates in the scans.
Qualified UAS operator (A1/A3).
I live in Bydgoszcz, not far from Toruń. The easiest way to start is an online call — you can pick a time in my calendar.
How to start
- Watch one of the films about Toruń.
- A 30-minute online call — at a time that suits you.
- A pilot in one place — a film, a scan or a VR screening.
An e-mail address is all we need — we will send the materials and reply
Thank you — your message has arrived
Andrii Shramko will reply to the e-mail address you gave.
Questions
Can the city embed these films on its website?
Yes. Embedding the films from YouTube on city and institution websites needs no paperwork. Screenings at events, 8K files and trade fairs — we will agree the terms when we meet.
Do the films have captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers?
Yes. Every film has open captions burned into the picture (WCAG 2.1, criterion 1.2.2). For now they are in English, like the narration; you can ask for a version with Polish captions through the form on this page.
Can a historic building be scanned in 3D and shown in AR via a QR code?
Yes. A QR code next to a historic building will open its 3D model on a phone, on Android in AR mode too. We suggest starting with a pilot for one building of your choice.
Who arranges the permissions to fly over Toruń?
I handle the aviation paperwork (PAŻP/ULC) myself. The city needs to give permission for the take-off sites and, for historic buildings and interiors, the manager's consent.
How can Toruń promote tourism with a 360° film?
The film can be embedded on a website and on social media, shown in VR headsets at an event, or played on a big screen at a tourist information point. The captions mean it also works with the sound off — on a phone, on a tram, at a stand.
Andrii Shramko
Engineer and filmmaker, living in Bydgoszcz. I have been filming 360° in motion since 2015.
What you can check
- My 3D scan illustrates the NVIDIA Omniverse documentation, credited to Andrii Shramko
- World Labs: my scene “Poland”, 106 million splats — the largest in their Spark 2.0 article
- “Touching the Sky” — a VR film by Red Bull × Meta, 2025 (making-of on Red Bull TV)
- Immersive Warsaw 2026: speaker, “The Camera Doesn't Exist Yet”, 5 November 2026, Kinoteka
- Lublin's Old Town as a 3D scene: 259 million splats, 13 levels of detail — the largest scene on my profile
- ShramkoGSFPV: a drone simulator in the browser, flying over real 3D scans — open source
I almost always work with a team — that is why I write “we”. We will agree how to work together when we meet.