TL;DR: The thing that surprised me most when I first tried shooting a 3D tour with my iPhone 13 Pro was how fast it worked. I expected garbage — blurry depth maps, misaligned stitching, the usual "consumer tech trying to be pro" letdown.

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What's in this article

The Problem: 3D Tours Used to Require a $5,000 Camera and a Production Team

What You Actually Need Before You Start

The Three Tools I've Actually Used (and Which One I Keep Coming Back To)

Option 1: Matterport — Full LiDAR Pipeline on iPhone

Option 2: Polycam Capture + Kuula Hosting — More Control, Better Pricing

Option 3: Roundme — Quickest Path from Photo to Published

Head-to-Head Comparison: Matterport vs Kuula vs Roundme

The 45-Minute Workflow I Actually Use for Client Deliverables

The Problem: 3D Tours Used to Require a $5,000 Camera and a Production Team

The thing that surprised me most when I first tried shooting a 3D tour with my iPhone 13 Pro was how fast it worked.…