Snapshots at predefined intervals or angles

A method comprising:

• on a mobile device including a processor, a memory, a camera, an inertial measurement unit, a microphone and a touchscreen display, receiving via an input interface on the mobile device a request to generate a multi-view interactive digital media representation of an object;
• receiving via the input interface an angle profile wherein the angle profile includes a a set of designated angle values;
• receiving live images from the camera on the mobile device as the mobile device moves along a path and wherein an orientation of the camera varies along the path such that the object in the live images is captured from a plurality of camera views;
• based upon sensor data from the inertial measurement unit:
• determining of a first position of the camera along the path, and
• determining a second position of the camera along the path;
• determining a camera angle in relation to the object captured based on the determined first position of the camera and the determined second position of the camera;
• determining that the camera angle corresponds to a first one the designated angle values of the angle profile;
• selecting a first one of the live images, the first image being captured at the determined camera angle selected in correspondence with the designated angle values of the angle profile;
• selecting additional images at additional camera angles corresponding with each designated angle value of the angle profile;
• and
• generating, based on the selected first image and the selected additional images, the multi-view interactive digital media representation, wherein the multi-view interactive digital media representation is capable of being displayed on the touchscreen display in a manner that appears to undergo a 3-D rotation through an angular view amount, wherein the 3-D rotation of the object is generated without a 3-D polygon model of the object.