If you’ve ever toyed around with the panorama features of your smartphone camera, you’ve likely also played with the attendant glitches of the form, caused by moving subjects or unsteady panning — surreal vistas populated by very long dogs and even longer cats.

An experimental new app from Google takes this bug and turns it into a feature. Sprayscape identifies as a “perfectly imperfect VR-ish camera,’’ and that blurry self-portrait turns out to be perfectly appropriate.

Using your phone’s gyroscope and camera, Sprayscape lets you capture images and “spray’’ them across an immersive 360-degree canvas. Press your thumb down to paint in broad strokes, or tap it to grab quick snatches — your “scape’’ is bound only by your imagination (and the visible world). Scapes can then be shared through unique URLs over social media or email and viewed through a Cardboard VR headset. If you thought that two-legged kitty was trippy, just wait.

PRO: As simple and single-purposed as Sprayscape is, it’s equally as charming and cool — and a worthwhile reminder VR is still in an exciting stage of self-discovery. Even a goofball app like Sprayscape can open up exciting creative possibilities.

CON: Android only? Come on now, Goog.

MICHAEL ANDOR BRODEUR

Michael Andor Brodeur can be reached at mbrodeur@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @MBrodeur.