Vicinity presentation apparatus, having - at least one image source (10, 14, 16, 18; 20, 21, 22, 23); - an image signal processing device; and - at least one image reproduction device, - wherein the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) provided by the image source (10, 14, 16, 18; 20, 21, 22, 23) are fed to the image signal processing device, - wherein the image signal processing device processes the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) that have been fed to it to output image signals (S A) of a panorama image, - wherein the output image signals (S A) are passed on by the image signal processing device to the image reproduction device for displaying the panorama image, and - wherein the image signal processing device processes the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) such that at least one first region (B 1) of the panorama image is reproduced without distortion or with compression of a first degree of compression and at least one second region (B 2L, B 2R) of the panorama image is reproduced with compression of a second degree of compression, wherein the second degree of compression differs from the first degree of compression, - wherein the image signal processing device is configured such that the proportion of the at least one first region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression of the entire panorama image is variably selectable, characterized - in that the respective degree of compression of the regions which are reproduced with compression is freely selectable, - in that said changes of the regions which are reproduced with compression are effected during the operation of the vicinity presentation apparatus, - in that a viewing angle that corresponds to a region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression is freely selectable in a horizontal plane between 0° and 360°, and - in that a viewing angle that corresponds to a region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression is freely selectable in a vertical plane between -90° and +90°. - at least one image source (10, 14, 16, 18; 20, 21, 22, 23); - an image signal processing device; and - at least one image reproduction device, - wherein the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) provided by the image source (10, 14, 16, 18; 20, 21, 22, 23) are fed to the image signal processing device, - wherein the image signal processing device processes the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) that have been fed to it to output image signals (S A) of a panorama image, - wherein the output image signals (S A) are passed on by the image signal processing device to the image reproduction device for displaying the panorama image, and - wherein the image signal processing device processes the input image signals (S E10, S E14, S E16, S E18; S E20, S E21, S E22, S E23) such that at least one first region (B 1) of the panorama image is reproduced without distortion or with compression of a first degree of compression and at least one second region (B 2L, B 2R) of the panorama image is reproduced with compression of a second degree of compression, wherein the second degree of compression differs from the first degree of compression, - wherein the image signal processing device is configured such that the proportion of the at least one first region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression of the entire panorama image is variably selectable, characterized - in that the respective degree of compression of the regions which are reproduced with compression is freely selectable, - in that said changes of the regions which are reproduced with compression are effected during the operation of the vicinity presentation apparatus, - in that a viewing angle that corresponds to a region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression is freely selectable in a horizontal plane between 0° and 360°, and - in that a viewing angle that corresponds to a region that is reproduced without distortion or with compression is freely selectable in a vertical plane between -90° and +90°.