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Ricoh Intros New 4K VR Camera

by Chris Chinnock

Ricoh’s Theta camera is a very popular low-cost VR camera that captures 360º video using back-to-back sensors with dual fisheye lenses in a handheld form factor. At NAB, they announced an upgrade of the …

Orah Describes Live VR/360 Video in 4K

by Chris Chinnock

VR camera maker Orah (founded in 2012 under the name VideoStitch) used NAB to announce its new multi-camera live VR function. Professionals can now live stream events from different perspectives using multiple Orah 4i …

Fraunhofer Upgrades OmniCam-360

by Chris Chinnock

Fraunhofer HHI used NAB to debut some upgrades to their OmniCam-360 system. This is a 10-segment mirror-type system that captures 360º video with an optional camera on top. 2D and 3D versions are available. …

Google Announces YI Halo 360º VR Camera with 8K x 8K Output

by Norbert Hildebrand

Google has announced a new camera, the Yi Halo, that takes 360º video acquisition to the next level. It is the high end version of the Google Jump VR platform. In addition to the …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| Google| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 16

360º Drone Has Five Mile Range

by Bob Raikes

We don’t normally cover drones – we could probably fill the newsletter every week with stories – but 360 Designs has created a new system using a Matrice 600 Pro drone combined with a …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 360 Degree Video| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 15

Twoeyes VR Offers 360º S3D

by Bob Raikes

TwoEyes VR has what it claims as the first binocular 360º VR camera that uses two pairs of 180º lenses to give stereo 3D images. If the camera is held vertically, it operates as …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 3D (Three Dimensions)| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 14

ZTE has 360º Camera and Casting Breakthrough

by Bob Raikes

ZTE was showing a new 360º VR capture camera that features live streaming of video. It combines four images to create a stream that can be relayed over both fixed and mobile internet connections. …

Vuze Available at $799

by Bob Raikes

Humaneyes Technologies highlighted that its S3D 360º camera was competitive in price at ‘less than €1,000’ at MWC recently (MWC 2017 Round-up) but said at SXSW this week that its camera, which has eight …

Tags:360 Degree Cameras| 3D Cameras| AR/VR| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 10

The Guru 360° is a Stabiliser for 360° Cameras

by Bob Raikes

Although we don’t really cover cameras, you have to have the pixels in order to be able to display them and 360º video seems to be particularly sensitive to motion by the camera, so …

Korea Telecom has Impressive 360 Deg VR Baseball

by Bob Raikes

Korea Telecom had an extreme VR set-up. Image:Meko Korea Telecom (SK Telecom) had this Virtual Reality ‘experience’ which was provoking very strong responses from participants! The system rotated around and bumped while the users …

Samsung Finds Some Products to Launch

by Bob Raikes

Samsung held its annual MWC Press Conference to a full house at the event. Normally, it uses the event to launch the next update for the Galaxy smartphones, but after the problems with the …

MWC 2017 Round-up

by Bob Raikes

Picoprojector maker, Aiptek, has a new AM500VT projector that is a complete Android system that produces HD images of up to 120″ with output of 500 ANSI lumens. The projector is supplied with a …