Two-lens camera, 360-degree photos

[danrok]

Ricoh has unveiled a device called the Theta which has two lenses, shoots 360-degree photos and is designed to be linked to a smartphone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23980615

Looks like an easy way to take 360-degree photos. Quite expensive for what it is though.

 

[booman]

Please please shoot some skydomes for game developers with this.
I couldn't play the video, but what were the specs on this camera?
This is what indie developers have been waiting for to make their own skydomes.

 

[danrok]

More here: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/...-that-can-take-spherical-360-degree-panoramas

It will capture the whole sky, but I'd suspect some skies won't look so great. The clouds may end up looking flat white.

 

[booman]

Too bad it only syncs to iPads and phones.
I would love to have this for my Skydomes. Hell I could sell the images online for indie gamers.
Cool that it stitchest the two images together.

I have always wanted to do a hidden treasure game that has full 360 view of the room or location. Then click on the objects you are supposed to find. This camera could do it.