Some of the 360 camera products below have been released to consumers. Others may have died in R&D and never will see the light of the day. Please follow the blog posts for recent news and developments.
Luna by luna.camera (2D)
Claimed the first ever spherical 360° camera that has NO blind spots at all. LUNA 360 captures every single angle of the world.
With its two 5M pixel fisheyes, LUNA 360 takes panoramic shots and videos in 4K resolution. What’s even more amazing, it is just slightly bigger than a table tennis ball. Supposed to hit kickstarter soon
WeMakeVR-Falcon by WeMakeVR (3D)
The developer had been working on VR-productions since early 2013. They offer a stereoscopic 360×360 camera rig, that does not have a “blind spot” to cover the tripod. 3D/stereo tech Native stereoscopic 3D filming, no post-conversion! Resolution: 5500×2750, 60 and 80fps.
iris360™ nctech shipping October 2015 (photo 2D)
Sphericam 2 Kickstarter shipping December 2015 (2D)
Ricoh Theta http://theta360.com/en/ (2D)
Giroptic (aka 360Cam) http://www.giroptic.com/ (2D)
Kodak SP360 http://kodakpixpro.com/Europe/cameras/activeCam/sp360.php (2D)
Geonaute http://www.geonaute.com (2D)
Bublcam http://www.bublcam.com (2D)
Centr http://www.centrcam.com/ (2D)
360Fly http://www.360fly.com (2D)
Lucidcam http://www.lucidcam.com/#our-technology (3D)
Sphericam https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1996234044/sphericam-the-easy-360o-video-camera (2D)
Ladybug http://www.ptgrey.com/360-degree-spherical-camera-systems (low frame rates but no rolling shutter) (2D)
Izugar http://www.izugar.com/ (2D and 3D)
Joey 360 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dot/joey-360-4k-seamless-video-capture-broadcast-confe see:http://paulbourke.net/dome/LucyCamera/ (2D)
Hex http://immersivemedia.com/?page_id=89 (2D)
Entapano http://www.entapano.com/jp/c02/index.html (2D)
Blocks 3d https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2024055635/blocks-camera-the-most-powerful-multi-functional-c(2D and 3D))
Videopanoramas http://www.videopanoramas.com/ by the creator of DevalVR (2D)
V.360 http://store.vsnmobil.com/products/v360 (2D)
Samsung Project Beyond http://thinktankteam.info/beyond/
Iximage http://www.iximage.com/
Next VR http://www.roadtovr.com/nextvr-stereoscopic-360-degree-vr-cam-uses-180000-worth-of-red-6k-cameras/
Condition One: http://www.roadtovr.com/condition-one-zero-point-pre-order-virtual-reality-cinematography-gdc-2014/
Panocam3d http://www.panocam3d.com/camera.html
JauntVR’s latest rig: http://www.roadtovr.com/previously-unseen-jaunt-vr-camera-prototype-appears-unexpectedly/
Mirror camera accessories for 360 2D capture — usually with less than 90 degrees vertical FOV — this one claims “up to 115 degrees” https://www.0-360.com/
Gopro mount kits for 2d and 3d 360 capture eg. from http://shop.360heros.com/
Elmo QBIC action cameras http://freedom360.us/elmo/ … latest QBIC firmware can lock exposure and color reportedly .. which is more than Gopros can do
Bivrost (Work in progress..) http://www.bivrost360.com
and lots of research 3d cameras eg.
Panoptic3d http://lsm.epfl.ch/page-52820-en.html
Micoy http://lisacast.com/2009/02/26/micoy-furthers-3d/http://www.trentgrover.com/images/tech/big/Micoy/MicoyComp.pdf
Sensei 3d http://news.uic.edu/evl-camera-to-capture-sphere-surrounding-environment
Microsoft’s three mirror design https://www.google.com/patents/US8548269?dq=microsoft+360+panorama&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H3KDVMK8CcGzmwWB54KoDg&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA
360 2D and 3D video cameras are discussed on the 360 video Professionals Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/360.video.professionals/
… there is a Japanese Facebook 360 video group too which is pretty active:http://www.facebook.com/groups/1512574208962985/
prototype cameras: eg. Jim Watters http://photocreations.ca/3D/3D-camera-setup-7pairslayout.jpg (3D)
specialist 360 video cameras for cars eg. Fujitsu http://youspin.co/blog/fujitsus-new-360-degree-wrap-around-video-to-help-increase-drivers-visibility-and-awareness/
Aer-o-scope omnidirectional colonoscope – nsfl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-_U8KtwUIE#t=68
The Page of Omnidirectional Imaging http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~kostas/omni.html
Omnivis: annual forum/workshop for omnidirectional imaging and non-classical cameras
https://fling.seas.upenn.edu/~luispuig/wiki/OMNIVIS/..
research papers – http://robots.unizar.es/data/documentos/calibration.pdf calibrating 360 camera systems
wide angle light fields http://www.amitkagrawal.com/sig10Asia/axialcone.html
Great list of cameras! How about listing ours, the “iSTAR”? Unlike a lot on your list – our’s isn’t a vaporware kickstarter project. Our’s is real, live and has been in production since December 2012.
More info here: http://www.nctechimaging.com
Thanks for the info! We updated the camera list with your camera model.
Hi, this is Li Juan from Oxygentec in China. As the main distributor for 360 videostitch, we have built our own camera equipments to cooperate and enjoy warm feedback among chinese fans. At this point, we want to release our items via 360 Camera Online. Pls kindly support.
Together with 360 videostitch, our cameras could do real, recording live and has been in production since July.
hello if you sell 360fly camera please contact me we want to order
I am using the Pix pro sp 360 by kodak and this camera is damn awesome
I was looking for 180 degree small cameras. I wanted to attach them to different locations and join them make a 360-degree video.
Are there any suggestions where I could get those cameras?
Samsung Gear 360 camera would be great additions to this already amazing list.
We are looking for serious 360 camera equipment and this list is a great overview of the different options. To make it more usable it would be nice with downloadable samples from each of them to help our review process.
Is this something you can add?
This is an amazing list. This is one of the most complete list of 360 cameras I’ve found. Did you know that there is a company that 3D prints 360 images? You should check out Scandy: http://scandy.co
Check out recently proposed panoramic stereo camera, which uses only one camera with no stitching or parallax artifacts. Published at CVPR 2016.
http://www.cv-foundation.org/openaccess/content_cvpr_2016/papers/Aggarwal_Panoramic_Stereo_Videos_CVPR_2016_paper.pdf
I do have a platform here to compliment with those.
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The best list ever about 360 camera, i am wonder that how to link the 360 sound with 360 video. if the camera could accept the 3D sound plugin offered by ARKAMYS, we could create our own 360 video via the camera.
more info:
https://www.arkamys.com/product/entertainment-360-sound-for-360-video/