BubbleScope Ltd is a company that has recently announced their new 360 camera. It allows user to click the 360 view in single shot. Though it was possible to capture 360 views using number of overlapping images but BubbleScope’s offering is first of its kind.
BubbleScope happens to be first ever single-shot panoramic digital camera. It creates MegaPixel 360 panoramic images in a single shot with 104 vertical field-of-view (-51 to +52 on the horizon) with fixed focus.
Built in internal memory is 16MB and it can be expanded using external SD/MMC cards, Runs on 2 AA sized batteries.
BubbleScope camera creates a source image that looks like a bubble. This source image is then processed using software to create a viewable image.
BubbleScope comes with bundled software named BubbleScope 1.0; this software is used to create QTVR movies and high quality panoramic images. This is available for both Windows as well as Macintosh PCs.
QTVR movies are .mov files which allows user to view 360 images as a movie. QTVR helps to create an interactive and ‘immersive’ visual experience. QTVR movie created with BubbleScope camera can be seen at the bottom of this page.
There is no information about the pricing, as of now, but it is expected to be in the market soon. And if it is smartly priced then it can be a big hit in market, at least with gadget lovers. This thing has surely got great flaunt value which will attract the masses towards it.
Source: BubbleScope
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