Yep, the dudes went on creative overtime with this gadget.
According to the project’s website It seems to be on final development stage, and is certainly an unusual and interesting concept. You throw a 360º camera up and when it reaches the top of its trajectory it takes a photo. But not any snapshot, a 360º panorama with everything in focus. Looks different enough for you?
As Jonas Pfeil, the creator, says “Our camera uses 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera modules. The camera modules are mounted in a robust, 3D-printed, ball-shaped enclosure that is padded with foam and handles just like a ball. Our camera contains an accelerometer which we use to measure launch acceleration. Integration lets us predict rise time to the highest point, where we trigger the exposure. After catching the ball camera, pictures are downloaded in seconds using USB and automatically shown in our spherical panoramic viewer. This lets users interactively explore a full representation of the captured environment”.
Curious? Check the video and see the “snapsphere” in action.
