environmental-capture.md

#Panoramic imaging, 360-degree, and environmental capture

• Full Circle by Callum Cooper
• Michael Kontopoulous, Horizons
• Time lapse panorama tool
• Aleppo Syria in 360-degree video
• LIDAR-scanned woodland, Marshmallow Laser Feast

360-Degree Cameras

Fantastic discussion of various 360 rigs:

There are two main types of 360-degree panoramic cameras:

• Single-lens omnidirectional cameras (generally using Folded catadioptric panoramic lenses)
• Cameras that stitch images from several lenses (often fisheyes) together.

Examples include:

• Sony Bloggie
• Ricoh Theta M15 360 (Tutorial)
• V.360 (Tutorial)
• Samsung Gear 360
• LG 360 CAM
• 360 Heros
• 360 fly
• Point Grey

##Virtual Reality (from James George)

VR: People

• EleVR VR Research team
• Felix & PaulVR creatives
• [VRSE Chris Milk] (http://vrse.works/)
• Framestore VR Ad agency
• Road to VR

VR: Displays

• [Cardboard] (https://www.google.com/get/cardboard/)
• [Gear VR] (http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/gearvr/)

VR: Players

• [VR Player] (https://vrplayer.codeplex.com/)
• Kolor
• Cloud Compare
• Dot Swarm

Augmented Reality

• [Room Alive] (http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/5/6912979/microsoft-roomalive-research-projector-system )
• [HoloLens] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAKfdeOX3-o)
• [Magic Leap] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPMHcanq0xM)
  • [Magic Leap Tech] (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/science/taking-real-life-sickness-out-of-virtual-reality.html?_r=0)
• Stitch
• BORGES

Examples

• [Terrestrial laser scanning by CyArk] (http://www.cyark.org/education/terrestrial-lidar-3d-laser-scanning )
• [Phantom by Scanlab] (http://scanlabprojects.co.uk/projects/newmuseumnewyork) VR Brazilian rainforest

Time-displacement (slit scanning) with 360° video:

Note that Photoshop has tools for 360 collage in Spherical Panoramas. Example / Article