Facebook open-sources its $30,000 360 camera design
The camera rig is comprised of 17 cameras and was designed with a focus on reliability. A rugged aluminum chassis ensures that images are stable and well aligned, and the industrial cameras can run for hours without overheating.
Our seamless automated stitching technology reduces post-production retouching effort and time. After shooting your video, you can use a Samsung Gear VR headset to view the output as a 3D-360 video with no intervening hand processing or fixing.
The Facebook Surround 360 is not available for purchase, however it can be built using the design specifications found on GitHub with off the shelf components.
Provided you have all the parts ready for build and the assembly manualon hand, we expect the Facebook Surround 360 to take around 4 hours to assemble and a further couple of hours to set up the operating system.
We encourage you to join our Facebook Surround 360 Facebook Groupto learn more about the camera, get support and meet with other interested people in the growing 360 community!
See the full post here: https://facebook360.fb.com/facebook-surround-360/