Samsung presents stereoscopic 360-degree camera with 17 lenses

Samsung has just unveiled an interesting new gadget at their annual Samsung Developer Conference. Meet the Samsung 360 Round: a 3D VR camera.

The new device uses 17 total lenses—eight horizontally positioned stereo pairs and one upwards pointing single lens—to capture and livestream 4K 3D panoramic video at 30 frames per second. Each camera module features a 1/2.8’’ 2MP sensor and F1.8 aperture. All of this is housed in a compact and rugged (IP65 water and dust resistance) uni-body that Samsung claims can handle all weather conditions.

High-end PC

Samsung will ship the 360 Round sometime in October in the United States, and other countries will get it soon thereafter. But it’s worth keeping in mind that despite the camera itself already costing so much, the PC requirements for livestreaming and post-processing will inflate the total price significantly.

For processing video, Users must at least have a 64-bit OS for 4K, 16 GB DDR4 RAM or more, an Intel Core i7-6700K chip or above, and an Nvidia GTX 1080 chip. On the other hand, livestreaming and broadcast ask for at least a 10-core i7-6950X chip, 32 GB of RAM, and two — yes, two — GeForce GTX 1080 Ti GPUs.

Samsung says the camera is aimed at VR professionals and enthusiasts, and will be ‘reasonably priced’… although the company hasn’t yet specified exactly what that ‘reasonable’ price will be. For more information, visit the Samsung website.

|Source: Samsung