This would be WAY better if it had a handle or something so you wouldn't have to take everything from dirt level.

It occurs to me that it seems to be flawed.
How can you take a 360º shot without having yourself somewhere in the image?

You walk behind it in a circle as its spinning, I am sure it doesn't turn that fast...Why are you avoiding it, you must be ugly… Maybe your flawed!!! P.S I don't think this thing could, and/or it is a good idea for it to spin itself in sand?!?!

One word: stitching.

What a ridiculous idea.

i like the concept but i question your interest in having it become reality, i can't imagine you would give it a real high review simply because of its semi limited usability. still neat, and i'm glad its got sony's name on it.

Too niche. There are panoramic digital photo and video cameras and of course LIDAR that work by rotating around to capture the "pano". This thing just tries to target a niche consumer market and makes it awkward to get a good shot.

Besides - this would not produce a true 360 video like a 180 degree fisheye lens does. The criteria for true 360 video is that you can pan through 360 degrees (and some range of tilt) to see everything that was concurrent in a single frame.

@simmo: helmut mounted?

it would be nice to see some actual pictures this things takes.

nm,

"Is it real? No, but it's a sound concept"

The way it's arranged in the picture, all the photos would be approximately 45 degrees from perpendicular. That doesn't seem right.

@TigerM: unless you wanted half the image pointing at ground and the other half pointing at sky.

If it spins like a top, then the subsequent pictures would be offset by a couple of degrees. They would probably need a motorized wheel on the bottom, even so, the sand picture would probably be impossible.