Digital makes it much easier, and there are at least two professional cameras that work on the same principle - PanoScan and RoundShot - both very pricey and both selling well.

It looks like this one could be built for a reasonable price for the consumer market. Home inkjets are adequate for prints, and they can also be made into QuickTime panoramas for the web.

Entirely practical, and certainly would have a market.

lnbolch

So anyway, wouldn't a camera that shoots 360deg images require a very different screen. The images would be superwide panoramas.

Darned if I'd know how to hold it either.

Nikon, I'd be on the phone to your lawyers about now.

Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer

I think a motorized tripod stand combined w/ a camera's built in panoramic mode might be a little more realistic, but none-the-less, this would be a neat toy for most, and as mentioned above, very useful for some.

Keebler

graydon

mushu

The VR tour industry would support this: I know, I make virtual tours and I have been dreaming of this very thing!

Currently I have to stitch together anywhere from 5 to 36 images to describe a 360° image. Yup. In this day and age.

Every Realtor on Earth would buy one of these.

This thing has been a long time coming, and I encourage Mr. Chen to keep going & add CCDs for the nadir & zenith, with a hoverboard mount, please.

BTW, this would make awesome POV orgy shots, so lets get with the program!

(For the lazy:
droog
zenith
nadir)

awemaker

good point...

namlu

The professionals get all the cool-looking stuff - like the RED one digital camera

lpranal

That's ok. . it shouldn't interfere with he operation of the shut button or the stander.

Fuzz

namlu

doubleodusty

Bowler Hat

drumz0rz