Olympus unveils 360-degree CCD

by Leonard Goh |
According to Aram Pan, our Snapshot contributor, it may require more than 56 snaps to form a 360- by 360-degree photograph. Not to mention the time spent in front of the computer fixing exposures and aligning the shots. Sounds like hard work? We think so.

Things are looking to be easier with Olympus showcasing its new CCD capable of capturing an all-round view with just one press of the shutter. Last year, it revealed a prototype of a similar idea and now this seems ready to hit shelves. However, this technology is not new--Japanese company Vstone has already commercialized its omni-directional sensor and incorporated it into robot sports (read: Machines playing soccer).

For Olympus, this new sensor seems set on being a surveillance tool, as reported by Akihabara news which translated the press release from the company. Will other camera manufacturers pick up this technology and produce some funky shooter? We hope so.

Via: Akihabara News

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Why every time someone come out with a 360 degree gismo it is always "unique"? Here a list of companies offering 360-degree lenses and products: Grandeye – www.grandeye.com, uses a fisheye; Sony has a PAL solution (mirror lens) and a fisheye solution (Sony bought IPIX patents for fisheye in 2007), some info about the PAL solution can be found here http://www.chipwrights.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/37; 0-360.com has a mirror lens for fotography - http://www.0-360.com/camera.asp; Immersive Media has a multi cameras system - http://www.0-360.com/camera.asp; Micrfosoft has recently released their Roundtable camera - http://www.microsoft.com/UC/products/roundtable.mspx for corporate videoconferencing; Behere has a conferencing solution using 369-degree mirror lens – www.behere.com; ImmerVision has a revolutionary 360-degree lens called panomorph used for video surveillance, 360-degree webcams and it seems that it is used in automotive, defence, aerospace, robotics and entertainment – www.immervision.com; EGG Solution sells a 360 degree mirror lens for panoramic photography - www.eggsolution.com I could go on and on with other companies that have introduced such 360-degree lenses such as Fujinon, Canon, etc. G35

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