Premium Member George Ebersole Posted August 7, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted August 7, 2016 During the last couple of hours I've been playing with Google's "Beyond the Map" showcase of Rio De Janero in Brazil, and the 360 degree "shot" looks like it's a series of cameras that are linked by a high end PC that digitally assembles the images from each camera to make one massive 720 degree image. Do I have that right, or is there something else going on here? https://beyondthemap.withgoogle.com/en-us/beyond-the-map/rio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Yes. I once saw a Google car drive past after turning off of the Birmingham Bridge. It had an orange sphere on the roof which had which had lens around its equator and above, with one at the north pole shooting up. So they're covering a dome. Didn't think they were actually shooting. They were coming from the general area of the Google office which is in a former Nabisco plant (cookies!). Which is near CMU and Pitt, so they grab up computer students from them. ---in TohoScope, ---LV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member George Ebersole Posted August 9, 2016 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 9, 2016 So, it was a giant 720 degree camera in orange housing? Is that right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 Here's some pictures I found on google: https://cdn.brightvessel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iStock_000019412382_Small3.jpg https://cdn.brightvessel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/iStock_000019412382_Small3.jpg The spheres also come in blue and green. & a back pack for climbing city steps. ---LV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Peterson Posted August 29, 2016 Share Posted August 29, 2016 What they use for Google Maps and what they use for exploring in 360 degree videos is very different. For the videos it is likely 6 or so GoPros in a custom rig arranged in a sphere, which then gets stitched together later on the PC (such as by using Kolor's software). I do this myself, here is a pic for example of what I've been using: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10154017798262909&set=a.10150525021567909.382065.503317908&type=3&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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