![]() It is however advised to use separate professional software for the best stitching. Cameras in this category mostly come with their own stitching software. Professional cameras range from €1000 - €10,000. The resolution of these cameras is between 4K and 6K. These come with stitching software, but using professional stitching software will improve the stitch. Prosumer cameras range from €500 - €1000. The resolution of these cameras is mostly 4K. This means they are easy to use and stitching software is one click to stitch. These cameras are mostly an all-in-one package. ConsumerĬonsumer cameras range from €100 - €500. ![]() These cameras are the best cameras at this point in time. We have devided the 360˚ cameras in different price ranges for a complete overview. There's no confirmed date for Karma yet, but if we were pinning the tail on that calendar-donkey, we'd aim it for somewhere just after June 9th.This blog is an in depth look into 360˚ cameras in terms of quality and ease of use. It could even work with Omni, but spherical video from up in the sky isn't usually that effective. Details of that still remain a mystery, though we do know it'll work with existing GoPro cameras, and likely come in a foldable design. With Omni out in the wild, there's just one thing left in the GoPro workshop that we haven't yet laid eyes on, and that of course is its Karma drone. Pricing and pre-order info should be available before then. The company is showcasing it at NAB (April 16-21) along with a slew of spherical content and "other professional solutions" - which include its HEROCast wireless transmitter for broadcast. But it has confirmed you'll be able to buy an all-in-one bundle with cables and cameras, or just buy the rig and use your existing GoPros. GoPro hasn't shared details of the price of the Omni rig just yet. Omni is the first all-official spherical offering coming to market from the camera-maker itself though. You can even 3D print a basic rig for less than a dollar's worth of filament. These tend to cost a couple of hundred bucks upwards, but you're on your own when it comes to synching the cameras, and stitching the video together. There are similar 3rd party mounts you can buy right now, of course. Right now, though, it doesn't look like it'll work with cameras in the waterproof housing, as earlier images suggested. It's also designed to work seamlessly with Kolor, the VR-video software company GoPro bought last April. Unlike Odyssey, Omni won't record in 3D, but the company claims that hardware inside the rig will ensure "pixel-level" synchronization between the cameras. Other spherical rigs like Nokia's Ozo at the top end costs a whopping $60,000. If that still sounds expensive, that's the name of the game it seems. That said, pro, or pro-sumer users - to whom this should appeal most - are the ones most likely to already have a number of GoPros in their kit bag. Omni uses six GoPro Black cameras - a cost of $3,000 if bought separately. Omni, on the other hand, should be a little more accessible, and is an all-GoPro product. ![]() That beast (once you included all the cameras you needed) cost a budget-melting $15,000 and is only available in limited numbers. A day after we learned about the spherical array, GoPro unveiled Odyssey, a 16-camera rig designed in partnership with Google's Jump VR platform. You may remember, this isn't GoPro's first VR-friendly camera tool. And we've got a sample of the sort of image you might expect from it below. Today, for the first time, we get to see what the final product actually looks like (hint, much like the last prototype as most of the updates are internal, but that's it above). ![]() We'd seen some prototypes of the rig before, but it wasn't until February, GoPro gave finally it a name: Omni. The announcement came at the same time that CEO Nick Woodman confirmed the rumors his company was working on a drone (that we're still eagerly waiting for). Back then, that was pretty much all we knew. It was almost a year ago we learned that GoPro was planning a spherical camera rig for VR.
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