360 rumors

Thomas O'Brien is a professional photographer.  He spent 8 hours inside a volcano with a scientific expedition team.  In addition to his regular equipment, he also took with him the Samsung Gear 360 ( reviewed here ) and a Ricoh Theta S ( reviewed here ).  Thomas shared an amazing 360 photo of the inside of a volcano, captured by the Ricoh Theta. Click on the photo to see the 360 version  on his Facebook page: I'm hoping Thomas will also post samples from the Gear 360!

Here's a very good comparison of the video performance between four 360 degree cameras: - a GoPro Ball rig with 7 GoPro cameras - Kodak SP360 4k dual pro pack - Samsung Gear 360 - Ricoh Theta S The comparison is by Foundry45 , a business-oriented VR production company that produces VR videos for sales, marketing and recruitment.  Here are some of their conclusions: - The GoPro has the best image quality but takes a lot of time and effort to process.  - The Samsung Gear 360 image quality indoors is not as good as the Kodak SP360 4k dual pro, but it is easy to process because the image is automatically stitched. - They recommend the SP360 4k as the best compromise between image quality and processing time. - The Theta S has the best stitching because of the very small distance between the lenses.  The photo quality is great, and the video quality might be "good enough" for YouTube Facebook but not for viewing on a headset. - The GoPro and SP360 4k cameras are not perfectly ...