Sunday, February 21, 2016

The Transport Guy: Samsung has a cool new virtual reality camera

Steve Kovach February 21, 2016 at 10:01AM

Samsung already has a way for you to experience VR with its excellent Gear VR headset, now it has a way for you to make your own VR content.

Samsung gear 360 camera

The Gear 360 is a tiny battery-powered camera coming this spring that lets you shoot full 360-degree videos that work in VR headsets. You can also "flatten" the video using the new Galaxy S7 so you can view it in 360-degree video players like the one you see on Facebook.

samsung gear 360 galaxy s7 and gear vr

The Gear 360 beams video to the Galaxy S7 over WiFi, but you can also transfer videos using a standard USB cable or SD memory card. Samsung will have PC software you can use to edit the videos. It also has a standard port for connecting to tripods and other camera accessories.

That's really about it. Nothing earth-shattering to see here, but still a neat concept that shows Samsung is thinking about how to create even more content for the burgeoning platform of VR.

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