Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

We present the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules. Patent pending. More info: A project of the Computer Graphics Group, TU Berlin. To be presented as an Emerging Technologies demonstration at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011: Jonas Pfeil, Kristian Hildebrand, Carsten Gremzow, Bernd Bickel, Marc Alexa Diploma thesis Throwable Camera Array for Capturing Spherical Panoramas : Jonas Pfeil. Advisors: Marc Alexa, Carsten Gremzow Video: Jonas Pfeil, Junny Chen, Qian Qin, Björn Bollensdorff Voice: Hugh Jeremy Music: ADO and Wonderland by IZCY Video licensed under CC BYNC 3. 0 We would like to thank Axel Kretzschmann for helpful tips on high speed electronics, Analog Devices, Inc. , for providing parts and STMicroelect