Facebook Surround 360
A durable and high quality 3D-360 camera system now available on GitHub
A durable and high quality 3D-360 camera system now available on GitHub
Connecting through VR is an amazing, immersive experience, and we want to do our part to make sure more people have a chance to experience it in the future. We've open sourced the Facebook Surround 360 Open Edition camera design and stitching code on GitHub to help developers and creators unlock ideas and innovate faster to accelerate the burgeoning 3D-360 ecosystem.
The camera rig is comprised of 17 cameras and was designed with a focus on reliability. A rugged aluminum chassis ensures that images are stable and well aligned, and the industrial cameras can run for hours without overheating.
Download the Facebook Surround 360 Open Edition Camera Assembly Manual here.
Our seamless automated stitching technology reduces post-production retouching effort and time. After shooting your video, you can use a Samsung Gear VR headset to view the output as a 3D-360 video with no intervening hand processing or fixing.
Facebook Surround 360 Open Edition camera design specs and stitching software code is now available on GitHub. Assembly is possible with off the shelf components. Visit our FAQs to learn more here
The Facebook Surround 360 is a durable and high quality 3D-360 camera system that produces 3D, truly spherical VR footage, and comes with stitching software that vastly reduces post-production effort and time. Others will now be able to use and learn from the code and simple design, building with off the shelf components for the camera that shoots and enables you to share incredible 360 content.
The Facebook Surround 360 is not available for purchase, however it can be built using the design specifications found on GitHub with off the shelf components.
Provided you have all the parts ready for build and the assembly manual on hand, we expect the Facebook Surround 360 to take around 4 hours to assemble and a further couple of hours to set up the operating system. You can check out a time lapse of our team building the camera here.
Yes, check-out the footage from the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and our Aquila hangar in the United Kingdom below, and follow www.facebook.com/facebook360 for more great videos shot by the Facebook Surround 360!
We encourage you to join our Facebook Surround 360 Facebook Group to learn more about the camera, get support and meet with other interested people in the growing 360 community!
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