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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: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera Please check our Frequently Asked Questions: http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera/faq

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 BY-NC 3.0

We would like to thank Axel Kretzschmann for helpful tips on high speed electronics, Analog Devices, Inc., for providing parts and STMicroelectronics for helpful information regarding the camera module.

Thanks to Hugh Jeremy for providing the voice-over. Check out his awesome channel on Natural Selection 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkgztfuij2w

Patent pending, http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera

Below is a preview of the Paris 26 Gigapixels image. It is impossible not to marvel with the 26 Giga Pixels of Paris. The photo was made by gluing 2345 individual photos and has a total resolution of 354,159 x 75,570 pixels. Paris 26Gigapixels was shot with 2 Canon 5D Mark II's each with a 300 mm f4.0 with a tele converter in order to get a 600mm / f8.0 needed to beat the record, mounted on a custom-made panoramic head.

How awesome would this be for a real-world game of "Where's Waldo?"! Visit the project's website to explore the image through their interactive interface: http://paris-26-gigapixels.com