"Spherecam" is the name of an omni-directional image shooting system developed by Dan Slater in 1992.The basic idea of the system is to put together two fisheye-mounted cameras back to back, so that a full 360x180-degree ultra-wide still image covering all possible viewing directions can be simultaneously captured at a single instance. For details, visit his page titled "A full sphere camera for point of view and VR photography" at the following URL:
http://www.nearfield.com/~dan/photo/wide/sphere/sphere2/index.htm
This time, we would like to report the results of our experiment where we leverage the idea of the Spherecam as a mean to shoot full sphere panoramic motion pictures by using non-professional commercial cameras (Xacti DCS-J4 by Sanyo) and full circular fisheye lenses (FCON-02 by Olympus), with minimum additional fabrication.
