Waterproof 360-Degree HD Camera Adds a World of Depth to Oculus Rift

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Waterproof 360-Degree HD Camera Adds a World of Depth to Oculus Rift
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With tools such as the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift (http://mashable.com/category/oculus-rift/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) moving into the mainstream, pa**ramic video and imagery are increasingly becoming necessary perspectives rather than mere visual curios

Helping to meet that need is a new Kickstarter-backed pa**ramic video (http://mashable.com/category/pa**rama/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) camera called the 360cam

See also: 5 Free Android Apps for Tethering (http://mashable.com/2012/08/16/free-tethering-apps/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Created by France-based Giroptic, the tiny device might remind you of the roof-mounted camera seen on Google Street View (http://mashable.com/category/street-view/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) cars. But this isn't a tool for large corporations; it's designed for the average user

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Housed in a blue and black plastic egg-like shell, the device allows you to capture 360-degree HD video and photos, all while delivering the device's current status on its surface via LED display. The display can indicate the camera's current mode (Time Lapse, Burst, Photo, Video, Live) and count down during timed photos Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/21/pa**ramic-video-cam-oculus-rift/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

More about Video (http://mashable.com/category/video/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Gadgets (http://mashable.com/gadgets/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Pa**ramic (http://mashable.com/category/pa**ramic/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Cameras (http://mashable.com/category/cameras/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Kickstarter (http://mashable.com/category/kickstarter/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/_jVWQ0xEgRY