PICAM360

News

Jul 22nd, 2019

We have released the 4K HDR camera that supports Jetson Nano. For details, click here.

Necessary Features Ready for Remote Reality Devices

PICAM360 is a 360-degree panoramic camera with the open source hardware based on Raspberry Pi. It offers “the most reasonable panoramic camera” to Raspberry Pi users.
We have developed PICAM360 as a platform to produce new RR gadgets by combining “panoramic videos” and “extensibility of Raspberry Pi”. The users will get new user experiences using products and services to create from our product.

360° Panoramic Camera

With the panoramic lens, you can take 360° images horizontally and 235° images vertically. The camera is compatible with gyro sensors, and can be used with gadgets such as drones that change the attitude of the camera side.

User Application

Since a browser application is used, you are not required to install another application, and can use it on any terminal. You can also develop plugins to enhance the application. We’ll soon release the API.

Extensibility

PICAM360 has the open source hardware based on Raspberry Pi. Its high extensibility enables product development to freely expand.

Find the New with PICAM360

We achieved our funding goal through the Japanese crowdfunding platform "Makuake".

Open Source Hardware

PICAM360 is a project of open source hardware. All design files on the hardware, electrical system and software are publicly available. Customize PICAM360 freely, and it’ll be truly yours.

See the design files>

Elements

Customize Freely

Raspberry Pi

We adopt Raspberry Pi widely used for electrical engineering around the world for the main board of PICAM360.

Digital Fabrication

The hardware is designed with OpenSCAD, and the parts can be cut out with a laser cutter. The electronic board is designed with EagleCAD. Use an electronic board manufacturing service to manufacture the board.

Software & Plugins

The software is designed with NodeJS, HTML5, JS and WebGL. We adopt the plugin system, and you can easily enhance the functions.

Tech Specs

Project Name		PICAM360
Size (H x W x D)		aprx.85 x 56 x 50mm (Raspberry Pi Model B Type)
Weight		aprx.200g
Lenz	Angle of View	Horizontal: 360°, Vertical: 235°
Lenz	Image Circle	1/3'
Camera	Image Sensor	Sony IMX179 (CAMT8MP) / Aptina AR0331 (CAMTWDR and CAMORB)
	Number of Pixels	8 mega pixels (CAMT8MP) / 3.1 mega pixels (CAMTWDR and CAMORB)
	Frame Rate	1080p: 30fps (encode and decode) 720p: 60fps
Panorama	RAW Image (Fish Eye)	1024 x 1024: 30fps
Panorama	Equirectangular Image	2K (2048 x 1024)
Image Format	Still Image	JPEG, BMP, YUV
Image Format	Movie	MP4 / H264, MJPEG
Software	Server Side	Node.JS
	Client Side	HTML5 + JS + OpenGL (Browser app.)
	Movie Streaming	WebRTC, RTP, RTSP
	Supported Items	Gyro sensor, Gamepad, OpenPilot