Ricoh announces pre-ordering for the 360-degree, live streaming video camera

【Revised on April 24, 2017】
In the news release, which was announced on February 27, 2017, the shipment was to start from May 2017, however, it is now from June, 2017 which is revised in the press release below.

TOKYO and BARCELONA (Mobile World Congress 2017, Hall 8.0 J3), February 27, 2017－Ricoh today announced it is taking pre-orders of the RICOH R Development Kit, featuring the camera capable of delivering up to 24 continuous hours of fully spherical, 360-degree live video streams. Showcased at Mobile World Congress 2017, the camera can be pre-ordered from http://ricohR.ricoh, with shipments scheduled to start in June 2017. The sales price will be $499.

 

Using Ricoh's fully spherical imaging technology, the RICOH R Development Kit can live-stream fully spherical, 360-degree images in 2K resolution at 30 frames per second. Unique to RICOH R technology is the stitching of video within the camera in real time to the Equirectangular Projection Format, which is the standard format for fully spherical images. Video is then output via HDMI^® or USB, and—by using an AC power adapter– continuous, live streaming up to 24 hours is possible. The camera records onto a micro SD card, which enables the body to be extremely thin and lightweight.

 

The RICOH R Development Kit consists of the camera, camera stand, downloadable software development kit (SDK), plus image-control tools and source code. Using the camera's open API and the "RICOH R Console" image-control tool source code available through GitHub, the camera can be controlled via USB, which will enable its use in a variety of environments and industries such as telepresence and computer vision.

 

 

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