Deep Dive: Why 360 cameras are little miracles on selfie sticks

360 cameras, better known as spherical cameras, involve a ton of processing and math before we can get to the usable and even stylized footage we know and love. In this video, we delve deep into what these considerations are, consider the potential roadblocks, and along the way, get a deeper insight into just what 360 cameras need to contend with!
= Contents Page =
00:00 Introduction
01:37 Why? - How we use 360 Footage
04:00 360 Camera Hardware
06:46 360 Camera Software
08:31 What Raw 360 Video Looks Like
12:00 Stitching 360 Video
16:54 Computer Vision: How Computers Reason About Stitching
19:35 The Blind Spot - The Invisible Selfie Stick
22:44 Spherical Manipulations - Stabilization & Down-Finding
26:15 A "Flat" Representation - Equirectangular Projection
28:05 Exporting / Rendering
30:43 Conclusion
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[@NERDfirst]

Thank you very much once again. Really appreciate these nice comments.
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[@NERDfirst]

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Glad to know my work's been helpful! Till date this channel remains a passion project, so it's good to know that what I'm doing as pretty much a hobby can be beneficial to others. You'll always be welcome around here, feel free to check out the other videos whenever you have the time =)

[@simpletongeek]

That's a fantastic presentation. Thank you for producing it.

[@NERDfirst]

Hello and thank you very much for your comment! Really poured my heart and soul into this one, so I'm really glad to hear some good feedback =)

[@chrispowell3227]

Please create 360 video series using ffmpeg preferably fly in effect

[@NERDfirst]

Hello and thank you for your comment! I would strongly recommend against using FFMPEG to do 360 manipulations, particularly animated ones, it's just not the best tool for the job. Your 360 camera will probably have shipped with some software with which you can do this with ease!

[@teeravarunyou]

If the selfie stick is the blind spot, can we use other selfie sticks for Instra 360 or can we use any selfie stick for GoPro and Ricoh Theta?

[@NERDfirst]

Hello and thank you for your comment! As long as your selfie stick is narrow enough to sit in the camera's blind spot, you can use _any_ stick!
You don't have to specially seek out sticks marketed as "invisible" - The one I'm using throughout this video is just a generic one.