Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera for 360 degree photos1

Jonas Pfeil of the Berlin Technical University holds a throwable panoramic ball camera in Berlin, October 28, 2011. The device contains 36 mobile phone cameras that take a picture at the highest point of the ball's trajectory. A computer program subsequently merges all pictures to a 360 degree image that can be viewed on a monitor by dragging the mouse in the desired direction. Pfiel developed the ball camera as a university thesis project.

A handout photo shows a section of a 360-degrees panoramic image taken in front of Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.

Image taken in front of Brandenburg Gate.