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Jump is a VR camera created by Google and GoPro. It is able to create 360 Videos by capturing stereoscopic 3D footage in 360 degrees around the device. The device features a ring-shaped array with 16 GoPro HERO4 cameras lining the rim. It uses software to stitch together the footage from various cameras to create the stereoscopic and panoramic videos.

Features

  • Stereoscopic 3D in every direction.
  • Seamless panoramic video without boarders.
  • Resolution is equivalent of 5 Ultra HD (4K) TVs playing at once.

Hardware

GoPro 360 Camera Array consist of 16 HERO4 cameras arranged facing outward in a ring.

Software

  • Frame level synchronization of all 16 cameras.
  • Storage architecture to record video locally then transfer it to the cloud.
  • Highly parallel hardware pipelines to process and reduce the data to a manageable rate.

History

May 28, 2015 Announced in Google I/O 2015.

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