Samsung enters 360-degree video market with Gear 360 camera

Virtual reality gear is growing and the new Samsung Gear 360 camera is one of several to be released this year. Read on to get a good look at this new technology...

Samsung’s Gear 360 camera looks like an eyeball and shoots 360-degree video

Spherical content for the Samsung masses The Verge by Sean O'Kane Samsung is entering the nascent 360-degree imaging market with a new camera called the Gear 360. The camera was announced alongside the reveal of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge this evening at the company's Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, and it will be available in the second quarter of this year. The Gear 360 is a tiny, double-lensed sphere of a camera that's supposed to make shooting and sharing 360-degree photos and videos easy and approachable. (Let's just say it — it looks like an eyeball.) The bottom of the camera is flat, so it can rest on most surfaces, and it also features a standard tripod mount. The Gear 360 is mostly featureless on the outside, with just menu, record, and power buttons and a tiny monochrome PMOLED screen dotting the white plastic finish. There's also a slot for the microSD card (up to 128GB supported) and a swappable battery, both of which are hidden behind a small door. The camera is only splash-proof and dust resistant, though, so don't expect it to take a beating...[continue reading on The Verge]