For true panoramic images, toss this camera in the air

It&#x27;s a camera you throw in the air and it takes a panoramic picture of the surrounding area.<p>The actual Indiegogo site: <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/panono-panoramic-ball-camera" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.indiegogo.com&#x2F;projects&#x2F;panono-panoramic-ball-came...</a>

This isn&#x27;t really a new idea - the military already have versions of these that they can throw into a room or inclosed space to gain optics on it upon before entering it to clear it. They also have versions that can be launched over a longer distance via grenade launcher.<p>eg <a href="http://www.epicos.com/epicos/extended/switzerland/macroswiss/products_mq.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.epicos.com&#x2F;epicos&#x2F;extended&#x2F;switzerland&#x2F;macroswiss...</a><p>see also from 2008: <a href="http://www.gizmag.com/the-i-ball-short-range-throwing-camera/10399/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gizmag.com&#x2F;the-i-ball-short-range-throwing-camera...</a>

I dream of a weighted version of this which I can use while skydiving.<p>IE: like a spaceball <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRUoe1nPxOE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=sRUoe1nPxOE</a>

Original website from 2011: <a href="http://jonaspfeil.de/ballcamera" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;jonaspfeil.de&#x2F;ballcamera</a>

A similar project, that also supports live video <a href="http://bublcam.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bublcam.com</a>

It&#x27;s a very cool product but panoramas still look awkward and awful to me.