About 360 Rumors and Mic Ty
I’ve been a photographer since 2007 and have been reviewing cameras since 2009. In May 2015, I began shooting with a 360 camera. I was so amazed that I sold almost all my other cameras to focus exclusively on 360 cameras. After being disappointed with the lack of coverage of 360 cameras on camera and tech websites, I created 360Rumors.com in February 2016, to serve as a resource for the 360 community, and to educate the public about the benefits of 360 cameras. I now own fifty-four 360 cameras (see the list below) and have written over 2,000 articles on 360 cameras and VR.
360 Rumors Track Record for Predictions
Here’s my track record for predictions so far, if you want to see:
– New GoPro Fusion being launched: correct
– “Insta360’s next camera will be a hybrid VR180 camera:” correct
– Insta360 One X predictions: 4 out of 6
– GoPro Fusion predictions: 5 out of 7
– First Kodak Orbit photos: correct
– Garmin Virb 360 predictions: 7 out of 8
– Insta360 One predictions: 9 out of 10
– Gear 360 predictions: 4 out of 7
My 360 Cameras and Panoramic Heads
My 360 cameras and panoramic heads right now, in alphabetical order (January 2, 2019):
| 360Rize Penguin | |
| Acer Holo360 | |
| BeonCam | |
| Detu Max | |
| Detu Twin | |
| Freedom360 Explorer (GoPro Hero rig) | |
| Garmin Virb 360 | |
| Gigapan Epic 100 | |
| Giroptic iO (for iOS) | |
| Giroptic iO Pop for Android | |
| GoPro Fusion | |
| iGO 720 VR Pano | |
| Insta360 Air | |
| Insta360 Nano | |
| Insta360 Nano S | |
| Insta360 ONE for iPhone | |
| Insta360 ONE for Android | |
| Insta360 ONE X | |
| Insta360 Pro | |
| iStaging kit | |
| Ion360 U | |
| Kandao Qoocam | |
| Kodak PIXPRO Orbit360 (also known as 4KVR360) | |
| Kodak PIXPRO SP360 4K Dual Pro | |
| Lenovo Mirage VR180 camera | |
| LG 360 Cam | |
| LucidCam 3D camera (loaner) | |
| LyfieCam | |
| MADV Madventure 360 camera | |
| MADV Mini | |
| MGCool 360 (formerly called Elecam 360) | |
| Nikon Keymission 360 | |
| Nodal Ninja 3 MkII | |
| Nodal Ninja Mecha E1 | |
| Nodal Ninja R10 | |
| Nodal Ninja RS-1 | |
| Pano5+1 MkII | |
| Panoclip | |
| Panoclip Lite | |
| Panohero H5B | |
| Panono | |
| Pilot Era by Pisofttech | |
| PowerAdd | |
| Ricoh Theta S | |
| Ricoh Theta V | |
| Ricoh Theta Z1 | |
| Rylo | |
| Samsung Gear 360 (original) | |
| Samsung Gear 360 (2017) | |
| Sunwayfoto CR-30 | |
| SJCam SJ360 (hemispherical 2K) | |
| SJCam SJ360+ (fully spherical 1920 x 960) | |
| Teche Phiimax 3D | |
| Ultracker Aleta S2C | |
| theVRKit v1 | |
| theVRKit v2 | |
| VRDL360 | |
| Vuze 3D 360 Camera (loaner) | |
| Vuze XR | |
| Wunder360 S1 | |
| Xiaomi Mijia Mi Sphere 360 | |
| XPhase Pro | |
| Yi 360 VR |
My previous 360 cameras:
– Detu Max (loaner)
– Insta360 Pro 2 (loaner)
– GoPro Omni
– Kandao Obsidian R (loaner)
– Live Planet
– Panohero original for Yi action cam
– Ricoh Theta (original)
– Ricoh Theta m15
3D camera (not 360):
Fengyun JedEye
Fuji W3 3D
Lenses for panoramas:
7artisans f/2.8 fisheye
Lensbaby Circular Fisheye
Meke / Meike f/2 fisheye
Samyang 7.5mm MFT converted to E-mount fisheye
Samyang 8mm f/2.8 II fisheye
Samyang 12mm f/2.8 fisheye
Sigma 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
Samsung NX fisheye
Tokina 10-17 NH fisheye
VR headsets:
Google Daydream
Google Cardboard (various)
Lenovo Explorer
Lenovo Mirage Solo
Oculus Go
Oculus Rift
Samsung Gear VR (Innovator, Consumer, 2016, 2017)
Sony Playstation VR
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
– photographer since 2007
– photography blogger and camera reviewer since 2009
– 360 camera shooter since May 2015 (phone panoramas don’t count!)
– has written 2000+ articles about 360 cameras and VR (as of September 2018 – all original, not merely press releases)
– first blog about 360 cameras (February 2016)
– first 360 camera website to hit 1 million views (February 2017)
– first blog to mention and recommend Insta360 and Insta360 Nano
– guest speaker at CES 2017
– guest speaker at IVRPA 2018
– discovered blurring issue in Samsung Gear 360 (“blurgate”)
– first demonstration of “invisible” flying camera effect on YouTube
– first tutorial for stitching Panono offline
– most comprehensive review of the Theta, Gear 360, LG 360 Cam, Keymission, Nano, Air, Xiaomi Mi Sphere, and other cameras
