Pisofttech teases new 360 camera, changes company name to Labpano (update: camera revealed)
Pisofttech changed its company name to Labpano and posted a teaser photo for a new product that appears to be a 360 camera. Update: Pisofttech / Labpano updated their Facebook page and posted a photo of the new camera, which looks like a more compact version of the Pilot Era. UPDATE: here is the Pilot One, with full specifications.
Pisofttech, makers of Pilot Era, the first 8k 360 camera with in-camera stitching and one of the first to feature a touchscreen, announced that they are changing their company name to Labpano.
“We are delighted to announce that our brand name will be changed to Labpano. Labpano enhances our identity as the top innovative and trusted panoramic solutions company. We will dedicate ourselves to bringing new values to customers with professional-grade panoramic hardware and expandable industrial solutions. Along with the name change, We would like to share with you the new logo.”
Labpano also posted a teaser photo for an upcoming product release on December 24. The photo shows a sillhouette and the tagline “One of a Kind.” Presumably, it is a 360 camera but the outline seems more similar to that of a smartphone.
It turns out that it is a 4-lens camera after all (this is not the actual silhouette). The camera has four lenses and looks like a more compact version of Pilot Era. If each lens has a 4K resolution, then this camera should be an 8K 360 camera.
What do you think is this new product? Let me know in the comments!
Curious of course. Can do with 8K HDR without stitching issues.
With offset lenses, I think it will have stitching issues at close distances.
hope they have 4 lens design to get better effective resolution than 2 lenses design
I checked their website but they have removed the announcement!
strange!
4 lens is better for details than 2 lens design but i don’t get why they abandoned the 6 lens design that is even better for details ? cost is no longer an issue now that lens/sensor prices are down due to smartphone industry mass producing them and improve image quality due to the amount of r&d put specifically in smartphone camera systems as it is now a key differentiating/selling point for smartphones.