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if that was supposed to be a demonstration of samsung's 360 degree cameras and video, i'm unimpressed. the image quality was terrible, and the video paused and

• jhbadger 10y ago
  Yes. This wasn't a very good example of the NYT's "Daily 360". Some of them are much better. About a month ago there was one about abandoned buildings in the Fukushima region that was very impressive both technically and aesthetically.
• ferongr 10y ago
  The problem seems to be not the hardware but the huge amounts of pixels that require to be captured. 360 degree cameras already capture something comparable to 4k, but it's not enough.
  • askvictor 10y ago
    Even low end cameras capture in the order of 10 megapixels nowadays, which is around the res of 4k screens. It shouldn't be much of a stretch to go to 20 or 30 megapixels for this sort of thing (yes, optics and sensor size are also very relevant)
    • ferongr 10y ago
      The NYT article shows a 360 video and not static images (note the movement of the tree branches).