A startup is teasing a 3D VR digicam that not solely shoots in 8K however operates very similar to a smartphone, with built-in Android OS. The Slam XCam is a brilliant digicam designed for creating and even livestreaming digital actuality content material. The 8K 180° VR digicam, which is predicted to start transport in March, might very properly miff Canon, which teased a prototype 8K VR digicam final yr that hasn’t but launched.
Slam is asking the XCam a “world first” due to the digicam’s mixture of sensible design, 8K, VR, 180° and 3D options. The Slam XCam is a boxy digicam that appears a bit like an outsized smartphone, however with two massive lenses on one facet and a big touchscreen on the opposite.
The digicam makes use of a pair of 1/1.5-inch CMOS sensors to seize video at as much as 8K 30p or 6K 50p. The lenses are offset by 65mm, which the corporate says is much like the spacing between human eyes, with a view to supply a pure look to the footage.
On the other facet, the SlamXCam has a 6.67-inch AMOLED display screen with 2K decision, offering entry to taking pictures settings together with publicity controls and HDR. The smartphone-like touchscreen additionally allows content material creators to view a 3D preview of the footage.
The VR content material is routinely stitched in-camera, aided by the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 processor. The digicam’s Android working system then allows creators to edit the footage instantly from the digicam, and even reside stream. Together with enhancing apps, the working system permits for cloud storage of footage utilizing platforms like Google Drive. The digicam helps footage as much as 10-bit for easy colour gradations, or creators quick on area can use the H.265 compression format.
The digicam is wrapped in an aluminum alloy body. That materials, together with a liquid cooling plate, helps battle overheating points, the corporate says, that are widespread in taking pictures such excessive resolutions.
Teased throughout CES 2025, the Slam XCam is already obtainable for preorder on Kickstarter, the place early backers can stand up to 30% off the anticipated $1,399 checklist value, which converts to roughly £1,136 / AU$2,256. The Kickstarter web page says that the digicam ships worldwide.
Final yr, Canon teased a prototype of an 8K VR digicam, saying that it needed to get the digicam plus two prototype lenses “out as quickly as doable.” The prototype seems to be a bit just like the Canon PowerShot V10 vlogging digicam. In contrast to the Slam XCam, Canon’s prototype has a lens that may both be entrance or rear-facing, which implies it’s not restricted to 180° VR however can shoot 360° as properly.
You’ll be able to check out Canon’s prototype within the video under, shot at The Pictures & Video Present (on the PowerShot V10, coincidentally).
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