DIY Stereoscopic 3D 360-Degree Camera

As Colin Pate puts it in his write-up, “360 photos are pretty cool, especially if you have the opportunity to view them in VR. However, stereoscopic 3D is what really brings the VR experience to life.”

As you might suspect, this type of camera rig is quite expensive, costing at least $800. That hasn’t stopped Pate, however, who has been developing a rig using a Terasic DE10-Nano FPGA dev board, along with Omnivision OV5462 camera modules (at only $25 each) for image input.

The eight camera modules used are arranged in an outward-facing octagon, spaced 65mm from each other, the average human interpupillary distance. Each image is stitched together as a left and right view, producing stereoscopic images that can viewed as a 360 degree environment.