[Proposal pending] 360 degree camera addon !
 

I have an amazing idea for an application for the n900.

An app which enables the n900 to take a 360 degree picture then gives the option to crop at 3200 x 480 and slices that image into 4.

oila u have ure own loopable desktop.

I can't wish to do this myself as i can't code anything to save my life!

Good look dev's! :o

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

And the 360 degree picture would be taken how? The camera only captures less than 180 deg, so you would need to snap at least 3 pictures, assemble them and then crop into 4 parts. Also, i doubt lots of people would be using that, so i don't know if it's worth the effort of writing such an app, compared to simply taking x pictures and pasting & cutting manually

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

Well yh the idea was you take more than one picture, similar to the panoramic options on all cameraphones, then get the app to crop and cut automatically

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

So basically a photostich application. Definitely a cool idea, especially if you can link the first image with the last. Problem would be how level you can keep the camera as you spin around.

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

Thats up to the person taking the picture really......
But in general it would be nothing perfect just something to make some desktops from pictures uve taken

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

Ummm... do you care to make a Brainstorm proposal out of this? If not the thread will need to be relocated...

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

Im new to the forum, wasnt sure where to locate it.....

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

Automatic panorama stitching can be done on a mobile phone, and it looks very impressive. See here:

http://studierstube.icg.tu-graz.ac.a..._ar/panomt.php

We need someone (the original devs or someone from the Maemo community) to write a similar app for the N900!

Re: 360 degree camera addon !
 

My idea (at the Summit) was this:

1. Take first photo and it slides to the left, but leaves the right-most edge of the photo visible on the left side of the screen.
2. Line second photo up with first photo (live, on-camera) and take photo. This photo then slides over.
3. Etc.

Do this four times, or a thousand. Easy and wouldn't require (much) "stitching."

Tim

Re: [Proposal pending] 360 degree camera addon !
 

Nokia N86 has a wide-angle Carl Zeiss Tessar lens for panoramic pictures, with a panorama capture mode. While the N900 doesn't have a wide-angle lens, I think a panorama mode would be a possibility, since it's solely a software-based feature, just like editing pictures.