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Samsung’s 360 Round camera livestreams 3D VR

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Samsung unveiled a new camera last week, that’s flanked with 17 cameras and six microphones and can create highly immersive 360-degree and virtual reality content in glorious 4K resolution.


Unlike the company’s more entry-level Gear 360 camera for mainstream folks, the Samsung 360 Round appears to be for legitimate pros — that is, pros who have plenty of money to spare. The 360 Round features beastly performance but that comes at a deadly price point: $10,500.


Samsung showed off the camera at its Developer Conference in San Francisco, and the company says in a press release that it’s specifically made for “developing and streaming high-quality 3D content for specialists and enthusiasts who demand a superior virtual reality (VR) experience.”


The 360-degree camera is powerful enough to livestream 4K VR videos at 30 fps, and as mentioned, the puck-shaped device is covered in 17 2-megapixel cameras to record stereoscopic 3D, VR, and 360-degree videos in 4K. There’s also some native software that works to stitch together immersive video with virtually no lag.


Inside, there’s 10 GB of RAM and 40 GB of internal storage, which is plenty but expected for a device that regularly records large-size 4K files. It supports LAN or USB-C connectivity and can be hooked up to an SSD with up to 2 TB of storage. Samsung will ship the 360 Round sometime in October in the United States, and other countries will get it soon thereafter.


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