Facebook Open-Sources Surround 360 3-D 360-Degree Camera System

Facebook introduced its Surround 360 3-D 360-degree camera system at its F8 global developers conference in April, and this week, the social network open-sourced its specifications.

Facebook introduced its Surround 360 3-D 360-degree camera system at its F8 global developers conference in April, and this week, the social network open-sourced its specifications.

When Surround 360 debuted at F8, Facebook said it had no plans to brand or sell the system, adding that it would post the specifications to GitHub. That day has come.

Research scientist Forrest Briggs made the announcement in a blog post:

Today we officially open-sourced the specs for Surround 360, our high-quality 3-D-360 hardware and software video capture system.

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