The sports world has already taken several bold leaps into its tech
future with on-the-field innovations, but a new invention by a clever
European tinkerer could elevate the art of sports photography to another level.
Jonas Pfeil, a recent graduate of the Technical University of Berlin, created the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera
as a way to instantly create panoramic images without the often tedious
digital stitching process common today. Equipped with an accelerometer,
when thrown the camera creates full spherical panoramas that display
three-dimensional images of a moment captured in time. Although the
device is not yet for sale, it will be on display at the upcoming Siggraph Asia conference. You can see the ball's technology at work in the video below.