360 VR Camera for the parks?

[General Panic]

Hi All
Inspired by another thread i just saw but with a more specific purpose in mind. I've just got myself an HTC Vive VR headset and have already found and downloaded a few fans 360 videos on Youtube and they are pretty good.

Away myself in a few weeks and was wondering if any of you guys have a 360 camera and have any recemondations? I'm not that techy and a few reviews i've read look to indicate the cameras are linked to a mobile phone and that is used to store and put together the videos?

I don't have a mobile phone of any quality , think old school Nokia so am wondering if there is a camera that will allow me 360 VR videos without complicated editing and can store on external micro cards?

I'm thinking cost wise not to much and that may be my limiting factor here but around the £400/$500 mark.

I like the look of the Ricoh Theta S i think it's called but on youtube reviews it does look a bit of a fiddle getting things to work in VR.

Seeing myself and family in a VR enviroment would be soo cool but i maybe a bit early as the camera's available are a bit in their infancy?

Any words of wisdom greatly appreciated as usual

Panic

 

[wsssup]

Lg 360 cam is not a bad unit. Better than the theta s. Tends to work better with the phone app than with the pc software.
And at only 200aud its a bargain. Shoots 2k. Photos are not the best on this unit.

I used one of these for a few months while waiting for the samsung gear 360.

The gear 360 is a bit pricey but is a much better unit and you dont need a samsung phone to use it or any phone for that matter. The pc software can do it all... stitch it together and you can edit your clips.


360 cams for consumers are still in the early stages and you wont get the quality of the gopro 360 system but who has six gopros lying around.

There is the 360 fly as well ... but at nearly 600aud it is expensive and the stitching software on it is terrible.

 

[General Panic]

Thanks for the quick reply wsssup.
I've had a quick look at the Lg and it does look ideal for my purpose. I see it uses a micro sd card to store the movies. Is that just a case on my return home of transfering them onto my pc to view or edit? As in i don't need to use an app on a phone or tablet?

Once on the pc do they just work in VR right out of the card or do i then need to use software to get them to work?

It looks a great price for a fun type 360 experience and as i'll be in sunny Florida the day time quality should be fine for my purposes.

Cheers.

 

[wsssup]

If your going for one that doesnt need a phone i would steer away from the lg. The phone app converts the image for it...
The software has no editing options which hopefully they will work on in future.

I would look into the gear 360 or other high end 360 cameras with better software.
You would be able to connect the gear 360 to a computer and use the pc software to stitch it all together and do simple editing. Then transfer your file to the htc and all will be good.

There are heaps of gear 360 tips to search for and i think you will find the info you need.
Cheers