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Altia Systems Announces Real-Time VR Capabilities for PanaCast 2, the World's First Panoramic-4K Plug-and-Play USB CameraAltia Systems - a CES 2016 Award Honoree and recipient of the 2016 Frost and Sullivan New Product Innovation Award - today announced the availability of a Virtual Reality mode for its award-winning PanaCast 2 Panoramic-4K real-time video camera. The newly available Virtual Reality mode is based on a new generation of global stitching technology and algorithms which optimize for outdoor and live-action use. The camera is in production and available today with the VR mode for the original price of $995. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160804005502/en/ Virtual Reality Now in the Palm of Your Hand - Altia Systems' PanaCast 2, the World's first Panoramic-4K real-time video camera, now with VR mode launches today. The new camera is available now for a price point of under $1000. (Photo: Business Wire) With its on-board PanaCast video processor, the PanaCast 2 outputs Panoramic-4K video with industry-leading sub-single frame latency. The PanaCast 2 offers a 3840 x 1080 pixels per frame resolution across a 180° field-of-view that mimics the natural human perspective. Relative to a 360° x 360° 4K camera, this results in significantly higher-quality video thanks to 2x higher horizontal and ~3.3x higher vertical pixel density. With the VR mode enabled for PanaCast 2, consumer and professional content creators can create high quality VR content with point-and-shoot simplicity, enabling a number of use cases such as:
Pricing and availability The PanaCast 2 is available now, through Altia Systems' network of value added resellers, on Amazon.com or directly from Altia Systems. Pricing starts at $995. About Altia Systems®, Inc. Altia Systems® (altiasystems.com), a venture-backed company based in Cupertino, California, is the creator of PanaCast® 2 - the world's first Panoramic-4K Plug-and-Play USB video camera - and the PanaCast® Experience service - which enables anyone with a desktop or mobile device to communicate interactively, in real-time, through a panoramic field-of-view video which replicates the natural human visual perspective. Funded by Intel (News - Alert) Capital and other leading investors, Altia Systems is a leader in real-time stitching of video from multi-camera systems, enabling immersive experiences in video collaboration and VR/AR markets. The PanaCast 2 camera works with popular web collaboration services such as Microsoft® Skype® for Business, Skype®, Cisco® WebEx®, Google (News - Alert) Hangouts®, Citrix® GoToMeeting®, Vidyo®, and Zoom®, without requiring any driver or software installs. The PanaCast Experience is integrated with collaboration platforms like Microsoft® Skype (News - Alert)® for Business and Intel Unite®. For more information, visit http://www.getpanacast.com/. Follow @PanaCast1 on Twitter® for updates. PanaCast® and Altia Systems® are trademarks of Altia Systems®, Inc. *All other trademarks, trade names, brand names, company names and/or logos appearing in this news announcement are the property of their respective owners. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160804005502/en/ |