Teradek manufactures wireless video devices for remote video capture, camera control, real-time monitoring, color correction, and webcasting. All Teradek products are designed and manufactured in the USA. Teradek has introduced Sphere at NAB 2016.
Sphere is a groundbreaking solution for monitoring and streaming live 360° content to iOS devices and the web. It is a whole new workflow for 360° video productions.
Only slightly larger than an Apple TV, Sphere’s hardware interface offers 4 HDMI inputs and streams 4K video (4x1080p) at up to an incredible 10 Mbps with just 4 frames of latency. When daisy-chained to a second unit, Sphere can support up to 8 cameras at once.
Its companion iOS application introduces the world’s first real-time 360° stitching engine with patent-pending dynamic picture adjustment, ensuring white balance, tint, exposure, and lens distortion are consistent across the panoramic image.
Sphere’s hardware interface features four HDMI inputs and a built-in H.264 encoder that can encode up to 10Mbps, providing a realistic 360°-video experience. When connected via Ethernet to a wireless access point, Sphere streams in real-time to Apple laptops and iOS devices where users can record or view the live 4K (4x1080p) content in three different ways:
Perspective Mode – Maneuver your iOS device in any direction to explore your 360°-video content as it is being shot. As you move your iOS device, the camera feed moves with it, showing you footage from any angle in which you point your tablet or smartphone:
Panoramic Mode – Pan and zoom across all 4 videos feeds stitched together into a panorama.
Headset Mode – Experience your live 360° content as it was intended for your audience.
For remote viewing, the Sphere app can be used to live stream to any compatible 360° online video platform, including Wowza and YouTube.
Sphere will ship in June of 2016 at a price of $3,000. Visit Teradek and see Sphere on display at booth C6025 at NAB 2016.