Rigged up a live view 360 camera for the bluerov. For this build I used a kandao enterprise 8k that I put in a three inch acrylic housing. I ran power and ethernet to the camera from the rov. Topside we modified the fxti to have a lan switch. To access the feed I log in on a device to the qoocam app and control the camera remotely. Personally I use a tablet to control the camera and do a constant screen record, only recording on the camera as things get interesting. My buddy Ken helped enormously with this project. I can share specifics and footage in subsequent posts if people are interested.
Hi @ManHammer
Very cool! Iād not seen that camera before, or any action camera / 360 camera with an ethernet jack making integration so easy! Not cheap compared to solutions like the insta360 x4/x5
Do you have any sample footage? Iād be curious what effect the curved cylindrical wall of the housing has on the pictureā¦
Hi Tony,
It really shines when you are live boating around shipwrecks. The camera can be turned to manual and you can change the ISO to work with the amount of light at depth. 8K doesnāt downgrade that well for this footage but itās not terrible. You also canāt scroll around as much you would be able to outside of youtube.
Generally this is what it looks like when Iām navigating. It allows me to see the tether at all times and have a bit of security when navigating.
@ManHammer Thatās really cool! While there is some distortion the video is certainly usable. Iāve been working on an underwater 360 camera as well utilizing the Insta360 ONE camera. Iām planning on taking it down to 900m so itāll take more than an acrylic tube. We completely disassembled the head of the camera and had to create our own ribbon cables. The pictured assembly fits into a Blue Robotics 2ā locking enclosure. The insta360 is also not intended for remote operations so I had one of my bright students hack the software to create a custom interface.
That is insanely cool. Before I ended up with the acrylic tube I tried putting in between two domes but couldnāt make it work so that I wasnāt seeing the sides of the domes. Thereās a few places overseas that were willing to build either glass or polycarbonate domes I could send down to 1km. For most things on the continental shelf this design will work for me at the moment.
Do you have any video footage from your build. Itās insanely cool and if it cleans up like the other insta360 products it would be phenomenal.
Thatās really cool!
Does this setup produce proper, usable 360Ā° videos and still images? For example, if you insert the camera into a pipe with a diameter of about 500 mm, lying horizontally, will you get a full 360Ā° view of the inside of the pipe in both video and still images?
I definitely find it useable. The meshing isnāt as good as the insta360 cameras. I donāt know about the horizontal pipe question.
for an āoff the shelfā option, Mantis make 360 housings that can include cable ports https://www.mantis-sub.com
Are you able to give it a try in a pipe?
Unfortunately not for a long while.