Hobby and Research Projects
Do-it-yourself with interesting RICOH THETA apps and tools.
| Name | Summary |
|---|---|
| Authydra v2.1 - free | VFX automatic HDR capture plugin |
| Live View with Smart AI | The plugin provides a WebRTC based 360° Live View, with Smart Object Detection implemented using TensorFlow. |
| Voice Theta | Use Voice to activate theta camera shuttle. By saying word “on” Theta will begin to take picture within 5 seconds. |
| Gesture Theta | RICOH THETA V plug-in that will automatically take a picture with a 5 second delay when detecting a hand gesture. |
| Circle Detector | Pattern recognition plug-in for RICOH THETA V, detects circular objects, outlines all circular objects in pink. |
| Sleep Delay Control | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V that disables/enables sleep mode with one button press. |
| No Stitch Tester | Basic dual-fisheye plug-in for RICOH THETA V to test RGB data and metadata of 360° images taken with the RICOH 2.1 API. |
| Color Tester | Tool to help RICOH THETA V plug-in developers easily identify and test all the LEDs on their THETA V. |
| Shutter Volume Control | Adjust the shutter volume on your RICOH THETA V without the need to connect to a mobile phone. |
| Transect Motion Monitor | Plug-in for RICOH THETA V that takes a picture when the camera is moved (pitch or roll) within an adjustable threshold. |
| HDR2EXR | Designed to help visual special effects professionally easily grab lighting conditions on-set. |
| Settings Reset | Reset your RICOH THETA V with one button press. |
| Woof Shot! | Supports fun dog-focused 360° picture taking. |
| Chicken Shot! | Plays two different bird calls from the RICOH THETA V internal speaker, takes pictures through a browser. |
| 360 Hunting Game | fun and lighthearted RICOH plug-in adds monsters to your 360 images! |
| Video Coin | Decentralized video encoding, storage and distribution. |
| TwinCam Go | Real-time sharing of vehicle ride sensation with omni-directional stereoscopic camera and rotary chair. |
| Termux | Android terminal emulator and Linux environment application that works directly with no rooting or setup required. |
| Sphere Slicer | A spherical image slicer Perl script listed on CPAN for patterning spheres. |
| Sphere Print | Print out 360 images in “apple shape” cutout with “hooks” thereby avoiding using glue or tape. |
| Scandy Sphere | 3D printing of 360° pictures. |
| PTGui - Panorama Printing | PTgui contains a "philosphere" (rhombicuboctahedron) generator that helps you to create images needed for printing. |
| Photo Sphere Viewer | JavaScript library which renders 360° panoramas shots with Photo Sphere, the new camera mode of Android 4.2 and above. |
| Periscope 360 | Still provides support for 360° cameras via Periscope Producer functionality. |
| Panorella | Lets you create and purchase your own panoramic 360° photo umbrella. |
| Pannellum | Pannellum is a free open source panorama and 360° viewer. |
| MESH IoT Blocks | IoT "blocks" that are sensors with built-in functions, aimed at younger builders, easy to prototype, build fun projects. |
| Lockheed Amelia Drone | Senior project at RIT, sponsored by Lockheed, streams RICOH THETA V video from drone to VR headset .25 miles away. |
| Kaleidoscope | An embeddable, lightweight, dependency-free 360º image and video viewer. Works in all modern browsers. |
| HugVR | 360° live streaming platform for RICOH THETA S. |
| Globus Map Projector | Converts images from one spherical projection to another. Runs entirely in a browser, using JavaScript and WebGL. |
| Fox Sewer Rover | Robotic rover that drives through and records in 360° the inside of complex networks of underground pipes. |
| Flexify | Photoshop plug-in for panoramas, polyhedra, and maps. Works with free paint.net software as well. |
| 360 Image Viewer | Standalone panorama WebGL image viewer for desktop and mobile. Uses regl as WebGL wrapper. |