LUCIDCAM: STEREOSCOPIC 3D VR CREATION COMES TO THE MASSES

LucidCam ($499; available on Amazon) addresses one of the issues that prevents wide adoption of virtual reality (VR): VR headsets aren’t hard to find, but VR content creation remains a major barrier.

LucidCam is a compact, lightweight (8 ounce) stereoscopic 3D VR camera that slides nicely into the palm of your hand, and it promises to boost interest in casual content creation by and for mainstream viewers.

The unit’s smooth, stylish exterior sports two front-facing fish-eye lenses—like a pair of eyes with peripheral vision—and gives you a 180-degree spherical 3D visual field of view (left, right, up, and down) for each lens. It captures both video and still images with a single button and switches modes