OmniEyeball: Spherical Display Equipped With Omnidirectional Camera And Its Application For 360-Degree Video Communication

Abstract

We propose OmniEyeball (OEB), which is a novel interactive 360° image I/O system. It integrates the spherical display system with an omnidirectional camera to enable both capturing the 360° panoramic live streaming video as well as displaying it. We also present its unique application for symmetric 360° video communication by utilizing two OEB terminals, which may solve the narrow field-of-view problem in video communication. In addition, we designed a vision-based touch detection technique as well as some features to support 360° video communication.