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The camera in your pocket is pretty amazing. Today’s smartphone cameras feel like they’re a million miles away from earlier photography tech, but digital cameras had to start somewhere. Back in the 20th century when cameras needed film, digital camera technology began as a sat-nav for astronauts. Since then, Kodak, Apple and many others have …

The $299 Iqui is the opposite of what I’ve come to expect from a 360-degree camera. It was developed by Ricoh-spinoff Vecnos and the team that created the first consumer 360 camera, the Ricoh Theta. You can see that camera’s DNA in the Iqui (pronounced ee-kwee) and what made the Theta special back in 2013 is what makes the Iqui …

Ricoh’s Theta Z1 360-degree camera promises to significantly improve the one big area where other consumer spherical cameras fail: Image quality.  Theta cameras have advanced in many ways since they first launched in 2013, but they’ve all been saddled with the same tiny 1- or 2.3-inch image sensors, which really limits their photo and video quality. The Z1 is the …

Microsoft Build 2018 started Tuesday and is still ongoing, but now Google is competing for your future attention with its own annual Google I/O developers conference. Unlike the hardware-centric announcements of last October, I/O focuses mostly on software and how to to get the most out of those devices. Before the conference started, Google announced it had rebranded its Google …

Google announced the browser-based Tour Creator, for roll-your-own VR walkthroughs, at its Google I/O developer conference this week.  But if you want to create your own 360-degree content, you’ll need a camera that works with it. Out of the gate, Ricoh says it’s ready for you with its Ricoh Theta V, an existing 360 camera that will work with the …

I think it’s safe to say: The Essential Phone was a flop. Even ignoring the phone’s missed ship dates and broken durability promises, it simply wasn’t competitive at $700 (roughly £500, AU$900). Review after review panned the camera, one of the most important parts of a modern phone. I called the camera app “a smoldering dumpster fire.” But here’s the …

These days it’s pretty easy to get a one-off T-shirt printed by a service, but what do you do if you want to print, say, T-shirts for people with pictures of their  pets on them or customized with their names? Those can get a bit tedious, and you’re generally limited to the T-shirt choices a particular printer has. Or what …

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Now playing: Watch this: GoPro, Pixpro, or Ricoh? Finding the best 360 camera 4:03 Forget your standard video rules, when shooting in 360 degrees convenience may trump quality. 360 video — that VR-like format that lets you look up, down, left, right, and behind — is all the rage right now. But to get those wraparound views, you’ll need a …