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The World’s most advanced wearable wireless 4D scuba action camera in development – and you can help to make it a reality

Welcome to the world of 3D SNAP ™ – possibly the world’s most advanced ‘4D’ 4K Action Camera.

3D SNAP ™ has been designed by the innovative German design company Atomare, to be a wearable, go anywhere, waterproof (250M), 35,000ft unpressurised, fully wireless 4K ‘4D’ action camera Array.

Whether you are a scuba diver, extreme sports person, skier, mountain biker, horse rider, white water rafter, canoeist, mountain climber, skateboarder, parachutist, athlete,windsurfer, life-logger or techie – whatever your activity, 3D SNAP™ has been designed for you.

You simply secure  3D SNAP™ on your hand between your fingers, or alternatively use any of the revolutionary nano suction securing (multi-use) mechanisms supplied.

To put it simply – so long as you have a clear patch of clothing, skin, helmet etc, you can mount the camera lens array just about anywhere.

No glue, no complicated fixing mechanisms – just press, twist and go.

In its simplest form, the 3D SNAP™ system consists of a Lens Array, a touch sensitive flexible high definition OLED display and an Main Control Unit all secured on a total 3 direction flexible memory clear polymer band.

The 3D SNAP™ uses Cota™ wireless charging that can recharge both the 4K ‘4D’ SNAP™ Camera System as well as up to 4 additional wireless lens arrays concurrently – while in use or switched off for recharging up to 30ft away, and all without any wires whatsoever – truly wireless.

Each 3D SNAP™ Camera System comes with 512GB built-in ‘3D’ memory and each associated wireless lens array will come with 512GB ‘3D’ Memory (enough storage for a day’s worth of movies and high-speed photography). Capture 60Mbps video , for example, and you could theoretically keep going for almost 19 hours – so there is little chance of you missing that split second fantastic action shot!

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Lens Array

In an insect, each ommatidium (Small Eye) in the compound eye has a corneal lens, a crystalline cone and a light-sensitive organ at its base. The ommatidia work in unison to build a picture of the world.

Our Ommatidium – Small Eyes – consist of 4.6K individual laser-etched photonic tubes, each with its own lens at one end and a photodetector at the other, providing for a true 160 degrees field of view.

This whole arrangement is engineered to a hemispherical shape to give a 160-degree field of vision and surrounded by DFB Quantum Casade lasers.

The benefit of this arrangement is that they show remarkable depth of field – they can focus on objects at different distances at the same time and space, enabling the capture of still images and video in 3D, through up to ‘4K’ in almost total darkness and even under water (250M certified).

They also do not suffer from the aberrations seen in single lens systems when viewing off-axis objects such as the huge distortion observed in wide-angle camera lenses such as the fish-eye.

Main Control Unit (MCU)

The main control unit consist of a flexible polymer casing complete with a high definition flexible touchscreen (with gloved fingers) OLED Display (you see what the cameras see), a ‘3D’ flexible battery, 512GB built in ‘3D’ memory, the main processing unit and associated electronics.

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Control Button and dial

There is only one button and simple rotary dial allowing users to quickly setup the 3D SNAP™ (alternatively the software App which will include iOS, Windows and Android versions for both smartphones and tablets can be used).

When rotated the dial brings up simple graphics on the flexible OLED display which with a single touch makes the required settings for you.

Alternatively, users can switch to Auto and let the system chose the optimum settings for you.

The rotary dial and button are made from the same materials as the lens case thereby ensuring strength and reliability no matter what you throw at it.

Connectivity

3D SNAP™ comes as standard supporting WiFi 802.11 ac MIMO and  802.15.6NB1 (MBAN) with Bluetooth Smart Low Energy for handset/tablet setup.

Location Awareness

3D SNAP™ comes as standard with a choice of GPS/Galileo/Glonass/Compass(BeiDou 2)/QZSS) support in addition to using MBAN and the 9 degree freedom inertial unit for local extra phased camera Array positioning if specified.

Battery Life

3D SNAP™ once fully charged using the Cota wireless charging system will operate for approximately 2.5 hours recording at 4K ‘4D’ 30fps (Cascade Lasers on). The system has a built in wireless quick charge facility that charges the units fully in 30 mins.

Available as an additional purchase, the optional Cota battery pack will allow you to wirelessly charge your device continually giving you up to 5 hours of record time.

Additional Information

  • Frame rates: Variable from 4K 30fps down to standard HD 60fps (1080p).
  • Point and shoot for stills frequency 1 – 1/20K of a second – Auto on.
  • Maximum frequency stills motion frame rates burst photo 60fps for a maximum of 60 seconds.
  • Simultaneous video 4K ‘4D’ and 4K stills.
  • 3D video capture with Casade Lasers off
  • ‘4D’ 4K Video capture with Cascade Lasers on – Auto switching.
  • 12MP equivalent resolution.
  • Autofocus
  • Auto Face recognition

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The 3D SNAP™ design has been completed, basic prototypes have been bench tested and the product is now ready to move forward with pre-production before signing off for mass production. However, additional funding is required before the 3D SNAP™ makes it on to the market.

A crowdfunding campaign to raise enough funds to complete this exciting project is currently running and ends on Sunday 19th October. There are lots of perks available to those who wish to contribute.

For more infomation about the 3D SNAP™ and to contribute to the crowdfunding campaign, click here.

 

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