German photojournalist, Jonas Ginter, always wanted to shoot a 360º video where he was the focus of the film, riding his bike on his own “planet.” Ginter used GoPro cameras to actualize this project. He rigged up 6 GoPro cameras to his bike to enable filming while he was fully in motion. He recorded horizontally 360º and vertically 180º with the GoPro cameras. The built-in GoPro fisheye feature facilitated the filming effect that Ginter desired. His rig contained a 170º lens.
It took Ginter approximately one year to determine which method would work best to accomplish this effort. Before going the GoPro camera route, Ginter fixed video cameras onto turntables and mirrors before realizing that he needed to take a different approach.
Ginter loved the whole GoPro ingenious concept of in-motion filming. He 3D-printed a camera mount device that allowed all 6 GoPros to be securely bolted to the tripod. This 3D-printed device is a spherical mount that needs 2 x M3 bolts and 1x HEX bolt ¼-20 UNC in order to fit tripod bolt sizes. Ginter has open-sourced the 3D printing technique that he created on Thingiverse, giving the public access to the special procedure to print the camera mount. Once the mount is 3D-printed, then anyone can shoot their own videos from home, 360º style. 
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