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Garmin VIRB 360: VR for Aviation

If point-of-view or action cams are as common as iPads in the modern cockpit, buyers may be getting a little bored with the ordinary flat footage they produce. Enter the 360 camera, a gadget that literally has eyes in the back of its head. The 360 market hasnt exactly exploded, but there are a half dozen to pick from, with more on the way.

Paul Bertorelli
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If point-of-view or action cams are as common as iPads in the modern cockpit, buyers may be getting a little bored with the ordinary flat footage they produce. Enter the 360 camera, a gadget that literally has eyes in the back of its head. The 360 market hasn’t exactly exploded, but there are a half dozen to pick from, with more on the way.

What do they do? They produce footage commonly called VR or virtual reality. This allows the viewer to use a cursor to scroll around the imagery 360 degrees horizontally and, depending the camera, up to 360 degrees vertically. It’s supposed to be like actually being there but, trust us, you’d rather be there than sitting in your den scrolling around a YouTube video.

Paul Bertorelli

Paul Bertorelli is Aviation Consumer’s Editor at Large. In addition to his valued contributions to Aviation Consumer, his in-depth video productions on sister publication AVweb cover a wide variety of topics that greatly contribute to safety, operation and aircraft ownership. When Paul isn’t writing or filming, he’s out flying his J3 Cub.