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✅ Large touch screen with live preview and full control
✅ Simple and familiar Android OS
✅ In-camera stitching of 8K 24FPS/6K 30FPS videos
✅ 8K photos with optical flow stitching
✅ Stand-alone 4K 30FPS live streaming via Wi-Fi/Ethernet and 4G
✅ Optimized to publish straight from the camera to GSV
✅ 512GB storage & 3.5 hours battery life
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The problem with most current 360° cameras is the image quality is too low and the video produced is blurry when viewed in VR headsets. Or, the camera is too big and has a cumbersome workflow which requires a powerful and expensive computer to process files, with long wait times. With Pilot Era, these problems are solved.
By packing a touch screen, Android OS and other top-grade hardware into a compact body no bigger than your hand, Pilot Era is the world's first true all-in-one solution 8K 360° VR camera. 100% in-camera stitching means you can produce beautiful 8K videos or images ready to upload without any computer processing. Balanced colors with frame and exposure synchronization bring razor-sharp details for your 8K 360° content. Transport your audience into your world with just a simple tap on the touchscreen!
Check demo video to learn about the in-camera operation of Pilot Era!
Pilot Era has a high-definition touch screen and user-friendly operating system that almost feels like a mobile phone. While you have the option to connect using our Pilot Go mobile App, we make it easy for you to do everything, including stitching, previewing, publishing, and adjusting settings, by simply using just the Pilot Era as an all-in-one standalone device without your phone or computer.
Pilot Era uses top-class hardware and carefully optimized in-camera stitching algorithms, so that you can enjoy extremely sharp details in every frame of 8K 360° videos and images.
Unlike every other product on the market, Pilot Era does not require any post-processing on a PC. It shoots up to 8K resolution panoramic videos and photos and automatically stitches them inside the camera. Pilot Era saves you more time, and makes your 8K panorama content creation more efficient!
With both wired ethernet and wireless 4G cellular/dual-band Wi-Fi connection, Pilot Era is able to stream 4K panoramic content through its built-in server or custom server without any computer. Log into your account, one-click stream to Facebook/YouTube/other live platforms, and share wonderful moments with friends! Of course, simultaneous live-streaming and recording is supported.
Pilot Era is carefully optimized for street view photographers. Being a GSV ready camera, it has built-in ultra-precise GPS, supports one-click upload to Google Maps and creating native Google Street View with blue lines on the map! GSV photography has never been easier!
Pilot OS is customized from Android OS, and supports OTA upgrades. We are constantly refining and improving the camera's software to enhance its performance and expand its features. Moreover, you have the capacity to use different peripherals through its full-function USB-C interface, such as displays, microphones and power banks.
We have been listening to our users all the time, and now provide you with new features:
Pilot Era is a professional 360° VR camera. Its large aperture aspherical fisheye lenses and professional-grade sensors accurately capture every wonderful moment. Real-time stitching and optical flow stitching allow you to shoot high-quality images in all conditions. Plus, multi-lens color balance and frame synchronization let you create the most flawless videos or photos anytime, anywhere.
Loaded with 512GB UFS high-speed storage, Pilot Era stores over 6.5 hours of 8K videos or 26000 panoramic photos.
Pilot Era comes with advanced 9-axis gyroscope, which brings outstanding stabilization. It doesn't require post-processing and achieves perfect stabilization just in the camera. This will give you the highest guarantee whether for outdoor live streaming or video recording.
Through Pilot Era's built-in touch screen, you can preview everything in real-time and tweak various professional settings for the best effect of photos and videos, including high dynamic range, white balance, exposure and so on.
With a huge 7200mAh removable high capacity battery, Pilot Era can shoot up to 3.5 hours of 8K videos - this is the longest battery life of any 360° camera on the market.
The Pilot Era weighs 690g and has a highly compact structure that is even smaller than a beer can. As the smallest 8K professional 360° camera on the market, it fits in any bag or backpack.
And check the 360° photos below:
Pisofttech was founded in 2012 by the Alumnus of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. As one of the earliest groups participated in research and development of embedded panoramic algorithms in China, Pisofttech focuses on image and graphics fusion algorithms and visual products. Moreover, Pisofttech is the only panoramic DSP algorithms provider of CEVA - the leading DSP company.
As the largest panoramic algorithms solution provider on the market, we secured investment from renowned investors including SummitView Capital, ARM China Early Investment Fund, China Resources and Leaguer.
Since the birth of the team, we have been focusing on the field of panoramic algorithms. After long-term efforts, we have become the panoramic DSP algorithm supplier of CEVA.
Through several years of investigation into the panoramic camera industry, we found that all of the professional-grade 8K panoramic cameras on the market have several common shortcomings like large size, complicated operation/UX, cumbersome workflow and requirement for very expensive computers for post-processing, with a steep learning curve for the user.
If there is a panoramic camera that can shoot, stitch, upload and share high-quality 8K videos and photos all in the camera, and completely get rid of post-processing on the computer, the time and cost of 8K panorama production will be greatly reduced , so that a lot more people can easily create astonishing professional-level panoramic works. That’s why we start the Pilot Era project!
Our outstanding engineers has spent nearly two years on the design and development of the Pilot Era. During this period, we have successfully overcome a lot of technical obstacles, such as: 8K in-camera stitching algorithms, frame synchronization and multi-lens color balance, etc. Thanks to their hard work, we finally realized the first round of production of Pilot Era in October 2018.
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It’s essential to note that we have already finished the camera and have done a successful round of mass production; unlike some crowdfunding campaigns, this hardware is already fully verified and in production. Additionally, we have solid financial backing and are a fully functioning and well-staffed company already for many years.
As a leading panoramic algorithms provider in the world, we have the most extensive industry experience in firmware development for panoramic cameras, having supplied many other hardware companies with expertise in algorithms and implementation for 360° cameras. At present, we have completed all the research and development work of Pilot Era, and in October last year we have realized the first small batch production.
With our strong supply chain team, we believe that we can minimise almost all the potential risks in this journey. However, as any other hardware products, the unexpected delays related to manufacturing and production may occur. If there is any obstacle, we will definitely keep you in the loop. Due to different countries' laws and regulations of custom duty, there are chances that backers need to pay custom duty.
With your great support and our efforts, we believe that we will be able to deliver the Pilot Era on time and exceeding all of your expectations.
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