Hi All,

To help give content to the 2018 Google Street View Summit announcement on WGAN-TV Live at 2 pm EST (GMT -5) today (13 Feb 2018), here is a recap of the 2017 Google Street View Summit held in Tokyo (May 2017).

Best,

Dan

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Video: This is the official 2017 Google Street View Summit Tokyo Recap | Source: Google




Announced at the 2017 Google Street View Summit in Tokyo (10-11 May 2017)

✓ 4 Google Street View Standards
✓ 18 Cameras/Platforms/Software
✓ 11 additional cameras - not announced - are working on Google Street View certification by year-end (2017).

Street View Mobile Ready
Cameras that can publish Google Street View form an app – without requiring a desktop workflow.

✓ Giroptic iO - 4K time-lapse mode | publish from the iOS app | $249 | Late June 2017
✓ NCTech Ltd. iris360 Pro | 90 MP 360 Photos | No nadir hole | $2,899 | Summer 2017
✓ 360fly 4K | 4K Video | Programmable Nadir | $500 | Ready Now
✓ KenXen | 4K Video | up to 90 minutes of video | Late 2017

Street View Auto Ready
Street View app-compatible cameras built for high accuracy, vehicle-based collection

✓ Sphericam 2 | 12K @ 4FPS | Sony Sensors | TBD: Price | 4Q17
✓ IMVT Z CAM G1 | 6K @ 12FPS | Sony Sensors | $1,999 | 3Q17
✓ Insta360 Pro | 8K @ 30 FPS | Real-time stabilized | $3,499 | June 2017
✓ NCTech Ltd. iSTAR Pulsar 12K @ 5 FPS | Cloud connected | $2,200 | June 2017

Street View VR Ready
Systems that collect geometry in addition to generating sets of connected 360 photos

✓ Matterport | Auto placements | Auto connections | Summer 2017 | $3,600 + $49+/month + $19/tour
✓ NCTech Ltd. Virtual Reality Camera (VRC) | Scan Spaces/Objects | $500 | Late 2017
✓ InsideMaps | 8K from 64 Images | Floor Plans & Geometry | Standard $50+/Tour Pro $180+/tour | 3Q17

Street View Workflow Ready
Publishing utilities – optionally bundled with cameras – that can upload to Street View

✓ Samsung 360 (2017) | 4K Video | 15MP 360 Photos | $249 | Late June 2017
✓ GoPro Fusion | 5.2K Video | Fits Standard Mounts | Late 2017
✓ Human Eyes Technology VUZE VR Camera | 4K Video | Mono/Stereo | June 2017 | $799
✓ Planitar iGuide | DSLR Quality Imagery | Floor Plans | $4,500 + $70/tour | June 2017
✓ GoThru Moderator Street View Editor | $24/month
✓ Garden Gnome Pano2VR | Fine-Tune-Friendly | Offline Control | E299 | Ready Now
✓ LCP360 Panoskin | Custom Sites | Analytics UI | $99+/month | Ready Now

MIA

✓ Panono – was on the Agenda; then not on the agenda (backstory)


Day 1 | Google Team Members Charles Armstrong (left), Stafford Marquardt and Jackie Lai field questions about Google Street View at the 2017 Google Street View Summit in Tokyo (10-11 May 2017).


Day 2 | Google Team Members Charles Armstrong (left), Stafford Marquardt and Jackie Lai field questions about Google Street View at the 2017 Google Street View Summit in Tokyo (10-11 May 2017).

We Get Around Network Forum Related Forum Posts

✓ All 2017 Google Street View Summit topics
✓ The 2017 Super Bowl of 360º Cameras?
✓ Video: Top-Lines News of Google Street View


360º Video: Google Street View Product Manager Charles Armstrong on the big-picture announcements at the 2017 Google Street View. Interviewed by We Get Around Network Founder Dan Smigrod.

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Source: We Get Around Network Forum