Virtual reality is around the corner, folks. Let's get that 360° camera pronto.
Kids are now watching 3D real world camera footage online, using their smart phone, so as they move their phone, their view of the footage changes accordingly. And all the software (um, Youtube) needs to make this work, is footage rendered in the format shown in the image above. 

With iClone, we are creating stories in a 3D generated world. Perfect for this new technology.

By the way, this isn't 360° as if turning the camera on the Z axis. This is 360° by 360° degrees. A "spherical view camera" might be the best way to describe it.

LOL well I am asking because I was contacted to do a Virtual Reality animation and none of the  software I use supports it--I don't know how to use, or have the money for, Maya or Carrara or anything else that already has a spherical camera on board, so I am desperate to figure out how to make this happen...they want equirectangular images for the Occulus Rift

http://www.luvmultimedia.com

Bryce does it
but have fun trying to get animated figures in there, not easy
Blender of course does too 
carrara can be as little as $65 if in Platinum Club on sale

http://www.luvmultimedia.com

The widest angle camera in iClone is 12mm focal length with, we can assume, a virtual 24 by 36 sensor (standard 35mm). So, at 12mm, you get 112.6 degrees horizontal, and 90 degrees vertical. Not going to work. Stitching videos together is out, because the result would not be equirectangular, but some weird multi-distorted image. It really has to be a full 360, or two 180s in vertical orientation to capture the image correctly.

Doh!

I know Indigo has a spherical, but it costs  like 400 bucks to upgrade, as they only have it  on their  Renderer  and not RT...I was told LUX has a spherical...may look into that. Thanks as per usual guys ...

http://www.luvmultimedia.com

Hi Wendy,
I found this, hope it helps?

https://forum.reallusion.com/222635/iClone55-Pro-Stereoscopic-VR-preset-Cameras

http://www.3dstreaming.org/forum/faq-general/681-how-to-create-vr-image-with-iclone5-panoweaver-virtual-reality-rendering.html#870

U R awesome! Thank you! Thank you!

http://www.luvmultimedia.com

Well, would really be nice to have a "at the touch of a button" solution for that in iClone. When Bryce can do it, why shouldn´t iClone do it as well?!