For airsofters with their YouTube channels showing the gameplay videos from the latest milsim event, being able to capture the action around them at 360º is finally at hand. Presently, airsoft players would need to bring at least two separate action cameras to give different views of the action. But with the Sphericam 2 which is now on Kickstarter, all they need to bring is just one camera to capture the action all around.

What's even better is that the Sphericam 2 does this in 4K at 60fps and the footage can be VR (Virtual Reality) ready.

Why 4K rather than stick to 1080p HD video? According to the developers, 4K is the resolution needed for ideal performance in VR, especially with Oculus Rift and Google VR.

The Sphericam 2, which looks like a golf ball designed by a mad scientist, is comprised of 6 lenses and image sensors that are fully synchronized. The creators stated that "Every pixel in the sphere is captured at the same moment. There is no other spherical video camera in existence that can do this." Which should be as all cameras should be capturing at the speed with a maximum of 60 frames per second and a bitrate of 1GB per second. Failure of just one camera can result into uneven stitching and mismatched white balance.

It also comes with Wifi so the video can be shared with the mobile phone or the computer. But for actual livestreaming, it will need the USB to ethernet adapter that will send 6 unstitched videos or a 1 stitched panoramic video at 100mbps bitrate. Storage is via the use of 6 microSD cards.

Now, the problem is that mounting this on your helmet would make you look like a dork but if you have tens or hundreds of thousands of YouTube fans waiting for your next awesome airsoft gameplay footage, that's a small sacrifice to make.

It's not cheap since the regular non-early bird price on the Kickstarter Page is $1,499, but then you get a Sphericam 2 that comes with 6 image sensors, 6 lenses, WiFi button, On/Off button, Micro USB port, 8 Tripod Mounts, 4 Microphones, and 6 Micro SD Card Slots. To make it easy on the mind, just imagine that you bought 6 4K video cameras at bargain basement price (I hope that helps).

The fundraising project on Kickstarter is due to end on a few days' time and it looks like the Sphericam 2 will go into production having raised over US$212,000 which is more than the goal of US$150,000. If you want to become one of the first owners of the Sphericam 2, you still have time to make your funding pledge.