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Ricoh Theta notes

Michael Hulse edited this page Jul 18, 2019 · 4 revisions

Last updated: July 28, 2014
Modified July 18, 2019 to fix formatting

Q: How to connect to Theta via command line?

Use gphoto2

Some tips can be found here: Play with Ricoh THETA w/o Smartphones

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get it to work on my computer. I've filed an issue here:

More info to come.

Q: How to load the Theta as a mounted hard drive?

Looking through older threads via this group, I found a link to this page:

http://goo.gl/kf2ejx

It says that the Ricoh Theta can be mounted as a "mass storage device"!

Approach is simple. "Connecting the USB while pressing the shutter button and WiFi". If successful, LED shutter part is blinking red, THETA will be recognized as a USB mass storage.

Q: Can one upload pano to Theta's site without using Facebook?

A: No. Looks like you have to login to theta360.com using Facebook.

Q: How to upload to Microsoft Photosynth?

See: Microsoft Photosynth

A: Looks like it is only possible to upload via the Photosynth app (it connects to the Theta). Even if you could upload to Photosynth, the embeddable player uses Microsoft Silverlight, so it's not mobile phone friendly.

Q: Can I embed Ricoh's panoramas?

A: Yes. Every panorama player has an option to obtain embed code. Here's an example of that code:

<blockquote data-width="500" data-height="375" class="ricoh-theta-spherical-image" >Intelligent Drive Simulator #theta360 - <a href="https://theta360.com/s/Aet" target="_blank">Spherical Image - RICOH THETA</a></blockquote>
<script async src="https://theta360.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Looks like it uses Flash for those that support it and HTML5 for mobile devices that don't like Flash.

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