360°ORB model: PARALAX
Introducing the World's First Top Mounted 360° Video Capturing Booth and Enclosure System
Shaping the future
PATENT-PENDING 360° PLANETARY MOTOR AND CURVED ENCLOSURE SYSTEM
360° W-RGB LED DMX-300W STUDIO LIGHTING WITH CONTROLLABLE SMART APP
ORB-POWERED 50,400 MAH TYPE-C LITHIUM BATTERY AND CHARGING STATION
Fotopod Booth Receives Most Innovative 360 Photo Booth of 2022 Award
Fotopod launches an entirely ground-breaking and engaging video capturing experience.
Las Vegas, NV – Fotopod, an award-winning design and manufacturing company specializing in photo booth solutions for clients in the photography, events, and corporate sectors, will attend the 2022 Photo Booth Expo in Las Vegas. The company will unveil its 360°ORB, a completely innovative and engaging video-capturing experience that is set to hit the market in second quarter of 2022.
The 360°ORB includes an array of features that includes the Photo Booth industry’s first dual-controlled white plus RGB 360° Pixel Tube LED DMX and Smart App-controlled lighting technology, coupled with a patent-pending top-mounted modular planetary motor design, packaged in a sleek safety enclosure setup.
Fotopod owner and chief designer Tu Le and his team spoke during the Las Vegas pre-launch event about how challenging but rewarding it was to bring such a unique product to the video-capturing and photo booth market. The Covid-2019-2021 lockdown forced the team of technical scientists, electrical and robotics engineers to collaborate remotely on a sleek 360-degree video capturing pod that focused on ease of use, reliability, and safe user experience. The team also worked closely with Hollywood’s movie magic Imagineers to develop the 360-degree LED lighting and top-mounted motorized enclosure-capturing system. Click HERE to see the complete explainer video of the 360°ORB in action.
Tu Le said, “I am so proud of our team’s success considering the lock-down, remote collaboration, and supply-chain challenges.”
The 360°ORB’s approach to high-end event ownership and public safety is evident in many designs and hardware features. Its curved partition provides an instant crowd control barrier, so there is no need for bringing and setting up traditional heavy rope/ribbon stanchions. The curved wall is also designed to hold up all the surrounding LED Pixel Tube Lights without the need for additional tripod lighting stands. Guests no longer need to stand on unsafe raised platforms or trip over tripod stands and messy cables.
The product also features a 360-degree spinning armature and dynamic counterbalance weight system. The patent-pending adjustable apparatus, designed to hold the camera capturing device, will immediately disengage from the motor assembly if an object is accidentally struck, such as an unaware guest. With its built-in Lithium Power Station, the 360°ORB has no loose wires or power cables, eliminating occupational hazards.
UK-based Corporate Livewire Awards named the 360°ORB the Most Innovative 360 Photo Booth Award -2022. The industry-picked judges felt the 360°ORB was the most vital entrant in the crowded 360 Photo Booth market, leading to their decision.
For Tu Le, he said, “It’s not a trend if you’re not the first one.”
Check out https://www.fotopod.com to learn more about Fotopod’s exclusive products and services.
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ComPatible with
Capture 360° Slow Motion Video in Landscape or Portrait Orientation.
ONLY FOG @ 120 FPS HD VIDEO
ONLY BUBBLES @ 120 FPS HD VIDEO
FOG + BUBBLES + MOTION GRAPHICS @ 120 FPS
Click on the hotspots below for more info.
If the 360°ORB can fit into this tiny 13ft x 15ft studio space (see above photo), then it should most likely fit in many indoor locations and tight spaces.
Fotopod designed the aluminum arch structure to fit under US modern standard 9ft tall ceilings. With an overall footprint of only 8 ft diameter, the 360°ORB is more than capable of handling most venues size requirements.
The 360°ORB fits up to 8-10 guests, with a 7.3ft distance from the ground to the top of the capture arm. As shown in the photo above, the test mannequin stands at 6ft (183cm) tall. Therefore, there is still plenty of clearance for the taller guests.
The benefits of our patent-pending aluminum arch structure are that you can hang or mount physical props and stage effects from the arch-truss structure, such as chandeliers, disco balls, monitor panels, bubble/fog machines, etc.
Unlike typical metal or plexi-glass platform spinners, which can get wet and create a slipping hazard when using bubbles, you will not experience this problem with the 360°ORB, since guests will be standing on the non-slip rug. Feel free to integrate bubbles, fog machines, and other stage effects to help create that magical “slow-mo” video-capturing experience.
Massive Circular Stage
There is no need for bulky platform spinners with our 360 design. The enormous 6ft (183cm) diameter circular rug (aka 360 stage) is significantly safer and less awkward than jumping onto a raised metal stand.
Furthermore, with our customized printing options, you can brand a much larger surface area, and effortlessly fit more guests within the 360 arena.
To help elevate your company vision, email us your logo and we'll send you back a digital proof sample for free! Let us personalize, and professionally brand your 360 setup today. Your business deserves it!
Introducing the world’s first smart app-controlled, sound-activated LED circular rug. The hand-woven, nylon-based rug is thick, vibrant, and ultra-durable. The embedded LED’s are waterproof, crush-proof, and includes 180 different lighting effects. The whole rug quickly rolls up for easy transport. The LED rug can be plugged in and powered with the included Lithium power station.
Your custom branded 360°ORB is going to be lit!
SAFETY FIRST
Did you know? The 360°ORB's patent-pending top-mounted spinning arm automatically disengages from the motor system if accidentally struck by an object such as an unaware guest. It's all about keeping your gear and guests safe with our 360°ORB technology.
Shaping the future
PATENT-PENDING 360° PLANETARY MOTOR AND CURVED ENCLOSURE SYSTEM
360° W-RGB LED DMX-300W STUDIO LIGHTING WITH CONTROLLABLE SMART APP
ORB-POWERED 50,400 MAH TYPE-C LITHIUM BATTERY AND CHARGING STATION
Fotopod Booth Receives Most Innovative 360 Photo Booth of 2022 Award
Fotopod launches an entirely ground-breaking and engaging video capturing experience.
Las Vegas, NV – Fotopod, an award-winning design and manufacturing company specializing in photo booth solutions for clients in the photography, events, and corporate sectors, will attend the 2022 Photo Booth Expo in Las Vegas. The company will unveil its 360°ORB, a completely innovative and engaging video-capturing experience that is set to hit the market in second quarter of 2022.
The 360°ORB includes an array of features that includes the Photo Booth industry’s first dual-controlled white plus RGB 360° Pixel Tube LED DMX and Smart App-controlled lighting technology, coupled with a patent-pending top-mounted modular planetary motor design, packaged in a sleek safety enclosure setup.
Fotopod owner and chief designer Tu Le and his team spoke during the Las Vegas pre-launch event about how challenging but rewarding it was to bring such a unique product to the video capturing and photo booth market. The Covid-2019-2021 lockdown forced the team of technical scientists, electrical and robotics engineers to collaborate remotely on a sleek 360-degree video capturing pod that focused on ease of use, reliability, and safe user experience. The team also worked closely with Hollywood’s movie magic Imagineers to develop the 360-degree LED lighting and top-mounted motorized enclosure-capturing system. Click HERE to see the complete explainer video of the 360°ORB in action.
Tu Le said, “I am so proud of our team’s success considering the lock-down, remote collaboration, and supply-chain challenges.”
The 360°ORB’s approach to high-end event ownership and public safety is evident in many designs and hardware features. Its curved partition provides an instant crowd control barrier, so there is no need for bringing and setting up traditional heavy rope/ribbon stanchions. The curved wall is also designed to hold up all the surrounding LED Pixel Tube Lights without the need for additional tripod lighting stands. Guests no longer need to stand on unsafe raised platforms or trip over tripod stands and messy cables.
The product also features a 360-degree spinning armature and dynamic counterbalance weight system. The patent-pending adjustable apparatus, designed to hold the camera-capturing device, will immediately disengage from the motor assembly if an object is accidentally struck, such as an unaware guest. With its built-in Lithium Power Station, the 360°ORB has no loose wires or power cables, eliminating occupational hazards.
UK-based Corporate Livewire Awards named the 360°ORB the Most Innovative 360 Photo Booth Award -2022. The industry-picked judges felt the 360°ORB was the most vital entrant in the crowded 360 Photo Booth market, leading to their decision.
For Tu Le, he said, “It’s not a trend if you’re not the first one.”
Check out https://www.fotopod.com to learn more about Fotopod’s exclusive products and services.
Designed by Hollywood "Imagineers"
Click image to enlarge
ComPatible with
Capture 360° Slow Motion Video in Landscape or Portrait Orientation.
ONLY FOG @ 120 FPS HD VIDEO
ONLY BUBBLES @ 120 FPS HD VIDEO
FOG + BUBBLES + MOTION GRAPHICS @ 120 FPS
HALLOWEEN FUN IN THE 360°ORB!
Click on hotspots below for more info.
If the 360°ORB can fit into this tiny 13ft x 15ft studio space (see above photo), then it should most likely fit in many indoor locations and tight spaces.
Fotopod designed the aluminum arch structure to fit under US modern standard 9ft tall ceilings. With an overall footprint of only 8ft diameter, the 360°ORB is more than capable of handling most venues’ size requirements.
The 360°ORB fits up to 8-10 guests, with a 7.3ft distance from the ground to the top of the capture arm. As shown in the photo above, the test mannequin stands at 6ft (183cm) tall. Therefore, there is still plenty of clearance for even taller guests.
The benefits of our patent-pending aluminum arch structure are that you can hang or mount physical props and stage effects from the arch-truss structure, such as chandeliers, disco balls, monitor panels, bubble/fog machines, etc.
Unlike typical metal or plexi-glass platform spinners, which can get wet and create a slipping hazard when using bubbles, you will not experience this problem with the 360°ORB, since guests will be standing on the non-slip rug. Feel free to integrate bubbles, fog machines, and other stage effects to help create that magical “slow-mo” video-capturing experience.
Massive Circular Stage
There is no need for bulky platform spinners with our 360 design. The enormous 6ft (183cm) diameter circular rug (aka 360 stage) is significantly safer and less awkward than jumping onto a raised metal stand.
Furthermore, with our customized printing options, you can brand a much larger surface area, and effortlessly fit more guests within the 360 arena.
To help elevate your company vision, email us your logo and we'll send you back a digital proof sample for free! Let us personalize, and professionally brand your 360 setup today. Your business deserves it!
Introducing the world’s first smart app-controlled, sound-activated LED circular rug. The hand-woven, nylon-based rug is thick, vibrant, and ultra-durable. The embedded LED’s are waterproof, crush-proof, and includes 180 different lighting effects. The whole rug quickly rolls up for easy transport. The LED rug simply plugs into the included lithium battery power station.
Your custom branded 360°ORB is going to be lit!
1.
Discover
The 360°ORB in a Nutshell
The ORB stands for The Orbiting Radiant Booth.
Although presented as a witty acronym, the product can be pronounced simply as the “orb.” /ôrb/verb: orb; encircle; enclose.
2.
Design
The Brightest Minds Converge
The Objective: To invent a sleek 360° pod design with a superior and safer user experience.
We have all seen the 360 internet memes showing guests getting knocked around by spinning arms or falling off the circular raised platforms. These embarrassing accidents can easily manifest into a serious safety, reputational, and liability nightmare for the 360° platform owners.
During the Covid-19 lock down of 2020, the Fotopod team hunkered down remotely and realized they needed to solve these meme-generating design flaws. So from the ground up (no pun), mechanical, electrical and robotic engineers combined forces with Hollywood ‘movie-magic’ imagineers to invent a top-mounted, motorized enclosure-capturing system, while simultaneously ditching the dangerous and unreliable raised spinner platforms altogether.
The 360° journey is almost here. The Fotopod team is so proud and excited to share this new invention with you!
Early CGI Concept:
Visualizing a 3 feet diameter raised platform verses a 6 feet flat stage.
3.
Product
A Fresh Spin on the 360° Design
The game-changing benefits of the 360°ORB setup
Flexibility
- The patent-pending modular motor assembly system is designed to be top-mounted and easily removed from the proprietary metal truss and curved tension barrier structural enclosure.
Brand Awareness & Visibility
- The ORB's unique enclosure and truss design approach provides a simple all-in-one setup solution with a massive curved branding surface for marketing impressions. Additional customized tension fabric covers can be ordered. The 8.5ft high arch structure will give owners another attractive option to mount high-visibility signage or stage lighting.
Functionality
- The ORB structure has strategic mount points so one can add peripherals, such as LED lighting, and monitor displays for additional multi-media content. Furthermore, one can add popular stage effects such as remote powered bubble and fog machines. With the ORB's adaptable design, your presentation is only limited to your imagination.
Assembly
- The ORB's all-aluminum triple-pole extrusion design provides superior structural strength, and is extremely light weight for easy setup/breakdown. Compared to a typical DJ or stage-truss setup, the proprietary 360°ORB truss design is up to 80% lighter! This translates into a very compact form-factor when transporting, handling and shipping. For example, the whole installation can fit into a Mini Cooper hatchback!
Operations
- The ORB installation only takes 10-15 minutes to setup or breakdown. Thanks to the factory installed bungee-ties (attached to keep the pole segments together), assembling the whole structure is literally a snap away! The 360°ORB system comes included with all the necessary hardware and travel cases to protect your gear and investment.
Safety
- The ORB's approach to ownership and public safety is unmatched. The curved partition provides an instant crowd control barrier. Thus, there is no need to bring and setup traditional heavy rope/ribbon stanchions. The guests inside the enclosure do not stand on any lifted platforms. The spinning arm is designed to immediately disengage from the motor assembly if an object is accidentally struck. Since the ORB is completely self-powered by the Lithium Power Station, there are no loose wires or power cables, which completely eliminates any occupational hazards.
Customer Use Case Scenario: The Fotopod customer received their 360°ORB Bundle on a Friday, and was already running the event the next day! (For a Saturday night prom event) We don’t advise this, but the event turned out amazing! The client and guests were blown away by the ORB experience! (insert exploding scalp emoji)
The Setup: The 360 lighting was not even dialed in, but the output video still looks dynamic right out of the box!
The Capturing Device: Customer used an iPhone 11, but upgrading to Mirror-less Camera such as a Canon M50 (software and hardware supported) or iPhone 13 can improve image quality.
The Software: Touchpix 360 App running on the iPhone 11, with a 55″ external monitor broadcasting the capturing experience in real-time using Airplay to stream the sessions.
Unforeseen Circumstances: During the event, one adolescent guest decided to be a wise guy, and grabbed hold of the spinning arm while it was still in motion. Normally, this would damage or burn out the motor, and cause damage to the belts or gears. Noticing that this could be a nightmare scenario during events, the Fotopod team designed the spinning arm to automatically disengage from the motor shaft if any external force is detected, such as someone grabbing or getting hit by the spinning arm. By using a patent-pending, ingenious magnetic clutch system, it was great to hear from the customer, that the whole collision detection system worked flawlessly. The arm instantly “snapped back” into the correct default position once the OP let go of the arm, and the whole 360°ORB was able to continue operation as normal. Equipment saved. Party saved!
Full body shots or cropped in, the 360°ORB has got your back...and front!
The Latest 360° Invention is Here
Holiday Sale!!
4.
Even from the 360°ORB's humble beginnings, the team at Fotopod are extremely honored to collaborate with Martin Modderkolk, the talented developer of the best 360 software on the market - Touchpix App.
The Latest 360° Invention is Here
Holiday Sale!!
Even from the 360°ORB's humble beginnings, the team at Fotopod are extremely honored to collaborate with Martin Modderkolk, the talented developer of the best 360 software on the market - Touchpix App.
More To Love...
5.
- Be the first to own and run the award winning 360°ORB top-spinning enclosure system.
- Start generating high-end and lucrative corporate events and bookings using our innovative technology.
- It's time to leave your local competition behind with our premium product that is truly unmatched in our industry.
- Let us to be your only 360° vendor and we together will take your business to the next level...now!
What Makes The 360°ORB StandouT? It's all in the Details
Patent-Pending Design
360 Platform spinners are saturating the market, and they are unsafe.
So we invented a game-changing solution. It's not a trend if you are the first one!
Supports Large Groups
Platform spinners can only fit 2-4 Guests using a raised platform. We designed the ORB to fit 8-10 guests. You now have the freedom to dance, jump or even sit on furniture!
Massive Circular Stage*
instead of a dangerous platform guests can fall off, the ORB comes with a 6ft Diameter Red Carpet rug. You can upgrade the circular rug to have your own customized logo too!
High-Lumens 360 LED Lighting*
We take lighting seriously. The ORB comes with 6pcs, 4ft tall, waterproof, 6000 total lumens, LED lighting tubes. The technology uses DMX protocol or smart app controlled.
Truss Arch & Curved Partition
The proprietary 3-pole aluminum truss arch is strong enough for any event and folds up into the carry case. The structure includes a stylish curved partition* used for LED light mounting, branding and instant crowd control.
Wheel Chair Accessible
Our massive, flat circular stage is accessible for people in wheelchairs, baby strollers and even owners of large pets. Did you know we tested the ORB to fit in a Ducati Desmosedici RR race bike! With the ORB, You can now say, "Yes We Can!"
Powerful Planetary Motor
Our patent-pending planetary motor assembly is engineered to give the most reliable and maintenance free setup. It has extremely high torque but still very light weight.The included quick-release mounting system makes setup and transport a breeze.
Collision Detection System
Safety is our main concern. The magnetic clutch system disengages the spinning arm if hit by an object. The clutch system prolongs the life of the motor by reducing friction when disengaging the motor assembly.
Larger 1.8" Display Screen
The motor assembly has the largest LED-Segment display in the industry. Clearly read and react to the user interface. Rated to last 30,000 hrs, the white-led display system is extremely efficient, reliable and bright!
Wireless 6-Speed Control
Customize and Control the spinning armature with the included wireless key Fob. The remote can start, stop, auto-start using the Touchpic 360° Smart app, and has a built in feature to automatically stop the arm after 15min.
2X Brighter LED Ring Light
Our talented engineers have Customized the Ulanzi u200 LED ring light making it 2X brighter with increased CRI-Accurate 5600K neutral white lighting. The ring light easily mount a GoPro, iPhone, or dSLR camera system.
360°ORB Bubble Machine
(*optional)
Impress your client and guests with this popular add-on. Designed to be easily mounted on the truss structure. Control the machine wirelessly with the included remote control.
Continuous Power Delivery
The ORB's ingenious continuous power delivery system uses slip-ring electric transfer technology. this allows you to run the camera capturing system and led ring light while spinning without the need for any external power sources.
Adjustable Spinning Armature
The ORB's patent-pending design has a unique spinning armature and counter balance weight system. The arm comes with a multi-axis adjustable ball mount capable of holding up to 30 lbs. to lock in your desired camera angle.
15"-42" Monitor Mount
No need to bring an additional monitor stand! Included is our customized mount capable of holding 15"- 42" in panels. Once attached to the ORB, our mount will create a seamless and professional looking setup for optimal 360° viewing and QR sharing.
50,400 mAh Power Station*
The ORB is completely self-powered! the included Portable Lithium Power station has a 50,400 mAh capacity with 150w peak power. The Power unit comes with built in LED lighting and has enough juice to run the ORB for up to six(6) continuous, 4hr events before needing to recharge!
*only available on the Pro-Bundle optiion