Nokia's $60,000 virtual reality camera is now available for pre-order

In July, Nokia announced an interesting new direction for the company in the form of the Ozo, a ball-shaped, virtual reality camera aimed at professionals. Well, now it's available for purchase, and at $60,000, it ain't cheap.

This is because — unlike some other VR cameras, like the $399 360fly — Nokia Ozo is not meant for the casual user; in fact, Nokia calls it the "world's first professional virtual reality camera."

So what does the Ozo bring to the table? It records 360 x 180-degree spherical video using eight 2K x 2K image sensors at 30 frames per second (fps) as well as something Nokia calls 360 x 260 surround sound. It works wirelessly and records both video and audio to a single file, stored on a a 500GB solid-state drive (SSD) Read more...