Some of the earliest 360 VR cameras used GoPro cameras. Over the years there has been the Jump 16 camera setup (which inspired my own 10 camera version), the Omni 6 camera rig (which I shot for several years), and a dual camera GoPro housing that I used on a few mountain bike adventures. The later is the inspiration for this project.
Camera Build
Most of the previous projects used Hero3 or Hero4s, but I wanted an improvement in quality so I went with the Hero 6. It is a 4K camera with H265 codec support, and good image stabilization, a nice improvement over the previous generation cameras. The field of view is 150 degrees, which is narrower than a 180VR camera, but wider than early spatial photos/videos that use the Apple Vision Pro Camera (100 degrees) or iPhone 15 (84 degrees).
I 3D printed a rig to hold the cameras at 69MM IPD. This is about as close as you can get the lenses without butting them right up to each other, but should be good for everything except very close up shots. Controlling the two cameras is done with the GoPro wireless remote.
Test Footage
I processed the footage in Blackmagic Fusion and output a stereo side by side video which was converted to MV-HVEC using spatial command line tool on my Apple M2 Pro Mini. Download this video and play from Files or Photos app:
https://s3.us-east-1.wasabisys.com/fieldofvr/bristlecone_walk_audio_injected.mov