When a bunch of nerds from New York used their talents and skills to craft a nifty little gadget that can enable the iPhone4 to capture 360° videos, you know that iphone videography just get even better… and way cooler!

Ladies and gents, presenting… Dot: 360° video capture for the iPhone 4.


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Regarded as the world’s most advanced panoramic device, Dot is a lens attachment and app combo for the iPhone 4 that lets it shoot immersive, fully navigable panoramic video in real-time. All you have to do is snap on the durable and lightweight lens attachment to the phone, launch the app, and voila! You can start capturing 360° videos. What’s more is that you can readily share the videos with your friends via Facebook and Twitter.

Developed by a company called Kogeto, Dot is a promising technology that – if crafted to perfection – can vastly improve how people shoot videos. Imagine taking videos during your son’s birthday party and sending it to a distant relative, making him feel how it’s like to be at the party. How about shooting videos during a Maroon 5 concert and capturing how lively the crowd is and sharing the videos to a dear friend who could not make it to the show. You can also use it to record minutes of the meetings. Lots of possibilities, indeed.

Currently, Kogeto is at the final phase of developing the lens attachment and is currently tapping Kickstarter, a fund-raising website, to gather funding support from people through pledges. By pledging US $50 or more, you will get an invite to the launch party which happens in June in New York while for US $99, you will get the Dot technology (lens and app) plus the invitation to the launch party.