ImmerVision wants to revolutionize the way we take selfies

In a single move, North American panoramic imaging innovator, ImmerVision, has made distorted fish-eye views and camera accessories obsolete and enabled every mobile and wearable device in the world to deliver an unprecedented 360° user experience. ImmerVision’s new 3.8 mm panomorph lens is the world’s smallest and is designed to be fully integrated into the most compact mobile phone or wearable device. Yet it is capable of doing what no other lens can: deliver a distortion-free 360° x 182° view without having to pan the camera.

If you’ve ever taken a selfie, you know that the struggle to get a high-quality shot is real. It takes some level of skill to properly extend your arm, angle your smartphone and position the participants to achieve the desired end result: a fun photo that will get tons of likes on your social network of choice. What would make the art of taking a selfie easier to master? A tiny wide-angle lens, according to one company. ImmerVision, a lens manufacturer based in Montreal, recently announced a new 3.8-millimeter patented wide-angle panoramic lens designed to be integrated into smartphones and wearable devices. These tiny panomorph lenses enable shooters to capture distortion-free photos with a panoramic view (360 degrees x 182 degrees) without any need for fully extending your arm or taking multiple shots and waiting for your phone to stitch them together. “If Ellen DeGeneres had a phone with this technology, her famous Oscars selfie would have captured a much wider, clearer, and more natural shot — without any distortion or need to extend the mobile phone more than a few inches from her body,” according to Pascale Nini, president and CEO of ImmerVision. She adds that this type of lens can improve non-selfie forms of visual communications (e.g., video chats).