An Application for Taking 360° Photographs using Mi Sphere Camera

Xiaomi Mi Sphere is camera that captures 360ř panoramatic photographs. With si- multaneous use of high dynamic range (HDR) capturing, such photographs are used in realistic rendering as a background as well as for creating realistic lighting and light re- flections. The advantage of this camera is that it's lightweight and easily carried, but the official application is available only for Android and iOS devices and it does not support simultaneous use of time-lapse and bracketing for capturing HDR images. Other unoffi- cial applications do not support this functionality either. In this thesis we analyze the communication protocol between camera and the official application and subsequently we develop our own cross-platform application with web-based graphical user interface. In addition to standard capturing, our application supports simultaneous use of bracketing and time-lapse. The created application does not run on the user's device but directly on the camera. This allows us to continue shooting even after client disconnects from the application.