Using Ricoh Theta X orientation data in VIO SLAM

[Samar_Islam]

Hello Community,

I am starting to work on a project to extract camm data from Ricoh theta X video and use it as input to the already built Visual SLAM to see if it can be of any use in the areas where visual information lacks in the video.

I wanted to ask has anyone worked on it before or want to share any knowledge,

Thanks

[craig]

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