Panohedron: A tool kit to fabricate glowing 360 photo sphere

note: I'm co-hosting this with Yufeng Zhao, media artist @MIT (https://www.yufengzhao.com/). Capacity 15 (5 pre-built kits ready to assemble, the rest will make the kits)

Ever wanted to hold a 360 photo in real world?

A panohedron is a little icosahedron lightbox: 20 triangular faces, each one a slice of a 360 panorama printed on clear film, sitting on a frame of 3D-printed connectors and acrylic rods. Pop a halogen bulb in the middle and it will glow!

You can look at it as a translucent object, or let it throw a soft shadow-projection across a dark room.

Here's the plan for the 90 minutes: - I’m bringing 5 kits: connectors, rods, pre-printed film, bulbs, some other misc items. Grab a partner, finish the frame, tuck the film into the slot, drop in the bulb, and light it up. - Everyone else (and anyone waiting on a kit) gets to mess around with the two web tools: (1) projector tool to upload a 360 photo and export print-ready faces (2) connector tool to tweak the parts and export an STL to print. We'll start a 3D print so you can watch the whole thing come together.

If you bring your own 360 photo, you get priority access on the kits. We will print your picture with ITP printer on the film I bring. Building your own shot is way more fun!

Heads up: this project is not launched yet. I'm using camp to test the kits and the tools in the wild, so things might be a little rough around the edges. I appreciate all the feedback!

No coding experience needed, some digital fabrication experience can come in handy but not necessary!