Originally Posted by
canklecat
Not if you get a Ricoh Theta or Nikon KeyMission 360 video camera. That's gonna be the Next Big Thing in action cameras. In a couple of years nobody will sell conventional single-perspective action video cameras costing more than $100. Won't be any market for them when you can mount a single 360 cam and view them with scrolling 360 or isolate the desired portion of the video.
There are lots of caveats on those.
See this review of the Theta:
Techmoan - Techmoan - A 360º Appraisal of the Ricoh Theta S*Camera