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A stereoscopic imaging system incorporates a plurality of imaging devices or cameras to generate a high resolution, wide field of view image database from which images can be combined in real time to provide wide field of view or panoramic or omni-directional still or video images.

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What is claimed is: 1. A panoramic imaging system comprising:a plurality of cameras arranged about a hub having a center, the cameras arranged such that their optical axes are substantially tangential to a circle about the hub center, a first portion of the cameras facing in a clockwise direction re

What is claimed is: 1. A panoramic imaging system comprising:a plurality of cameras arranged about a hub having a center, the cameras arranged such that their optical axes are substantially tangential to a circle about the hub center, a first portion of the cameras facing in a clockwise direction relative to the hub center, a second portion of the cameras facing in a counterclockwise direction relative to the hub center, the plurality of cameras further arranged in camera pairs, each camera in a camera pair oriented such that their optical axes face similar directions, each camera in the camera pair separated by an equal distance, one camera from each camera pair associated with a right eye and the other camera from each camera pair associated with a left eye; andat least one processor operative to receive image data from the plurality of cameras, the processor operative to blend images from the cameras into a single panoramic image.