The present invention provides a novel imaging system for obtaining full
stereoscopic spherical images of the visual environment surrounding a
viewer, 360 degree both horizontally and vertically. Displaying the
images obtained by the present system, by means suitable for stereoscopic
displaying, gives the viewers the ability to look everywhere around them,
as well as up and down, while having stereoscopic depth perception of the
images displayed images. The system according to the present invention
comprises an array of cameras, wherein the lenses of said cameras are
situated on a curved surface, pointing out from common centers of said
curved surface. The captured images of said system are arranged and
processed to create sets of stereoscopic image pairs, wherein one image
of each pair is designated for the observer right eye and the second
image to his left eye, thus creating a three dimensional perception.