Panoramic camera and image processing systems and methods

An imaging system comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of networked imagers disposed within the housing and arranged in a geometric arrangement with respective fields of view covering part or all of a panoramic geometry, wherein the housing is configured with respective angled apertures surrounding exposed portions of respective ones of the plurality of networked imagers, each angled aperture opening outward from a respective axis of the field of view of the respective one of the plurality of networked imagers;
• at least one inertial measurement unit (IMU) in communication with the networked imagers configured to generate orientation data indicating orientations of the plurality of networked imagers;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with the networked imagers and the at least one IMU, the at least one processor configured to:
• receive a plurality of images from the plurality of networked imagers;
• and
• combine the plurality of images into at least one combined image oriented using the orientation data.