Modular configurable camera system

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for capturing a video corresponding to a first channel of three-dimensional content, the instructions when executed by a processor causing the processor to perform steps including:

• determining an orientation of a camera sensor of a first camera as one of an upright orientation or an upside-down orientation, wherein in the upright orientation, a top side of the first camera is above the bottom side of the first camera with respect to a scene, and wherein in the upside-down orientation, the top side of the first camera is below the bottom side of the first camera with respect to the scene;
• initiating capture of the video on the first camera in response to receiving a synchronization signal, the video comprising a sequence of frames, each frame comprising an array of pixels;
• for each frame of the video, sequentially capturing by the camera sensor, pixels representing the scene in a first scan order responsive to the determined orientation being the upright orientation, wherein sequentially capturing the pixels representing the scene in the first order comprises sequentially capturing rows of pixels in an order from the top side of the first camera to the bottom side of the first camera and capturing each row of pixels by sequentially capturing pixels in an order from a left side of the first camera to a right side of the first camera;
• for each frame of the video, sequentially capturing by the camera sensor, the pixels representing the scene in a second scan order responsive to the determined orientation being the upside-down orientation, wherein sequentially capturing the pixels representing the scene in the second order comprises sequentially capturing rows of pixels in an order from the bottom side of the first camera to the top side of the first camera, and capturing each row of pixels by sequentially capturing pixels in an order from the right side of the first camera to the left side of the first camera;
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• storing the captured video of the first camera to a first memory of the first camera.

A camera comprising:

• an orientation sensor to determine an orientation of the camera as one of an upright orientation or an upside-down orientation, wherein in the upright orientation, a top side of the camera is above the bottom side of the camera with respect to a scene, and wherein in the upside-down orientation, the top side of the camera is below the bottom side of the camera with respect to the scene;
• a synchronization interface to initiate capture of the video on the camera in response to receiving a synchronization signal, the video comprising a sequence of frames, each frame comprising an array of pixels;
• an image sensor to capture the video in response to the synchronization signal, wherein for each frame of the video, the image sensor sequentially captures pixels representing the scene in a first scan order responsive to the determined orientation being the upright orientation, and wherein for each frame of the video, the image sensor sequentially captures the pixels representing the scene in a second scan order responsive to the determined orientation being the upside-down orientation, wherein sequentially capturing the pixels representing the scene in the first order comprises sequentially capturing rows of pixels in an order from the top side of the first camera to the bottom side of the first camera and capturing each row of pixels by sequentially capturing pixels in an order from a left side of the first camera to a right side of the first camera, and wherein sequentially capturing the pixels representing the scene in the second order comprises sequentially capturing rows of pixels in an order from the bottom side of the first camera to the top side of the first camera, and capturing each row of pixels by sequentially capturing pixels in an order from the right side of the first camera to the left side of the first camera;
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• a memory to store captured video of the first camera.