Abstract: One aspect of the present invention discloses an image capturing system able to capturing 3-dimensional 360 degree viewing (“3D/360”) images using a smart phone and a ball-shaped spherical camera. The smart phone includes a digital image processor (“DIP”) capable of processing audio and video (“AV”) information. The camera includes a set of surface-mount lenses evenly distributed over the surface of spherical shaped camera. The camera further includes lens motion controllers and image sensors which are used to sense images captured by the lenses. The lens motion controllers are configured to independently control lens position or orientation for each surface-mount lens. To process and display 3D/360 images, the camera transmits 3D/360 images related information to the smart phone via a communication network, such as Ethernet cable, wireless channel, cellular channel, and/or Bluetooth® wireless network.