Abstract: A camera array apparatus and a method for capturing wide-angle network videos are provided. An objective of the present invention is to provide the webcams used for the common computer system or the like for broadcasting the real-time and wide-angle network video stream in a limited-bandwidth network. Furthermore, software is introduced to join the two or more images retrieved from the cameras and to form the wide-angle or panoramic video. The preferred embodiment of the camera array apparatus comprises a plurality of camera modules that are arranged as an array and are connected to the computer system. In particular, the mentioned images retrieved from the cameras are joined together from the wide-angle or panoramic video using a stitching process.