Insta360's AntiGravity A1 Takes Aim at DJI with 8K 360° Drone

[anotherlab]

Did not know that. I read somewhere the drone will be manufactured in India, and just assumed the company was Indian. Should be very interesting to see how this plays out.

Do you have a source for it being manufactured in India? Antigravity is a spin-off of Insta360, which is owned by Arashi Vision Inc. Arashi Vision is based in Shenzhen, where they manufacture their products.

 

[Zbip57]

360° cameras are really handy. I bought an Insta360-One six years ago. The technology has improved a lot since then. Even back then, the resulting filesize of the video was enormous because it records a full 360° spherical view. But, the image resolution of the edited video was poor because you're only ever looking at a small slice of the whole recorded sphere. And it certainly wasn't 8k back then.

Here are some samples with the camera mounted on my RC model sailing schooner. While the video is playing, click-and-drag to rotate the view to any desired angle. When played full-screen, rolling the scroll wheel on your mouse will zoom in/out. I didn't have it calibrated properly, so you still see the seam where the front/back lens views aren't stitched together properly.

• The first video is in non-stabilized mode. Drag the view to focus on any point on the boat, and it stays fixed on that point, pitching and rolling with the boat.
• The second video is in gyro-stabilized mode, where the camera view remains level and fixed on any selected point on the horizon, as the boat pitches and turns under the camera. In that one you need to keep dragging the view around to follow the boat.
• The third video is edited according to my own view selections. Once the 360° video is captured and recorded, you can choose to edit it any way you like.

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[jaja6009]

I am definitely going to pick one up when they come out and if they are available here in the US.

I am wondering how DJI will react. DJI can be ruthless against competition.

 

[GadgetGuy]

360° cameras are really handy. I bought an Insta360-One six years ago. The technology has improved a lot since then. Even back then, the resulting filesize of the video was enormous because it records a full 360° spherical view. But, the image resolution of the edited video was poor because you're only ever looking at a small slice of the whole recorded sphere. And it certainly wasn't 8k back then.

Here are some samples with the camera mounted on my RC model sailing schooner. While the video is playing, click-and-drag to rotate the view to any desired angle. When played full-screen, rolling the scroll wheel on your mouse will zoom in/out. I didn't have it calibrated properly, so you still see the seam where the front/back lens views aren't stitched together properly.

• The first video is in non-stabilized mode. Drag the view to focus on any point on the boat, and it stays fixed on that point, pitching and rolling with the boat.
• The second video is in gyro-stabilized mode, where the camera view remains level and fixed on any selected point on the horizon, as the boat pitches and turns under the camera. In that one you need to keep dragging the view around to follow the boat.
• The third video is edited according to my own view selections. Once the 360° video is captured and recorded, you can choose to edit it any way you like.

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I like the gyro stabilized version the best. With no sense of scale, it looked like a full sized schooner, until I realized no one was sailing the boat! Very cool!

 

[Zbip57]

With no sense of scale, it looked like a full sized schooner [...]

I made another video of it just last week, but using only an old GoPro camera mounted at different spots on the deck.

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[GadgetGuy]

I made another video of it just last week, but using only an old GoPro camera mounted at different spots on the deck.

Actually, it was the non-stablized version above that I liked best. The GoPro version is nice but the non-stabilized version gave a kind of FPV view under control of the viewer, so you feel like your are flying the FPV drone yourself. Really cool RC schooner, perfect for simulating full sized schooner when all senses of scale disappear.

The closest we now have to this 360 drone capability is the Air 2S Insta360 Sphere camera mount setup, that I own, which straps around the body of the Air 2S, but I never got around to using. Need to dust it off and see if it still works! It had some issue that discouraged me from using it initially. If I remember, it was blocking GPS.

https://www.insta360.com/product/insta360-sphere

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[anotherlab]

I am definitely going to pick one up when they come out and if they are available here in the US.

I am wondering how DJI will react. DJI can be ruthless against competition.

It’s no surprise that DJI has moved into the 360° camera space with the Osmo 360, and it wouldn’t be a stretch for them to apply that expertise to a 360° camera drone. I wouldn’t be shocked if DJI is already exploring that direction.

For now, though, the 360 drone market is Antigravity’s to lose. With DJI restricted from selling new drones in the US, Antigravity has a real opening. provided they can avoid facing similar scrutiny over being a Chinese-made product. They need to come out with a stable product right from the start; that was the mistake GoPro made with the Karma.

 

[JAW]

Do you have a source for it being manufactured in India? Antigravity is a spin-off of Insta360, which is owned by Arashi Vision Inc. Arashi Vision is based in Shenzhen, where they manufacture their products.

I could not find that particular piece that said it would be made in India.