- The first drone fueled by Insta360 from Antigravity focuses on simplicity
- 360 drone with “Immersive Flight” is planned for the launch of August
- He will shoot an 8k video and weigh less than 250 g
There is a new player entering the drone game, and I could not be more excited. This week’s announcement (or should it be “pre-announcing”?) Of antigravity which teases its next drone 360 means that the market leader DJI is about to obtain a major rival.
The antigravity drone, developed by Insta360 and certain unpertified third parties, is not a right competitor of the DJI range; Rather, it takes things in a different direction. By offering a 3K to 360 degree capture of everything around it – like a flying version of the superb installment camera360 X5 – this is the very first drone to offer an immersive full driving capture out of the box.
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Details are rare for the moment, but the antiGravity press release promises to “replace the technical complexity inherent in both drone theft and a 360 -degree videography by expressive experiences and history that are easy to master but exceptionally powerful.”
The ease of use will clearly be a major marketing point of this first antigravity drone, the version taking place to mention an intuitive and family operation intended for people who do not have time to learn “complex flight controls and the creation of air content”. And this focuses on simplicity and ease of use is extremely exciting for me.
Just the fact
Do not get me wrong – I like the power and advanced capacities of DJI premium drones like Mavic 4 Pro, and learning in the best way to use them to create photographs and impactful air videos. As a person who has examined drones since the original DJI phantoms were published more than a decade ago, I had a lot of time to master the quadcopter flight. And, let’s face it, it is not as if DJI drones were particularly difficult to fly, thanks to their plethora of integrated safety characteristics, wind resistance and automated flight modes.
But the idea of an ultra -concentrated low -complex drone designed only for a 360 video is also convincing – even if it is, for the moment, simply talking about marketing with few concrete details. Antigravity makes daring affirmations – and it must do so if he wants to draw attention to a market absolutely dominated by DJI.
However, I can already spot two key areas in which the antigravity drone keeps simple things. The first is its weight, which in our view, will be less than 250 g. This means that it is free from many restrictions and rules governing drones. In the United States, drones under 250 g are exempt from the FAA recording for recreational purposes, while in the United Kingdom, they do not need an ID of leaflet, can be transported closer to 50 m of uninvited people and can be controlled on residential, recreational, commercial and industrial sites. Less paperwork and more flight possibilities are always welcome.
You may think: “But Dji also makes drones of less than 250g” – and you would be right. The DJI Flip, DJI Neo and the DJI Mini drone range all enter the ultra-light category, so it is not an area where antigravity can be differentiated. Where this can however, this is a 360 video.
Because the design of the antigravity drone camera captures everything around him, all the time, the user does not need to point the camera to a subject particularly when he flies. The user is just flying, allows the 360 camera to do their job and then, later, can crop the video to make sure it points to the right direction. You will never miss a blow. It is not something that we have never seen integrated into a drone before, and really distinguishes the antigravity of its competitors.
If I can forget the restrictions and forget the control of the camera, then everything I need to worry is to put the antigravity drone in the right places. It’s a huge victory in my book – and I can’t wait to take this new drone for a test flight.
