- Antigravity’s Insta360-driven first drone is focused on simplicity
- 360 Drone with ‘Immersive Flight’ is set for August Launch
- It shoots 8K video and weighs below 250 g
There is a new player coming into the drone game and I couldn’t be more excited. This week’s message (or should it be “predetermined”?) From Antigravity, which teases its upcoming 360 drone, means that market leader DJI is getting a big rival.
The Antravity drone, developed by Insta360 and some unspecified third parties, is not an equal-up competitor to DJI’s reach; Instead, it takes things in a different direction. By offering the 8K 360-degree recording of everything around it-as a flying version of the Superb Insta360 X5 camera this is the first ever drone to offer immersive all-round capture out of the box.
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Details are poor at the moment, but Antigravity’s press release promises to “replace the technical complexity associated with both drone flight and 360-degree video with expressive, history-first experiences that are easy to master, yet unusually powerful.”
Ease of use will clearly be an important marketing point for this first anti -grave drone, with the release to mention intuitive, family -friendly operation aimed at people who do not have time to learn “complex aircraft control and the creation of air content”. And the focus on simplicity and ease of use is extremely exciting to me.
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Don’t get me wrong – I love the power and advanced capabilities in DJI’s Premium drones like Mavic 4 Pro and learn how to best use them to create effective aerial photographs and videos. As a person who has undergone drones ever since the original DJI fantomas were released over a decade ago, I have had plenty of time to master Quadcopter flight. And let’s realize it, it’s not like DJI’s drones are particularly difficult to fly thanks to their abundance of built -in safety functions, wind resistance and automated flight mode.
But the idea of an ultra-focused, low-complexity drone designed exclusively for 360 video is also compelling it is for now all just marketing interviews with few specific details. Antigravity makes some bold claims – and it must, if it wants to attract attention to a market that is absolutely dominated by DJI.
However, I can already see two key areas where the anti -gravity drone keeps things simple. The first is its weight that we know will be under 250 g. This means that it is free of many of the limitations and rules of drones. In the United States, drones below 250 g are exempt from few registration for recreational use, while in the UK they do not need a flyer ID, can be flew closer than 50 m to non -involved people and can be flown to residential, recreational, commercial and industrial places. Less paperwork and more opportunity to fly are always welcome.
You might think, “but DJI also makes under-250g drones” and you would be right. DJI Flip, DJI NEO and DJI-Mini series of drones all fall into the Ultra-light weight category, so this is not an area where antigravity can differentiate. However, it can be with 360 video.
Because the Antravity -Dron’s camera design captures everything about it all the time, the user does not have to point the camera to a special topic when he flies. The user just flies, lets the 360 camera do its stuff, and then later it can refresh the video to make sure it is pointing in the right direction. You never miss a shot. This is not something we have ever seen integrated into a drone before, and really separates the antigravity from its competitors.
If I can forget limitations and forget about camera control, all I need to worry about putting 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.
