360 rumors

GoPro has posted sample 360 videos from their Fusion camera but now there are sample videos from press who got to try out the Fusion. Here are videos posted by Raymond Wong .  It's a playlist so you can select the video you want to see. Some observations: Stitching is generally excellent.  Subjects passed over the stitch line in several videos without a noticeable stitching even though they were somewhat close. Stabilization looks very effective and I didn't see any blur that you sometimes see from gyro-based stabilization.  I'm wondering if the videos were using software stabilization from Kolor Autopano Video (Kolor is now owned by GoPro). The video quality itself was sometimes not as detailed as I would have expected from a 5.2K video.  At times, it seemed to be less detailed than the video from the Xiaomi Mi Sphere . The GoPro Fusion looks interesting and I will definitely be on the lookout for more information about it.

The Garmin Virb 360 , Garmin's 5.7K 360 camera, is due to be released within the next couple of weeks.  It is quite expensive at $799 but it is the most feature-rich 360 camera I've seen for consumers.  You may already know that it is waterproof, has gimbal-like image stabilization (spherical stabilization) , 360 surround sound, and voice control for hands-free operation.  Here are  10 other cool features of the Virb 360 that you might not know about (in no particular order). 1.  Remote wake up. The Virb 360 is one of the few 360 cameras that can be remotely turned on from standby (two others are LG 360 Cam and Nikon Keymission 360).  Let's say you are recording a long event and you only want to capture the highlights. With this feature, the Virb can remain off while you wait for the action from a distance.  When the moment comes, you can turn on your Virb remotely to begin recording. This feature does sip the battery on standby, which is wh...

GPS and adventure equimpent manufacturer Garmin is launching the Virb 360, a rugged, waterproof fully spherical 360 camera with 5K 360 video on May 24, 2017.  Here's what we know so far. Key specifications and features so far: - two lenses - field of view: fully spherical - video resolution: 5K - Waterproof to 10 meters, probably without an additional housing - 360 audio - Wi-Fi - G-Metrix captures action data (such as temperature, altimeter, etc.) and may be able to overlay it on the 360 video. Here is a teaser video: So far, on paper, this looks like the camera that people were hoping for the Nikon Keymission 360.  I'm somewhat concerned that the distance between lenses looks quite large.  I hope the stitching is up to par.  I also hope that the stitching in underwater videos takes refraction into account. Other features that I am SPECULATING that it will have: - shockproof up to 2 meters, possibly with replaceable lenses - live streaming - in-camera stitching, po...