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.

image credit: AOL GoPro has finally revealed the Fusion.  Here are my observations and the 7 features that I predict for it.  (Image credit for all photos: AOL) GoPro announced the Fusion about two months ago.  It generated a lot of excitement because of its 5.2K resolution and the spectacular stitching in the sample videos.  GoPro said the Fusion will be available in a "limited commercial release" by then.  Here again is the sample video: However, since then, Garmin has announced the Virb 360 and retailers have already begun to ship them.  Perhaps feeling the heat, GoPro has now shown the Fusion. Based on its appearance, here are the features I predict for it. 1. OPTICAL FLOW STITCHING VIA DESKTOP The Fusion's body looks about as thick as the GoPro Hero cameras.  Among 360 cameras, that would be similar in thickness to the Yi 360 VR, and thinner than the Garmin Virb 360, two other high-resolution 360 video cameras that it is competing with.   For...