Here's What The Gopro Fusion 360 Photographic Idiot Box Camera Looks Like; Vii Predicted Features

Monday, November 12, 2018

Here's What The Gopro Fusion 360 Photographic Idiot Box Camera Looks Like; Vii Predicted Features

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GoPro has in conclusion revealed the Fusion. Here are my observations too the vii features that I predict for it. (Image credit for all photos: AOL)

GoPro announced the Fusion nearly ii months ago. It generated a lot of excitement because of its 5.2K resolution too the spectacular stitching inwards the sample videos. GoPro said the Fusion volition live on available inwards a "limited commercial release" yesteryear then. Here in ane lawsuit to a greater extent than is the sample video:

However, since then, Garmin has announced the Virb 360 too retailers receive got already begun to send them. Perhaps feeling the heat, GoPro has at in ane lawsuit shown the Fusion.

Based on its appearance, hither are the features I predict for it.

1. OPTICAL FLOW STITCHING VIA DESKTOP
The Fusion's trunk looks nearly equally thick equally the GoPro Hero cameras. Among 360 cameras, that would live on similar inwards thickness to the Yi 360 VR, too thinner than the Garmin Virb 360, ii other high-resolution 360 video cameras that it is competing with. For 360 cameras, having a shorter distance betwixt the lenses is an wages too makes stitching appear smoother.

On the other hand, the transcend take in of the photographic idiot box camera shows that the lenses are starting fourth dimension from each other, similar to cameras such equally the Insta360 4K too Insta360 Nano. An starting fourth dimension lens blueprint makes stitching harder. For example, the Insta360 Air (which does non receive got starting fourth dimension lenses) appears to receive got ameliorate stitching (in my opinion) than the otherwise similar Nano.

Notwithstanding the starting fourth dimension lenses, the samples shown yesteryear GoPro receive got seamless stitching. This seems to hateful that it volition utilisation optical menstruation stitching, which, for 5.2K video, volition almost sure as shooting require stitching via desktop because it is really processor-intensive. On my Samsung Gear 360, which too uses optical menstruation stitching, stitching an afternoon's shooting worth of videos takes several hours. I hold off the same or to a greater extent than for the GoPro Fusion.

2. 360 AUDIO RECORDING
The transcend of the photographic idiot box camera shows 3 holes that are likely microphones. This seems to advise that it volition receive got 360 well recording.

3. WATERPROOF

The structure of the photographic idiot box camera seems similar to that of the GoPro Hero5 camera. Since GoPro has been able to brand the Hero5 waterproof, I am expecting the same to live on truthful for the GoPro Fusion.

4. VOICE CONTROL

One affair interesting is that the bring upwards of the GoPro Fusion has around other hole beside the lens that looks similar a microphone. There are holes too that human face similar they are for a speaker fifty-fifty though there's no video playback mightiness on the photographic idiot box camera itself. Meanwhile at that topographic point is no corresponding hole on the forepart of the Fusion. I am guessing that the microphone is for vocalism control, a characteristic that the Hero5 too Hero5 Session have.

5. STABILIZATION
The video samples shown yesteryear GoPro for the Fusion seem to advise it volition receive got stabilization, either gyro-based from the camera, or software-based, given that GoPro owns Kolor, which makes Autopano software, which does receive got spherical stabilization.

6. IN-CAMERA STITCHING
The share that is somewhat puzzling to me is why the GoPro Fusion has such a large body, much larger than what it would require for a battery too desktop stitching. My gauge is that it has an in-camera stitching option, too the camera's trunk is for the processors needed for those functions.

7. LIVE STREAMING
If the Fusion has in-camera stitching, it probable volition too receive got alive streaming, hopefully compatible amongst both iOS too Android.

Do you lot deal or disagree amongst these predictions? Do you lot discover anything else or receive got your ain predictions? Let me know inwards the comments!