[0:00] This video sponsored by Anti-Gravity.
[0:09] So, this here is called the Anti-Gravity
[0:11] A1. It is a drone, but it looks a bit
[0:14] different than what we've come to expect
[0:16] from drones. Now, I'll be the first to
[0:17] admit, while I've made two or three
[0:18] drone videos in the past, I'm not an
[0:19] expert. To me, drones are really, really
[0:22] good tools. And so, they're very
[0:24] expensive, but they're they're really
[0:25] useful for someone who has a specific
[0:27] type of shot, a type of footage that
[0:29] they're trying to get. But, this A1,
[0:31] this is a little different from any of
[0:32] the other popular drones that I've seen
[0:33] or tried, and it's the reason I want to
[0:35] showcase it, because after using it,
[0:37] it's not just a tool to get aerial
[0:39] footage, but it's also just
[0:41] fun. Like, it's just a straight-up like
[0:42] fun experience to just go out and fly
[0:44] it. So, this is a genuinely new,
[0:46] interesting take on something that was
[0:48] already pretty awesome. So, I was
[0:49] intrigued. Also, a reminder, they're
[0:51] sponsoring this video, so I'll be going
[0:52] over my experience and even some
[0:54] feedback for them by the end, too. So,
[0:56] A1 doesn't have a normal camera [snorts]
[0:59] gimbal, like you might expect from a
[1:00] drone. Instead, it has these two lenses,
[1:02] one at the top, one at the bottom. And
[1:04] that's because instead of having to
[1:05] control a singular camera while flying,
[1:07] the Anti-Gravity A1 is essentially a 360
[1:10] camera that's capturing all angles, all
[1:12] the time, that happens to be able to
[1:14] fly. We've had 360 cameras, stuff like
[1:17] this, uh for years. And the whole point
[1:19] of these is they're super versatile. So,
[1:21] they're always recording everything
[1:22] around them in 360 all the time, and all
[1:24] you have to do is just kind of get the
[1:25] camera into position, and then you don't
[1:27] have to worry about framing, you just
[1:28] kind of do your thing, live that
[1:30] experience, and then later you can go
[1:32] back and frame it exactly how you want.
[1:34] So, when these started getting really
[1:35] good, that's when people started getting
[1:37] really tricky with them, doing stuff
[1:39] like spinning them around on a string,
[1:41] or throwing them, or putting them up on
[1:43] these huge selfie sticks. So, now the
[1:45] big unlock is
[1:47] it can fly. So, because of all that, you
[1:49] can now just grab this A1, grab these
[1:51] goggles, and this joystick, which I'll
[1:53] talk about in a minute, and just start
[1:54] flying. And as long as the subject you
[1:56] want to capture is generally nearby, you
[1:58] just worry about getting creative with
[2:00] the flying, and then you can do all the
[2:02] framing in post when you get home. And
[2:03] then just like the 360 cameras have that
[2:05] like invisible selfie stick feature,
[2:07] these sensors and lenses are actually
[2:09] the same as the Insta360 X5. So, through
[2:11] stitching, it makes the drone itself and
[2:14] the propellers completely invisible in
[2:16] your final footage. And then they've got
[2:17] a bunch of other great features like Sky
[2:19] Genie that can automatically orbit a
[2:21] subject that you select in your goggles.
[2:23] And my favorite, Deep Track, since I
[2:25] think really drones and car shoots go
[2:27] hand in hand. Basically, you can fly in
[2:29] a straight line, and then all you have
[2:30] to do is try and match the speed of the
[2:32] car as best you can, and Deep Track will
[2:35] pick up the car and frame your subject
[2:37] without having to do any keyframing.
[2:39] And then since it's a 360 camera,
[2:40] there's also some more creative ways to
[2:42] use the video you're capturing that work
[2:44] better on social media platforms like
[2:45] these floating orb shots. Would you find
[2:48] a ton of use for this? No, probably not,
[2:50] but it's still a cool idea to see some
[2:52] weird perspectives like this. So, as a
[2:54] tool for a video creator, it already
[2:56] feels like a game-changer that you don't
[2:57] have to get the exact shot perfect in
[2:59] the moment. You can just focus on
[3:00] getting creative with the positioning.
[3:02] That is pretty sweet. Uh the orb of
[3:05] recording 360 is 8K at 30 FPS, the
[3:09] correct frame rate.
[3:10] And so, you can't take like a 8K
[3:12] screenshot, but you can get pretty
[3:13] creative and have a good amount of
[3:15] flexibility with where you want to frame
[3:16] stuff up. The A1 is 249 g, which if
[3:19] you've been into drones long enough
[3:21] before, you've heard that number, and
[3:22] that's exactly where it has to be to be
[3:24] regulatory compliant almost everywhere.
[3:26] And it has obstacle avoidance, it has
[3:28] navigation assistance, auto landing
[3:30] gear, payload detection, and auto return
[3:33] to home, which I've used quite a few
[3:34] times cuz you might get a little
[3:35] overconfident in how far away you can
[3:37] fly. The lenses are replaceable, so if
[3:39] you do get in an accident, that's much
[3:41] easier to fix than a whole gimbal. Uh
[3:43] and there's also anti-gravity care, so
[3:44] it'll cover things like flyaways or
[3:46] water damage or anything else like that.
[3:48] Now, the weak spot for almost all drones
[3:50] in my opinion has been battery. You
[3:52] know, you you get up there, you try to
[3:53] frame out and get like the perfect shot
[3:56] and then 15 minutes later you're landing
[3:57] it cuz you didn't quite get it, but
[3:59] you're going to get it on the next
[4:00] battery. The A1 comes with a 24-minute
[4:03] battery standard, uh which is about par
[4:05] for the course.
[4:07] But, that's on top of the fact that you
[4:08] don't feel as much pressure to nail the
[4:10] exact right camera shot in the air cuz
[4:14] you're framing it after the fact. So,
[4:15] the battery anxiety definitely feels
[4:17] like it's less. But, if you're still
[4:18] worried, it also has a 39-minute
[4:21] extended version. Oh, and there's 20
[4:22] gigs of internal storage, too. So, the
[4:24] SD card slot is easily accessible, but
[4:26] if you ever forget a card, you're still
[4:27] covered. I am definitely in the camp
[4:29] that every camera should have internal
[4:31] storage. But, anyway, back to the main
[4:32] point,
[4:34] it's just fun. This is the original
[4:35] reason why I was so into this drone,
[4:37] which is because the fun factor is so
[4:38] high. You could even honestly just go
[4:40] out and fly it around for fun, not even
[4:43] trying to get any specific shot, just
[4:45] having fun with it. You get a feed
[4:46] straight from the A1 to these FPV
[4:48] goggles that you wear. And then, it's
[4:50] not like a normal FPV drone where you're
[4:51] always only looking forward as you fly.
[4:54] With the Omnilink transmission, you can
[4:56] fly in one direction, but freely move
[4:58] your head around and look around
[5:00] wherever you want to experience
[5:01] everything around you. It's kind of like
[5:03] you're a bird flying through the park
[5:05] and looking around, or like a mini jet
[5:08] or something. It's just incredibly
[5:10] immersive.
[5:11] The goggles have a 90-degree field of
[5:12] view, which is the widest in any flying
[5:14] FPV goggles, 2560 by 2560 per eye,
[5:17] one-tap defogging, and a pass-through
[5:20] feature just in case someone comes up to
[5:22] you while you're flying. But, what's
[5:23] really neat, and I haven't seen this
[5:24] before, is it has this customizable
[5:26] exterior screen so that others can see
[5:29] what you're looking at on the outside of
[5:30] the goggles. So, if you're with someone,
[5:32] they can kind of get a sense of what
[5:33] you're seeing while you're flying. I
[5:35] also like that you can use it as a
[5:36] status screen for firmware updates, too.
[5:38] And by the way, you've probably noticed
[5:39] I'm not using a typical two-stick
[5:42] controller.
[5:43] This is a joystick. And this is another
[5:45] one of those things that at first I was
[5:46] a little skeptical of cuz there's a
[5:48] reason everyone uses those two sticks.
[5:50] It's just the muscle memory is baked in
[5:51] already. I already know exactly how to
[5:53] get that smooth sliding parallax shot
[5:56] we've all seen.
[5:57] But the joystick makes sense for this
[5:59] drone because again, you don't have to
[6:01] do the camera moves as you're flying.
[6:03] You're just positioning the camera in
[6:05] space. So it feels closer to just flying
[6:07] a plane and getting into the spot you
[6:09] want and then you're moving your head
[6:10] around freely to look around. So I'm in
[6:13] on this joystick. There's an icon on the
[6:15] screen that shows where the front of the
[6:17] drone is pointing and then all you do is
[6:19] just press the trigger and you're flying
[6:20] in that direction. And if you look away
[6:22] from the flight path, you get this
[6:23] little picture-in-picture window so you
[6:25] can still see what's in front of the
[6:27] drone. So it ends up feeling super
[6:28] intuitive. Uh I gave this to Andrew at
[6:30] the studio for a day. This is his first
[6:32] shot he took with the A1 in normal
[6:34] flight mode at like 10:00 in the
[6:36] morning. And so then here's the last
[6:37] shot he got by early afternoon the same
[6:39] day using sport mode and the FPV
[6:41] controls which let you turn your wrist
[6:43] for tighter turns. And it's way more
[6:46] dynamic. It's pretty fire. I really now
[6:48] think anyone who's never used anything
[6:49] like this can pick this up and learn the
[6:51] controls and be super confident like I
[6:53] was within like an hour. I was like I
[6:56] have a screenshot here of my first time
[6:58] trying FPV mode ever and look how quick
[7:01] I tried some stuff.
[7:14] No prob. No worries.
[7:16] Uh so what about someone who's not as
[7:18] technically savvy but still wants to
[7:20] have some fun with a drone like this?
[7:22] Then it has those extra features. So one
[7:24] called SkyPath I think is really cool.
[7:26] So basically I fly a path that I think
[7:28] is really neat and record it. And then I
[7:31] give someone else the goggles, they put
[7:33] the goggles on and the drone will fly
[7:35] the same path in real time and then they
[7:37] can look around with the goggles in 360
[7:39] and experience it live which is I think
[7:42] really fun. They don't need any
[7:43] experience to see that. And it's pretty
[7:44] trippy, just floating around. I will say
[7:46] pro tip, the first time you have someone
[7:47] try this, uh have them do it sitting
[7:49] down. Just because they're going to look
[7:52] down and they're going to see themselves
[7:53] hundreds of feet off the ground and just
[7:56] just to be safe. Now, look, I know this
[7:57] is a sponsored video, but I also asked
[7:59] them if I could throw in a couple small
[8:00] things I noticed because I think people
[8:02] are going to be thinking about buying
[8:03] this after watching this video, and it's
[8:05] not perfect. So, first off, the
[8:06] stitching to hide the drone is
[8:08] impressive. But to the trained eye,
[8:09] there is this ever so slight smudge on
[8:11] the horizon of your footage. And that's
[8:13] basically where it's stitching together
[8:15] the two lenses. And for the most part,
[8:17] you don't really ever notice it, but
[8:18] there is a chance it can get in your
[8:19] shot if you're doing a lot of recording
[8:21] of things like right on the horizon
[8:22] line. So, that's something to keep in
[8:23] mind. And then number two, if you're if
[8:24] you're if you're going to shoot in a
[8:26] public area,
[8:28] because you have the goggles on and the
[8:29] screen is lighting up, just be ready to
[8:31] explain that to people. Because they can
[8:33] look kind of crazy. I was told they're
[8:36] also in the process of working on some
[8:38] goggle-less flights with a ring remote
[8:40] and gesture controls, which sounds
[8:42] pretty awesome. I haven't seen that in
[8:43] action yet, but I appreciate that
[8:44] they're still trying to find more ways
[8:45] to let people get creative with this
[8:47] drone. But speaking of these goggles, I
[8:48] do wish they had an extra strap like up
[8:50] at the top. It's kind of similar to any
[8:52] other like heavy thing. There's
[8:53] obviously displays up here. So, if you
[8:56] have an extra strap at the top, it
[8:57] distributes the weight more evenly, it's
[8:59] more comfortable, would let you fly for
[9:01] multiple batteries without getting
[9:03] uncomfortable. But other than that,
[9:04] yeah, I've had a really good time just
[9:06] messing with having fun with the
[9:08] Anti-Gravity A1. This is not a review,
[9:10] but I'm sure there will be a bunch of
[9:12] other really good video reviews around
[9:13] the same time this drops, so I'll link
[9:15] those below when I see them.
[9:17] Um this is one of the most interesting
[9:18] hardware products I've seen in a while.
[9:20] Anti-Gravity's biggest sale of the year
[9:22] is here, so you can save up to 25% off
[9:25] Anti-Gravity A1, which saves you like
[9:27] $480,
[9:29] and you can save up to 20% off
[9:30] accessories as well during Amazon Prime
[9:32] Day. And the first 25 people who use my
[9:34] link will get a free flight battery and
[9:37] double lens replacement kit with
[9:38] purchase of the A1.
[9:40] So, there it is. Thank you guys for
[9:42] watching.
[9:43] Catch you guys in the next one.
[9:44] Peace.
[9:46] Also, if you want to see how we shot
[9:47] that intro with the robot, here's the
[9:49] drone's perspective.