And thankfully, it\u2019s not just a DJI alternative: this $1,599 drone and headset combo is like nothing I\u2019ve tried before.<\/p>\n
As I explained in August<\/a> and as you can see in my embedded video, this 8K drone isn\u2019t about \u201cpiloting a drone\u201d or \u201cshooting aerial footage.\u201d It\u2019s designed to keep you from having to think about flying or filming at all.<\/p>\n The 360-degree camera and motion-sensing goggles let you simply turn your head to look in any direction. Inside, you\u2019ll see a line you can move with your arm and point where you want to go. Pull a trigger, and the drone flies there, while your head stays free to take in the sights from above. And because you\u2019re recording video in every direction simultaneously, you can rotate and zoom your recorded video when you\u2019re done.<\/p>\n At $1,599<\/a> \u2014 $1,899 if<\/a> you want three batteries, a multi-charger, and a carrying case, or $1,999<\/a> for three \u201chigh-capacity\u201d batteries according to the Best Buy listing \u2014 this drone is more expensive than drones with cameras that\u2019ll produce higher-quality traditional rectangular footage.<\/p>\n In my early demo, the Antigravity A1 weighs, flies, and folds like a DJI Mini, not the higher-grade Mavic or Air, even though it\u2019s priced closer to where those higher-end drones were priced when they were broadly available in the US.<\/p>\n But none of those prosumer DJI drones came with a 360-degree camera system and bundled goggles that make easy flying and filming the priority. (Antigravity\u2019s goggles are more impressive, too.) But that could happen with DJI\u2019s own 360-degree drone, the Avata 360, which just got FCC clearance last week<\/a>. Maybe it\u2019ll make it to the US before the door closes on future DJI gadgets.<\/p>\n The Avata 360 might be a different beast than the Antigravity A1, though. While the A1 is a beginner-friendly Mini-style drone that gently flies around, and is light enough that it shouldn\u2019t need registration, DJI\u2019s Avata line has been heavier cinewhoop-style FPV drones designed for swooping and soaring at high speed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"And thankfully, it\u2019s not just a DJI alternative: this $1,599 drone and headset combo is like nothing I\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[11170,18,282,19,17,5,753,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-214169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-drones","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-technology"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115658639511940273","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}