Whereas the Garmin VIRB 360 is a bit more…normal-human sized. Meanwhile, comparing sizes, the GoPro Fusion is kinda like a star NBA player – incredibly tall. Oh, and from a size and weight standpoint (I cover this in the video too), the GoPro Fusion comes in at 226g, while for comparison, the Garmin VIRB 360 comes in at 180g. GoPro moved to using USB-C cables for their cameras back in 2016 with the Hero 5 lineup, and they’ve been retained ever since.ĭon’t worry, as always you won’t need it after this. Next, we’ve got a USB-C cable and a standard GoPro thumb screw. I can’t really overstate how beastly these mounts are in real-life. You’d use the curved one on something like a helmet, and the flat one on something like a board or car. One is totally flat, and one is a bit curved. It’s designed so you can actually leave the camera on the tripod while putting the protective case over it and the mount sticks out the bottom.īelow that are two sticky mounts. It’s sorta like two GoPro Hero 5/6 batteries that hooked up together and got permanently stuck together.
You’ll also notice the battery sitting there. Starting up in the upper left corner we’ve got the camera itself, along with its tripod/selfie stick to the left (using a standard GoPro mount). Still looking for the parts though? No problem – here’s everything laid out: So I ended up putting together this video detailing the most important things you need to know about GoPro Fusion: The potential is massive if you have significant quantities of time to invest, but as you see in this post, it’s not yet for everyone. It’s nothing like any other 360° camera on the market…and not in a good way.
#GOPRO VR PLAYER CRASHES SOFTWARE#
Yet at the same time, as with most GoPro products, the software is the most challenging piece. Things like its ability to make the pole holding the camera disappear through optics tricks are astounding – effectively having the camera float in front of you like a small personal drone. In one manner it’s far more than just another 360° action cam. And I mean that both in a positive…and a negative way. One would be remiss to describe GoPro Fusion as merely ‘a 360 cam’.
If you found this review useful you can hit up the links at the very end of this incredibly long pile of text to help support the site and my continued gadget purchasing (and reviewing) addiction. The good, the bad, and the ugly – let’s dig into it.įinally note that I bought the Fusion camera myself, and as such, I won’t be returning it to any entity once this review is complete. Which means after more than three months of usage, it’s definitely in-depth review time. But what GoPro has done is bring popularity to it, and with the impressive quality levels on Fusion, it makes it possible to use said camera instead of a flotilla of regular GoPro action cams.īut as I find out – possible doesn’t mean easy. Of course, that concept certainly isn’t something GoPro invented, it’s been around a while. In fact, one of GoPro’s biggest pushes with the Fusion camera has been what they call ‘OverCapture’, which basically means you can create a non-360° clip from it, using any angle you want. More than I’d thought I would, and for more than just 360° content.
Since then I’ve been using the camera in a surprising variety of ways. But it wouldn’t be until this past November that the company started shipping the $699 dual-lens unit. Just shy of a year ago GoPro announced initial details around their consumer-oriented 360° action camera, Fusion.
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