Water resistant to 1 meter, dustproof and shockproof
Edit and share videos via the mobile or desktop apps (videos can be viewed in the app instantly but must be converted in the app to export in a 360° standard if uploading elsewhere)
Stream live to Facebook in 720p or 1080p
Standard 1/4"-20 tripod mount
What’s in the Box?
1x 360FLY HD camera
1x Charging dock
1x MicroUSB to USB charging and data cable
@fastharry Did you even look at the video @Moose made? Do you even know the features this camera has? Or did you just decide to shit it on it at first glance?
@Stallion@stoopkid This happens every time I see a product that looks cool on meh. Look at it, seems cool, good price, click through to Amazon… huh… 3 stars. Okay, maybe they fixed something, it’s good now, let’s find some reviews… huh… yeah, it’s just not a good product. I’d maybe pay $10 for it.
@the_inevitable IIRC it was one of the first consumer 360 cameras available, I remember looking at it when it was much more expensive, before I’d even watched my first 360 video.
Unfortunately for the Flycam the technology has improved a lot. Cameras capture 4K and higher resolution video at higher framerates than this one now. But with the exception of the Essential cam (which requires their phone to operate) none are available near this price point.
The biggest weak point of this one looks like its dynamic range, at least from the raw video @Moose filmed of part of the drive to work. The framerate wasn’t too bad there (unlike the video review posted in this thread), but the sky was washed out pretty badly. I’m curious what indoor/low light footage looks like.
In a way this is a perfect Meh product. Last year’s product at tomorrow’s prices, indeed. It is actually more than good enough for posting 360 videos to social media, but you’re not gonna film an X Games 360 experience on it.
Congratulations, Meh, on bringing something different to the table today. I kind of want it, but it’s a little bit above the impulse buy price point so I’ll have to think about it.
@djslack@Moose@the_inevitable I got the LG 360 cam for about this price several months ago, but the app/pairing interface is absolutely horrible. On the other hand, the quality of this looks worse, so I’m not sure if I want to get it or not. This kind of footage is neat if you have a VR headset.
@djslack@Moose@telepheedian I feel like right now, you just can’t cheap out on 360 cameras and get a good overall experience. I’d consider this one just for the novelty of it, but not at that price.
On a side note, I find it incredibly weird that the Logitech C920 is still one of the best webcams out there, even after years and years. Nothing has topped it for the value. Maybe a 360 cam will come out that will just become a gold standard for years to come.
That is the most Mediocre video and there are 9+ minutes of it. At the risk of spoiling the plot, nothing happens. Waste no more than 30 seconds of your life on it. Even though it appears to have been duct-taped to the roof of a car oriented to maximize wind noise, an proves that even 90 seconds is too long to spend on editing, it still makes owning a 360 degree camera look good.
It’ll cost you $400 and a trip to Best Buy (where the camera is exclusively sold for the time being), but if you’re the early adopter type, this may just be your next favorite piece of gear.
It does look pretty cool. No way would I ever have spent $400 on it, but $49… maybe?
Did you guys watch the video @Moose made? I pulled it up and was trying to figure out why it was all black and then moved my phone and the picture moved! It was soooo cool! How do they do that on Youtube?
I mean I get not buying it, I’m not, but how can you not be amazed by that thing? Come on, everyone, go get your phones and check it out. (@Barney here’s a good reason to power that thing up.)
@sammydog01 Well thanks for your comment, because I thought it was the worst video to sell a product that I had ever seen. Didn’t realize that I could make it move! All I saw was a static shot and thought, what a dumb way to try to sell a 360-degree camera!
I want some low latency cameras with the 360 x 240 field of view and that are compatible with the Raspberry Pi “high speed” camera interface.
Two of those would be great for real time robot navigation. It would provide synchronous stereo vision in front of, above, and behind the robot. That is, both images in the stereo pair can be taken within milliseconds of each other. The software can also make stereo pairs to the side like a pigeon does, using the current image, and the image from 5cm back.
Unfortunately, these cameras don’t talk that protocol, so they must compress the motion video and then send them over a comparatively lower speed network connection. The Pi then has to decompress the video before It can start image processing. All of the Raspberry Pi network interfaces are slower than the camera interface. The Pi’s native video interface goes through the GPU which can do some image processing before handing the data to the CPU.
Today’s camera gives the robot a 360 x 240 degree view of where the robot was hundreds of milliseconds ago. This is a recipe for running into walls and obstacles.
@mrjoehimself as someone with experience with the camera, what is the difference between videos that seem smooth, around 30fps and those that seem like they are 15fps or even choppier? Is one from the 4k and one from the HD camera? Or is it something YouTube and/or my phone is doing?
@djslack The one with the Air Races, I cut/pasted a lot of segments because each lap is several minutes long, that’s probably why it looks choppy. Also, the sunlight was poor, very cloudy day. This camera performs really well in well-lit areas.
@chienfou@narfcake Shoot. I would totally ride around my neighborhood with this thing stuck on my helmet. Oh well, I have a roll of duct tape. (The helmet mount is $30 on the 360fly website.)
I got my camera all charged up. I hoped to use it to film my daughter water skiing but the weather turned. So I put it next to my bird feeder. I wanted to see birds flying overhead. I got a squirrel. It’s a pretty cool camera- I’ll get some birds on film one of these days.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
1x 360FLY HD camera
1x Charging dock
1x MicroUSB to USB charging and data cable
Price Comparison
$85.40 at Amazon
Warranty
1 Year 360FLY
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Picture this— having a ball on the fly of course!
Meh shirts?
@jst1ofknd Wow that’s a great idea
/giphy meh shirt
@reclaimercube Dude! Those baby arms are wiggin’ me out!!!
@jst1ofknd @reclaimercube shirts will be had tomorrow…they’re just waiting for me to get paid first.
Isn’t that right, Meh?
Two-fer-Tuesday
Something-Something-Weekend-Day
Meh-shirt-Friday!
/giphy right?
@jst1ofknd @reclaimercube Trump in drag?
Not going to lie… This is really cool meh and you’re tempting the shirt that should be on my body. Oh wait you’re not and this isn’t a shirt.
I wish this thing flew around like the fuckin golden snitch
gee…a camera…and a solid 3 star one at that. Who would have guessed.
@fastharry And you’re name is Harry. Now I want a Thunderbolt.
/giphy quidditch
@fastharry Did you even look at the video @Moose made? Do you even know the features this camera has? Or did you just decide to shit it on it at first glance?
MVP shirts?
Doesn’t every camera film 360 degree footage? The question is just how wide the field of view is.
I spy something…meh
@stoopkid Wow that footage looks horrible, this camera sucks!
@Stallion @stoopkid This happens every time I see a product that looks cool on meh. Look at it, seems cool, good price, click through to Amazon… huh… 3 stars. Okay, maybe they fixed something, it’s good now, let’s find some reviews… huh… yeah, it’s just not a good product. I’d maybe pay $10 for it.
/giphy donotwant
@the_inevitable IIRC it was one of the first consumer 360 cameras available, I remember looking at it when it was much more expensive, before I’d even watched my first 360 video.
Unfortunately for the Flycam the technology has improved a lot. Cameras capture 4K and higher resolution video at higher framerates than this one now. But with the exception of the Essential cam (which requires their phone to operate) none are available near this price point.
The biggest weak point of this one looks like its dynamic range, at least from the raw video @Moose filmed of part of the drive to work. The framerate wasn’t too bad there (unlike the video review posted in this thread), but the sky was washed out pretty badly. I’m curious what indoor/low light footage looks like.
In a way this is a perfect Meh product. Last year’s product at tomorrow’s prices, indeed. It is actually more than good enough for posting 360 videos to social media, but you’re not gonna film an X Games 360 experience on it.
Congratulations, Meh, on bringing something different to the table today. I kind of want it, but it’s a little bit above the impulse buy price point so I’ll have to think about it.
@djslack @Moose @the_inevitable I got the LG 360 cam for about this price several months ago, but the app/pairing interface is absolutely horrible. On the other hand, the quality of this looks worse, so I’m not sure if I want to get it or not. This kind of footage is neat if you have a VR headset.
@Stallion @stoopkid It’s defaulting to really low resolution. You can crank that resolution way up in youtube. Once you do it will look much better.
@djslack @Moose @telepheedian I feel like right now, you just can’t cheap out on 360 cameras and get a good overall experience. I’d consider this one just for the novelty of it, but not at that price.
On a side note, I find it incredibly weird that the Logitech C920 is still one of the best webcams out there, even after years and years. Nothing has topped it for the value. Maybe a 360 cam will come out that will just become a gold standard for years to come.
At first I thought it was an electronic version of a furtune teller. Magic 8-ball says “Fool You”
That is the most Mediocre video and there are 9+ minutes of it. At the risk of spoiling the plot, nothing happens. Waste no more than 30 seconds of your life on it. Even though it appears to have been duct-taped to the roof of a car oriented to maximize wind noise, an proves that even 90 seconds is too long to spend on editing, it still makes owning a 360 degree camera look good.
How does this connect? Anyone know? Wires? WiFi? Bluetooth? Magic?
@Hanky you forgot magnets.
Magnets, WiFi, and Bluetooth are all ways that it connects.
@Hanky wifi and Bluetooth
Wow, watching those examples made me want to hurl. I imagine that’s what being surrounded by fun house mirrors is like on acid.
Why so many questions about meh shirts?
@Kyser_Soze because toothbrushes
@Kyser_Soze @therealjrn
All out of bluetooth speaker docks.
@therealjrn I feel like an old person that doesn’t get the joke!
@Kyser_Soze it is candy corn’s day off
@givemehdeal @Kyser_Soze Off because of the toothbrushes - being used whilst shirtless.
@Kyser_Soze cuz, we need more Meh… shirts! Electric toothbrushes have already been had.
It started here: https://meh.com/forum/topics/3-pack-violife-slim-sonic-toothbrushes after @reclaimercube was finally rewarded with the electric toothbrushes they made their mission in life to obtain from Meh.
Now…join in!
/giphy one of us
@Kyser_Soze @PHRoG @reclaimercube
/youtube Gooble Gobble One of us
The better ask would be Irk plush.
Design and production are not as hard as one might think.
Holy cow, this thing cost $400 when it first came out less than three years ago!
https://www.wired.com/2015/10/review-360fly-action-camera/
It does look pretty cool. No way would I ever have spent $400 on it, but $49… maybe?
@The_Tim
@Kerig3 OMG, we so need one of these with Meh as the only option! LOL
@PHRoG Absolutely!
Did you guys watch the video @Moose made? I pulled it up and was trying to figure out why it was all black and then moved my phone and the picture moved! It was soooo cool! How do they do that on Youtube?
I mean I get not buying it, I’m not, but how can you not be amazed by that thing? Come on, everyone, go get your phones and check it out. (@Barney here’s a good reason to power that thing up.)
@sammydog01 it uses your gyroscope in your phone to change the view. If you haven’t tried cardboard videos/games yet, you might be in for a treat.
@RiotDemon I picked up one of those and a cube and was amazed. I need to work with it some more.
@sammydog01 there’s a lot of fun horror games for cardboard you can download for free.
@RiotDemon Really? I need to go find those!
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 What video?
@RiotDemon @therealjrn The link was really subtle.
I can also make it move around on my laptop with the touchscreen.
@RiotDemon @sammydog01 cool!
@RiotDemon @therealjrn I know, right? What is wrong with these people!
@sammydog01 Well thanks for your comment, because I thought it was the worst video to sell a product that I had ever seen. Didn’t realize that I could make it move! All I saw was a static shot and thought, what a dumb way to try to sell a 360-degree camera!
Yep, sometimes I feel dumb.
@pitamuffin
/giphy join the club
@sammydog01
Huh. On my phone it doesn’t move around — I just see the whole 360° at once. Works as intended on my laptop, though. Odd.
Well, I did find gummi bears in my poop this morning…
@Bumplepimp Sounds like you utilize your skills wisely
Is this the thingy that Ben Kenobi trained Luke with? Wait, is that why Ben is in the model number? And it flies? Yaah, buy
The video quality looks like junk. Potato Cam 360 would be a better name for it:
I want some low latency cameras with the 360 x 240 field of view and that are compatible with the Raspberry Pi “high speed” camera interface.
Two of those would be great for real time robot navigation. It would provide synchronous stereo vision in front of, above, and behind the robot. That is, both images in the stereo pair can be taken within milliseconds of each other. The software can also make stereo pairs to the side like a pigeon does, using the current image, and the image from 5cm back.
Unfortunately, these cameras don’t talk that protocol, so they must compress the motion video and then send them over a comparatively lower speed network connection. The Pi then has to decompress the video before It can start image processing. All of the Raspberry Pi network interfaces are slower than the camera interface. The Pi’s native video interface goes through the GPU which can do some image processing before handing the data to the CPU.
Today’s camera gives the robot a 360 x 240 degree view of where the robot was hundreds of milliseconds ago. This is a recipe for running into walls and obstacles.
Does not compute.
The 4k flavor is supposedly better…
@sixfootgeek Of course it is, but it’s $275 on the 'zon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G95INDK/
@sixfootgeek I just posted a few 4k clips below of us flying. The difference between 4k and HD is negligible.
@mrjoehimself as someone with experience with the camera, what is the difference between videos that seem smooth, around 30fps and those that seem like they are 15fps or even choppier? Is one from the 4k and one from the HD camera? Or is it something YouTube and/or my phone is doing?
For instance, this one seems choppy:
(I’m totally jealous of your seat for that, btw)
And this one seems smooth:
@djslack The one with the Air Races, I cut/pasted a lot of segments because each lap is several minutes long, that’s probably why it looks choppy. Also, the sunlight was poor, very cloudy day. This camera performs really well in well-lit areas.
@mrjoehimself Thanks!
Thinking about buying this for music festivals. Being able to record a clip of the band and also get the crowd at the same time is pretty tempting.
@SRavingmad I would love to see that. Or a zoo. A zoo would be fun.
@sammydog01 @SRavingmad
/giphy zoo band
for future ref: $49
$84 Azone
so without mobile, do you grab file via USB to PC, then need to convert it with their app?
any examples of night shots?
@username Yes.
No.
@Moose @username The old meh would have in-house product tested this piece.
@medz @Moose @username Does no one read the write-ups anymore?
@Moose @sammydog01 @username I read the write-ups on the old meh.
Edit: pro-tip put these as the “daily” video next time
@medz @Moose @username To be fair it was pretty well hidden.
@medz @Moose @sammydog01 can this do YouTube Live type of deal?
Another Azon link for a few dollars less (than the other Azon link), 32Gb & with more reviews. I’m posting because although I have no need for one I still think the tech is pretty cool for under $100.
Is this valkry’s black eye cam irl?
I have serious non-buyers regret over this. Will it show up on Morningsave soon? @Ignorant you seem to know this stuff.
@sammydog01 I wish I knew stuff.
@Ignorant @sammydog01
/giphy know stuff
@Ignorant @therealjrn I don’t even want to know stuff like that, just if this thing will be on sale soon. Maybe @Moose knows?
@Ignorant It just showed up at Morningsave for fifty cents more! I hope it doesn’t suck.
/giphy zippy-mindful-teacher
today in woot! clearance: (comes with helmet mount and VR viewer too!) $49.99 + s/h
https://sellout.woot.com/offers/360fly-hd-camera-w-helmet-mount-and-vr-viewer-1
@chienfou But refurbished.
@chienfou @narfcake Shoot. I would totally ride around my neighborhood with this thing stuck on my helmet. Oh well, I have a roll of duct tape. (The helmet mount is $30 on the 360fly website.)
I got my camera all charged up. I hoped to use it to film my daughter water skiing but the weather turned. So I put it next to my bird feeder. I wanted to see birds flying overhead. I got a squirrel. It’s a pretty cool camera- I’ll get some birds on film one of these days.