It just takes a couple of scrolls through my Instagram feed to find a group of people who use Insta360 cameras to get some amazing photos. The company has designed accessories like the Invisible Selfie Stick to make it look like a drone is flying right in front of your face. The Bullet Time Handle puts you in a scene like that James McAvoy movie from a few years back that probably not many people remember.
Yes, I got this photo only with a selfie stick. But you would only think that I am clutching my fist.
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Insta360 also claims to use artificial intelligence to help you find things to do with its 360 shots. This ranges from fun little camera tricks like cloning yourself to tapping a few buttons and letting the app edit a sizzle for you. As someone who has spent the past two years looking at deformed, 360-degree unsewn images, this piqued my interest.
Seeing future clones of yourself really makes you aware of your form.
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I got my hands on an Insta360 One R and took it to my local skate park, which just opened again after being closed for three months. I wanted to see if I could, in the first place, keep doing some trick, but I also wanted the AI to do an edit for me. Check out the entire experiment in the video above!
