![]() ![]() You don’t have to wait until you’re back at your desk to view the footage as, if you download the Garmin VIRB app to your smartphone, the VIRB 360 will happily stream the footage, even enabling VR mode, if required, so you can view it though Google Cardboard or a set of VR goggles, changing the viewpoint by moving your head!Īfter a couple of outings I got brave enough to use the camera externally and mounted it to the lifting rings on the top of a C180’s cabin using a MyPilotPro external camera mount (reviewed here). I was pretty pleased with the quality first time out, with the stabilisation working really well and, somewhat strangely, using the camera’s internal G sensors to keep the horizon level! Happily, the C180 has four solid rings, used to lift the aeroplane to fit skis or floats, and the MyPilotPro mount makes fixing the camera here both easy and secure.Īlthough the VIRB 360 is said by Garmin to be both rugged and waterproof to 10m, its first outing saw it suctioned to the inside of a cockpit. Two 200º lenses, one front, one back, provide a full 360º view around the camera. In terms of mounting, the VIRB is supplied with a couple of attachments which snap onto the bottom of the camera, one of them has a tripod-style bush for screwing into the (supplied) mini-tripod, while the other is a GoPro-style mount. Power users can also specify two separate RAW 5.7K video files from the front and back lenses, for later stitching. You can, of course, shoot full 360º video, but also specify 'just’ recording rectangular, 16:9 video at 1080p, through either the front or the back camera. It’s tough to get things much simpler than that, although Garmin has given it a go, as the VIRB 360 will also respond to voice commands in one of several languages, although I found the feature to be more frustrating than fruitful.ĭespite the 'instant switch’ on the side of the camera, the useful website combined with the simple menu system encourages a bit of exploration. ![]() There’s a great online Owner’s Manual with simple instructions and, better still, a sliding switch on the side which, when activated, turns the camera on and starts shooting video. The VIRB 360 has a built-in GPS and is capable of linking with and displaying data from external ANT+ sensors, so if you have a heart rate monitor you can see just how stressed you were as you fell out of that loop or bounced a gusty crosswind landing! It’ll shoot and, better still, stitch video at 4K in-camera (5.7k at 30fps in RAW is available for external processing) and will shoot 360º stills. It has one battery, a slot for a Micro SD card, one set of controls, a screen and four microphones for 360º sound. The VIRB 360 is basically a small cube with a 200º camera front and back. Okay, that wasn’t a tough prediction, but nonetheless we’re happy it’s come to pass, as in mid-2017, Garmin launched the VIRB 360, and we’ve been taking a look. We also suggested that if you wanted a simpler, better, faster and cheaper solution you’d probably only have to wait for the next generation of 360º video cameras to become available. We came to the conclusion that, if you managed to fight your way through the instructions and were prepared to wait a good while for some slow video processing to take place, you’d get some decent results. Back in the summer of 2016, we reviewed Kodak’s 360º camera.
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