The just-announced Fusion camera is said to capture every angle simultaneously ‘as though you had six GoPro cameras fused into one.’
GoPro revealed a new camera today, the Fusion. It does not resemble the brand’s flagship action cameras, nor does it function the same.
The Fusion is made to capture virtual-reality content as well as non-VR video and photos. It does this via a wide “spherical” lens and huge 5.2K resolution.
“Imagine never having to worry about framing your subject,” writes Jess Foley, a GoPro product manager. “Thanks to Fusion, our users will be able to record their moments in all directions and then go back and choose the composition they want.”
The company calls this “OverCapture,” or reframing. “It’s like having a camera team with you when you shoot capturing your primary and b-roll footage. From there, you have the flexibility in post-production to pick and share all sides of your story in conventional HD,” Foley continued.
Elaborating, GoPro founder and CEO Nicholas Woodman was quoted saying the camera has “the ability to capture every angle simultaneously… as though you had six GoPro cameras fused into one.”
Other companies refer to this kind of camera feature as 360-degree capture. GoPro avoids the 360 term in its press release on the Fusion.
