{"id":18402,"date":"2023-08-22T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/360rumors.com\/?p=18402"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:47:57","slug":"bullet-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/360rumors.com\/bullet-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-free bullet time is NOW EASIER than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to do a bullet time video but without your hand sticking up into the air?\u00a0 It&#8217;s now a lot easier than you think.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sample:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hands-Free Bullet Time! #bullettime\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Upl43d4a0N0\" width=\"364\" height=\"647\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The bullet time effect made famous by the Matrix movie in 1999 was turned into a feature for the <a href=\"https:\/\/360rumors.com\/insta360-one-in-depth-hands-on-review-best-360-camera-consumers\/\" data-lasso-id=\"18850\">Insta360 One (reviewed here)<\/a>.\u00a0 By spinning an <keyword data-keyword-id=\"3861\">Insta360<\/keyword> camera overhead around you, you could get a cool effect that looks like a moment frozen\u00a0in time while the camera\u00a0revolves around you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Insta360 - Introducing Bullet Time\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/at-tkCISupU\" width=\"994\" height=\"559\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The only issue with bullet time is that you had to stick your arm up in the air in every shot.<\/p>\n<p>I have been trying to get a bullet time effect without my arm up in the air using different devices.\u00a0 I finally found one that is convenient, economical and looks great.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/360rumors.com\/hover-x1-review\/\" data-lasso-id=\"18851\">Hover X1 (reviewed here)<\/a> is a self-flying camera that can follow you around and other tricks including orbiting around you.\u00a0 Other drones have an orbit feature as well, so what&#8217;s the difference?\u00a0 The difference is that the Hover X1 enables you to do an orbit at close range (as little as 5 feet), even with people around because its propellers are enclosed in a flexible plastic cage, making it much safer than a typical drone.<\/p>\n<p>The other advantage of the Hover X1 is its convenience.\u00a0 Not only is it light (about the weight of a bar of soap) and pocketable, but it can also launch into orbit mode (or any other mode) in less than a minute.\u00a0 No need to wait for a GPS lock.<\/p>\n<p>So in this case, all I had to do was choose the orbit height (low angle) and distance (8 feet), and let the Hover X1 fly around me, creating the bullet time effect without my arm sticking up.<\/p>\n<p>How much is the X1?\u00a0 That&#8217;s the other thing &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3siTGL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-lasso-id=\"18852\">it&#8217;s about the cost of a GoPro Hero<\/a>, which is substantially less than a typical DJI drone.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/360rumors.com\/hover-x1-review\/\" data-lasso-id=\"18853\">Check out my full review here<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to do a bullet time video but without your hand sticking up into the air?\u00a0 It&#8217;s now a lot easier than you think.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a sample:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[492,15705],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-360-camera-techniques","category-drones"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v23.4) - 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