Antigravity, the sub-brand of Insta360, has unveiled its first drone. It’s called the Antigravity A1 and the company is claiming it to be the world’s first All-In-One 8K 360° drone.
The A1 drone features a dual-lens camera system that is capable of capturing everything around it, in 360°. In typical drone fashion, it’s a quadcopter style drone with foldable fan arms.
The A1 uses advanced stitching technology that makes the drone appear invisible when the user is wearing the special goggles that come bundled with it. On that note, the Vision googles of the A1 itself are designed on purpose to look rather bug-eyed, as well as work with a specially designed one-handed controller.
It’s called the Grip controller and it uses the brand’s FreeMotion controller technology. Also, it basically looks a like the joystick in the cockpit of a fighter jet, leaving little to the imagination as to where Antigravity turned to for inspiration, then.
Antigravity states that the idea behind the Grip controller is to create “point and go” mechanics, allowing the drone to be directed where to go, rather than relying solely on traditional thumbsticks for navigation. “We didn’t want to just build another drone. We wanted to create an entirely new way to fly,” says BC Nie, Head of Marketing at Antigravity. “A1 is the first step in reimagining flight as something anyone can enjoy — something that is safe, intuitive, expressive, and endlessly creative.”
As for the rest of the specs, little is known about the internals of the drone, and even less about just how much Antigravity is planning to sell it for. The somewhat good news is that the company is already set to launch its maiden drone in January 2026, with said details to be announced “closer to launch”. On a related note, the company is currently inviting creators worldwide to test a pre-production A1 drone, so that they can provide feedback and share their ideas with the R&D team.
(Source: Antigravity, PetaPixel)
