- Hey guys, it's Justine.
And today we are checking out the brand new Insta360 Link.
Now Insta360 is mostly known for their incredible array
of 360 and action cameras.
But today, we are getting a first look
at their entry into the webcam space.
And this isn't just any boring webcam.
It's a 4K, AI-powered webcam
with a 1/2-inch sensor, a 3-axis gimbal,
built-in algorithms to track your movements,
HDR, and dual noise-canceling microphones.
There's also specialized modes for whiteboard enhancement,
portrait live streaming, desk view, and more.
So let's open it up and see what's in the box.
Look at you! Wow!
Okay, so this is deceiving.
'Cause on the box, it looked so much bigger
than it actually is.
I mean, I guess it's technically the same size,
but this looks like a tiny, little gimbal.
Look at you! There it is.
Let's peel off these stickers.
I also like this has the little mounts
that you can put this on a tripod.
And we've got a USB-C port here on the back,
and this flips down so that you can just position that
on top of your monitor or your MacBook or PC
or whatever it is that you have.
We've got our accessory box here.
What could be inside? It's always a mystery.
Looks like we've got a USB-C to USB-C cable.
It's pretty long too, which is great.
'Cause a lot of times you need a longer cable
so that you can attach your webcam
to either a desktop device
or maybe your computer's far away.
So this is super helpful.
We got a little cleaning cloth. That's nice.
Let's clean your little eye.
There you go. All clean.
It's like we have a little dongle here
to convert from USB-C to USB-A.
That's lovely.
Four stickers! Where am I gonna put all of those?
My goodness. Insta360 loves their stickers.
Okay, we've also got some instructions here.
That's cool.
Okay, there is the whiteboard mode
and these are the stickers that you actually need
to define the definition of where the whiteboard is.
So Justine, good thing you read the directions
and I advise everyone to not do as I do.
We have one more thing. This is a mini 2-in-1 tripod.
I love all of the Insta360 accessories.
Very cool.
I mean, this is such a mini tripod. That is so tiny.
So now we have everything unboxed.
Let's take it over to my desk
and get it all set up and test it out.
So I have the webcam all set up.
I'm so excited to try this out.
I already have the software installed.
It comes with a free downloadable software
called Insta360 Link Controller and this is it right here.
This will give you access to various things
like controlling the gimbal, image settings,
and there's even a More Settings settings
where you can configure the gesture settings.
There's AI zoom options.
And there's other various things like streamer mode, HDR,
mirror image, and a place that you can update the firmware.
So right now we are in the gimbal control setting.
So this gives me the access
to use this little toggle right here
and I can move the gimbal all the way around my office.
Look at that. Like look how far it's going.
It's basically going all the way towards the wall.
Now instead of using this little toggle
to bring it all the way back around,
I can just double-tap right here on the front
and that will bring the camera automatically back to center.
Now there's a preset position section right here.
So you can have this preset various positions.
And when you're in like a live stream
or you're on a conference call,
you can just click over in this app
and you can change those settings
and it'll automatically translate over
to whatever you're streaming on
or on your conference call.
And down. There it is.
Another thing you could do is actually record in the app.
So right now I am recording.
So I'm gonna give you guys that demo one more time.
We are in our normal position,
and now I'm gonna zoom,
and then we're gonna go back to normal,
and then we're gonna go to our downward angle.
That's so great.
Like this is like you have a whole TV studio right here
at the palm of your hands.
Now this desk view, you may have seen that Apple
is now doing something similar to this
in their latest version of Ventura
and using your iPhone as a camera.
It's using this camera lens and AI to correct the distortion
to make everything look like this is almost
an overhead camera, which is so cool.
Oh my god, we can all watch TikTok together.
This also has an overhead mode.
So a lot of YouTubers and content creators
love having that overhead perspective,
which you actually have already seen in this video
of me unboxing.
But this allows you to easily mount this camera
because it's so small.
And the rig that we have now, like these cameras are heavy.
This is so small and it's so portable, so compact
that you can get an overhead camera almost instantly.
And the fact that this is 4K,
you're also gonna be getting really high quality.
Because this is on a gimbal,
it lets you automatically have the camera be
pointed directly down so it'll be leveled.
It'll be centered and you don't have to worry
about making sure if your tripod is level or not
because the gimbal automatically will do that for you.
The other thing is testing out the audio on this camera.
I'm excited to see- See?
I'm excited to hear what that sounds like.
It does have two noise-canceling microphones on it.
So I'm excited to test it out.
And right now the audio that you're listening to
is the audio that's coming directly
through the Insta360 Link.
Love to hear it.
The gesture settings in this
is also what makes it super special.
So we're gonna use the first gesture,
which is putting your palm up just like this.
This allows for auto tracking.
So right now it is tracking me.
Like this puts Center Stage on MacBook and iPad to shame.
I'm walking around. Look at this. I'm behind the camera.
I'm doing Jake's job over here now.
Wait, we can find Jake. He's right here!
Like, look how fast.
Like I'm over here, and then I'm over here,
and then I'm down here.
I feel like this is great for not only educators.
So if you are taking an online class
and your teacher is using this,
they're able to walk around the classroom.
So they're not tied to their desk
and they will be in the frame.
Like this is so great.
I feel like this can also be great for streamers.
There is a portrait mode streaming version.
So if you wanted to connect this to, say, OBS,
you'll be able to switch it into portrait mode
and you can actually stream in a vertical mode,
which is pretty cool.
Now, not only will it do the tracking of you,
but you could also zoom in and zoom out.
You just put up a little L,
and then when you put this up, it'll start zooming.
And when you put it back down, it starts zooming out.
Like it's keeping me in the front, like this is so great.
I wanna show you guys the HDR.
This will obviously give you way more control
over editing and color correction in your video.
So let's turn on the HDR.
Hi. Hello. We're now recording in HDR.
Tracking is on. Here we go.
So this is what HDR looks like on.
And now I'm going to give you guys a little example
of what it looks like with HDR off.
So here's what it looks like with HDR off.
I feel like depending upon what you're filming
or if you're doing conference calls,
you could definitely get away without using HDR.
But man, I'm such a huge fan of HDR
and I'm glad that they have it as an option.
So you might notice that there is now a whiteboard
behind me which means it's time to test out the whiteboard.
Now I've got these stickers,
which obviously I didn't realize
when I was doing my unboxing
that these were actually a key part
of making the whiteboard part work.
So if you go into here, you can see in the capture settings
that when you make the letter V with your fingers,
or a piece sign, that will automatically set it
into whiteboard mode.
And you put these in the corner of the whiteboard
so that it's able to know the boundaries
of where the whiteboard is.
And this will automatically enhance things
that are written on the whiteboard
and it'll keep it in focus.
So let's put these up.
One of the things that this studio did not have
was a whiteboard so we had to go out and get one today.
And you know, obviously, we didn't have a place to mount it.
And so Jake came up with this.
He went and picked us up a whiteboard,
and now we're gonna put these in the corner
so that our trusty little Insta360 Link
will be able to know where the boundaries are.
Let's see if it will notice that it's the whiteboard.
(gasp) There it goes.
Okay, so it just started noticing it.
Oh my gosh! That's freaking cool! Did you see that?
The whole board is here!
I don't know what's gonna happen.
I'm gonna just, I'm gonna write my name.
Okay. It's finding it. It's finding it.
Here it goes. Here it goes. Here it goes.
This is so cool!
Can you even believe that this is a thing?
Like this is actually game changing
for, I feel like, a lot of instructors.
This is something that you definitely would've needed
in the pandemic.
All right, so I'm gonna put up the peace sign
to bring it out of the whiteboard mode.
And then we're gonna do another peace sign
to bring it back in,
to see all of this beautiful whiteboard goodness.
A little flower.
I love this. This is so cool.
Honestly, if you're someone who this is something
that you would need for your school or for teaching,
I think this demo speaks for itself.
I'm freaking impressed.
Thank you guys so much for watching.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
And a huge thank you to Insta360
for partnering with me on this video.
This was really fun to get a chance to check this out,
and I'm actually pretty impressed
with how well this performed.
If you guys wanna get more information about it,
I will put a link in the description.
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