Are you a Google Street View creator looking for a solution to create continue paths
on Google Maps in an area that cars can't go? Are you a 360VR filmmaker looking for a solution to do
camera movement but can not afford a $20,000 dollars rover like the motion impossible?
Today, I will review a backpack designed for 360 VR cameras that is perfect for
Google Street View photographers who love to hike in a remote area on foot.
I will test it with my Insta360 Titan - the heaviest and the most expensive VR camera to
shoot 11K super high resolution google street view photos. There is no tutorial out there
right now to teach you how to use Insta360 Pro 2 and Titan to create REAL Street View Path - the
blue line you see here. We will cover that. Having 11K 360 photos in super high quality
with a continuous path is the sure way to replace what is out there on Google map.
But more importantly, for Filmmaker out there, I will teach you how to add vibration dampening
to your setup to create a stable POV 360 video. And as you see here, onewheel with the monopole
backpack to replace the expensive rover and add dynamic camera movement to your 360VR film.
We have a lot to cover in this video, so let's roll right in.
hey what's up everybody it's your boy hugh here from creatorup and today i'm with devin how's
it going hugh so devin where i'll be right now we are at the container yard which is a spot in
downtown LA with a ton of street murals and one dedicated Kobe Bryant and we'll check out later
nice and we are gonna do a virtual tour about this area as you see the Titan right there we actually
gotta shoot this with the titan for google street view and 11k five frames per second super high
resolution and we gotta do it with the special thing on your back it's the monopole backpack
it's a backpack basically with a 39 inch monopole or a one meter tall monopole so it lets you
elevate your camera change your perspective so if you want like a crazy tiny earth you
can really send your camera all the way up you know nice so before we're talking about even 360
you actually can use it for two ds you have to put the microphone on top tell me more about it
uh we've mounted microphones up here for like a stereo audio setup so we get more of a
ambient audio like a sphere or soundscape is probably what i want to go with that
audio soundscape but also you can mount a you know regular normal mirrorless camera to the top
of it and just use it for uh you know we've had gimbals up here so you can you know use the app
to pan the gimbal around as you're like moving the backpack so it's kind of like do whatever you want
with it i guess you know nice within 10 pounds this is actually exceeding the weight limit of
the backpack but because i'm here we're gonna be okay so is it gonna work we're gonna find
out and i am gonna ride my onewheel with the backpack and right around this container area
but before we do that let's talk about more spec so just tell me about the spec about the monopole
so what is the weight limit and how high it can go and and why it's better than like other people's
homemake monopole you know actually yeah how there are some people have homemade monopoles out there
um you know the only thing that i guess differentiates us from them is that uh we've made
like you know a hundred of these now so they're a little bit more sturdier well design quite roomy
and most of them don't go as far as ours i guess i'd say but you know there isn't really anybody
selling a monopole backpack out there right now so we're currently the only people like pursuing
this monopoly backpack dream but we hope to in future make a even taller longer version with an
even stronger pool but right now this current version is a 39 inch pole which is one meter
i can support up to 10 pounds what we have it set at you know uh safely you can support 10 pounds
and which is a 4.5 kilograms also just let everybody know when you put a camera up here
you know if it's you know a couple pound camera it's going to change your whole body's movement
and force so putting a 4.5 kilogram camera be careful when you're bending over you know
be aware of things around you because you are going to be moving with that thing and
it will change your body's center of gravity and maybe cause you to tip over so okay so i i gotta
do the stun because i understand this video so right so we're gonna ride around with that
the multiple backpack is a two section monopole so that means there's two sections here there's like
this is one of the sections the second section it's got twist locks
which are pretty darn sturdy twist it bring it all the way up this is fully extended
and that's the full 39 inches or it's actually just shy of like a meter like 99 like it's 0.99
tell me about meters inside of the backpack oh yeah let's go inside and at the top it's got a 3
8 mount for extra sturdiness so you can either mount a tripod head on there if you want to or
if you have a so it's coming to three eight and oh yeah because you know problem with quarter 20
is it's smaller and not as sturdy as a 3 8 frankly and this is the inside of the backpack which you
can see it's been gone through a bit because i've stuffed things in here but there's enough space
in here to put instant 360 pro 2 even with little stand that it sits on and then a few other little
like uh you know camera bits along the side here and they also have pockets and my favorite thing
is uh not just the monopole but it's got a zipper i'm not mentioning just a zipper but it's got two
pockets on the side either for water bottles or a small tripod so and then a nice handle right
here and importantly just get a little closer talk about we have a i guess a belt strap here
a belly strap and then we have like a sternum strap right here so that'll help secure the
backpack to you and definitely when you're moving around the backpack make sure it's on your tight
because that'll keep the monopole from moving around too much can you put a computer there
uh no there's not enough room for the computer in here because that's where the monopole and its
backing sit so you can actually see it's really secured in there um so that's actually you know
metal where's this material oh that right there is just a hard thick plastic backing that supports it
against it's like you could think of it almost like plywood i mean how heavy is the backpack
in total you know that's a good question it's not too heavy i think it's maybe five pounds
maybe i mean definitely heavier than a normal backpack of course it's got a
metal pole in it but it's not crazy heavy there's another reporter on the side there and then
the pocket right here oh yeah oh wow you know good eyes little fanny pack zipper
i guess you could call it a little fanny pack pocket i guess it would be called yeah
i know hey you know for those who want to support a fanny pack oh it's only on one side sadly
yeah and i should have brought my red fanny pack out
have my things my favorite backpack b/c I am Asian i need the fanny pack
fanny pack put your little thing gums in there dental floss whatever you know things you need
quick access to nice little napkins dental floss it's a fanny pack you put things you
need in your fanny pack easy to reach you know like napkins you know for girls like you know
makeup stuff that they still actually know there's a fanny pack right there
danny back right here it's for film that's my favorite that's a film fanny pack that's like the
wonder woman utility belt cannon yeah this is not canon commercial yeah so another thing let's talk
about why this backpack and this this implication is so important for the 360 industry there's a two
way to make professional money with the titan or the pro 2 actually the Insta360 Pro 2 is the more
the camera that in the the weight limit and i recommend anybody use it or we do it a titan
just for the heck of it just for fun uh the reason why we want that is two major business
is google street view and also use this as a really cheap rover the first uh implication in
google street view as you all know that that's one of the main reasons why people getting this
camera because you can take street view approve photography for area like that when we ride
around with the monopole we can cover large areas that don't allow car to come in like this area
sometimes does not allow car to come in so we can do that with just a electronic skateboard
and a backpack another big reason why is as i said it's a cheap version of the rover it's like rover
easily got 20 000 dollars with the titan even more with this we can have the backpack you carry it you
the operator you're the rover and you run around with a skateboard or onewheel and then you get a
cheap rover that is a great implementation if you need that solution for your film so today we're
going to try both with this setup the monopole backpack okay are your insurance premiums paid
that is a up question do you have camera insurance no no what about health insurance buddy uh i i
don't have i i don't have neither both you have health insurance do i have how we should yes you
do well today we get the test to see how well it works i guess right well i held interest nothing i
i really can't run and shoot because the camera is more expensive than my life so oh so yeah i don't
buy that yeah i i i would take the i would take you over the titan i think that Hugh you're priceless
yeah he was gonna be like save the camera like no you save yourself so this backpack is designed
specifically for the Insta360 Pro 2 and Devin actually used that uh beforehand right we
basically worked together with insta360 to develop the monopole backpack to support the insta360 pro
2. and they basically have tested with the camera and they've assured me and their customers that
the backpack will support that camera model i guess your boy love to do stuff that is not
allowed so i am going to ride with the Insta360 Titan over there with the onewheel over there and
i got ride around this whole area and try to do a virtual tour in this entire area in 11k super
high resolution so let's see if it actually works and if i gonna be epic fail well let's find out
That was fun! For the majority of the viewers,
who do not have OneWheel and are not VR filmmakers, walking tour for Google
Street View is probably the biggest reason why you want to invest into this backpack.
So let's focus the rest of the video on that. When you walk, you will have unwanted up and
down motion, which will affect the flow station stabilization. If you are familiar with how
a gimbal works, you know what I am talking about. So we will need a Vibration Isolator
like the one you see right here to absorb some of those Z-axis motions. It will make your Virtual
Tour look better and more stable. I also have a quick-release
right here - to help take the camera out fast without taking off the backpack.
Insta360 Titan and Pro 2 have a direct way to upload Certified Google Street View Path
onto Google Maps. You can, however, do some extra works to make the result look better.
We recommand shoot at 11K monoscopic in 5fps with the Insta360 Titan and 8K
in 5ps with the Pro 2. Having 11K Titan photo is a sure way to replace whatever
currently on Google Maps - as Google will take in better and more recent Street View
data - so using Titan as a Street View camera has a huge advantage over Pro 2.
Here is the general workflow. Titan and Pro 2 all have a Preview proxy file. You first load
in that Preview file in your editing software of choice. I use Adobe Premiere Pro here. But you can
use any free video player or NLE to do this. You find the Start and Endpoint of your walking path.
Less you can upload on Google, the faster Google will process your Street View.
So this step is important. You write down your in and out point timecode on a piece of paper.
Now, open up Insta360Stitcher - the FREE software that comes with your camera.
Drop the folder of that continue takes here.
Go down to Cut Video session. The From is your in timecode, and the To is your out timecode.
Content-type monoscopic stitching mode use Optical Flow - don't use
the New Optical Flow as that is a lesser quality stitching mode.
Uncheck Flowstation stabilization as this will mess up your GPS data. Also, go without saying,
attach your GPS antenna on your Titan or Pro 2 and make sure they are not blocked by objects.
Another tip is for your branding. The whole point of providing free Google Street View on Google Map
is to advertise your services to local businesses. Having your logo there in
your nadir is very important as you see mine here - with my website and social media.
To add your logo, click use Nadir logo and browser a logo to insert in your Nadir.
The resolution should be 11K. I shot 3D here as I am also doing a 3D 360 Virtual Tour with
3DVista - more on that later. Don't forget to subscribe on CreatorUp to learn that part.
The output format is MP4, and Codec Type is H.264. Everything else can leave as default.
Then go ahead and render the 11K video. We recommand using a computer that has a powerful
GPU on this. Check out this laptop we recommand for this kind of works to save you some time.
After you are done rendering, Open up Stitcher again, on top of the "File" menu, open "Upload
content to google streetview" function. Log into your google account in the popup
menu window. Anyone can be street view certified, and it takes literally 1 upload from your Titan
and Pro 2 and you will be approved. My point is the Google Street View certified badges
mean nothing, and businesses know that. So don't rely on it. Make sure you take
good Virtual Tour photo is more important. If you need help on taking high-quality
HDR virtual tours, check out this series right here. It is the best on the Internet,
and it is also 100% FREE. Please don't pay for any Virtual Tour course;
they are mostly a rip-off. Invest that money in a better camera like Pro 2 or Sony Alpha 1 instead.
If you did all the above steps, go ahead and click "Upload" to submit,
and wait for upload progress completed. Google will automatically turn your video
into consecutive street view photos in the highest quality.
Please give it 2 weeks for Google to process your street view, especially you are uploading 11K 360
video. At the time of recording, my Street View of the Downtown Los Angeles Art District is still
in processing. So be patient with google. Also let your client know,
set their expectation so they won't freak out when the result is not there yet on Google.
I hope you enjoy this video, go out there and create more interesting VR video or map area
that does not have Google Street View paths yet. If you are new here, don't forget to subscribe and
hit the notification bell for a more fun video just like this one. Comment below and tell me
your idea of using this monopole backpack and share your tips & tricks with the community.
I am going to travel with this backpack soon to have more POV views of the places I am going to
visit in 360VR. And I can not wait to share that with you guys. Until next time, ciao!