WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:04.720 Drones have come a long way since I first started talking about them back at NCIX. 00:00:04.720 --> 00:00:10.760 You know, there's big ones now. You need the certification. You need to go train and go to school for five years 00:00:10.760 --> 00:00:14.260 just to fly them near an airport. You're not supposed to fly them. 00:00:14.260 --> 00:00:17.600 But Hover sponsored this video to prove to all of you 00:00:17.600 --> 00:00:22.800 that it doesn't have to be that complicated. This is the Hover Camera X1. 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:27.460 It is a very light drone. It's 125 grams, which means that it's under 00:00:27.460 --> 00:00:30.700 the 250 gram threshold that requires you 00:00:30.700 --> 00:00:34.100 in the U.S. and Canada to get certification, 00:00:34.100 --> 00:00:37.900 to fly a drone. Do I need to look at the quick start guide? No, I don't. 00:00:37.900 --> 00:00:43.540 It's supposed to be easy to use. I don't need to read the quick start guide, but I probably should look at at least this card. 00:00:43.540 --> 00:00:46.980 It seems useful. Yeah, this is, I'm excited about this one. 00:00:46.980 --> 00:00:50.820 You're just supposed to hold it horizontally in the palm of your hand. 00:00:50.820 --> 00:00:54.300 And then I believe that you press the button and there's a three second take off. 00:00:54.300 --> 00:00:58.680 And that's gonna be exciting. I wanna see that. Disclaimer and safety instructions. 00:00:58.680 --> 00:01:04.820 I'll have my people read that. Okay, what else we got? Oh, we got a little box here with some treats. 00:01:04.820 --> 00:01:09.060 Ooh, ooh, a nice bag. There's nothing in the bag, 00:01:09.060 --> 00:01:13.220 because I think that's to hold the actual drone itself. 00:01:13.220 --> 00:01:17.700 A charging cable? USB-C to USB-A? 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:20.980 Okay, that's everything in the box. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:26.300 Let's take a look at the drone itself. Man, it is a very small boy, hey? 00:01:26.300 --> 00:01:29.940 There have been of course many small drones over the years, 00:01:29.940 --> 00:01:33.820 but this is interesting to see this foldable design. 00:01:33.820 --> 00:01:36.860 And presumably it fits in that bag I looked at earlier. 00:01:36.860 --> 00:01:43.020 Let's take a look at what is on the outside. So on the top here, we've got the power and take off button. 00:01:43.020 --> 00:01:46.100 There's the mode button, which switches modes. 00:01:46.100 --> 00:01:50.100 I'm not sure what the modes are right now, but I know that there are five flight paths 00:01:50.100 --> 00:01:53.140 that you can switch between on the fly. 00:01:54.140 --> 00:01:59.140 And then there are five LED indicators surrounding that, 00:02:00.460 --> 00:02:05.740 which I guess will give you a visual representation of what mode you're in when you're not using the app. 00:02:05.740 --> 00:02:10.380 On this side, we have what looks like the USB-C charging port. 00:02:10.380 --> 00:02:16.220 On the other side, not much, but I did also not mention this is the battery here, 00:02:16.220 --> 00:02:22.580 which is directly replaceable. We have the charging hub here with an extra battery, 00:02:22.580 --> 00:02:26.020 and oh, and there's two slots for that. And each one of these batteries 00:02:26.020 --> 00:02:29.620 will give you 11 minutes of flight time. Thankfully, you got two batteries here. 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:32.940 You can swap them out and keep going for another 11 minutes. 00:02:32.940 --> 00:02:36.980 And the fun times keep on flying. I just want to do this all day. 00:02:36.980 --> 00:02:40.020 This is just fun. It looks like it's clapping for me. 00:02:40.020 --> 00:02:44.380 Good job, Riley. We've got the gimbal camera here with some, 00:02:44.380 --> 00:02:48.660 ooh, some jiggly stabilizing mechanisms there. 00:02:48.700 --> 00:02:53.100 It can shoot 2.7K at 30 FPS or 1080p at 60 00:02:53.100 --> 00:02:56.940 or 1080p at HDR. So we'll take a look at what that looks like. 00:02:56.940 --> 00:03:00.500 And on the bottom, we've got our downward-facing sensor array. 00:03:00.500 --> 00:03:03.860 This drone actually has a time-of-flight laser positioning 00:03:03.860 --> 00:03:07.340 system here, as well as VIO technology, 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:14.200 which means that it uses a camera and deep learning technology to see where it's going, 00:03:14.200 --> 00:03:19.380 just with a visual system, instead of relying on a bunch of sensors and GPS. 00:03:19.380 --> 00:03:22.620 So that's interesting. We'll see how well that plays out. 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:27.620 Okay, let's pair it with the app, and then take it outside. 00:03:27.620 --> 00:03:32.820 Let's have some fun. Whoa, we've picked up a signal on the radar, 00:03:32.820 --> 00:03:36.940 on the sonar, captain. Should I hail them? 00:03:36.940 --> 00:03:42.060 Press and hold the power button on the hover until the status indicator turns solid green. 00:03:42.060 --> 00:03:47.340 Ooh, I like this display. Ooh, oh! Current mode, hover. 00:03:47.340 --> 00:03:50.340 Done, it's connected. Before starting your flight, 00:03:50.340 --> 00:03:54.100 pick up hover and follow me. Please complete eight tasks. 00:03:54.100 --> 00:03:57.140 Are you ready? Please confirm that the status light turns green. 00:03:57.140 --> 00:04:01.700 Hover is ready to fly. Oh, I didn't see this warning the first time. 00:04:01.700 --> 00:04:04.700 Do not fly in the following environments. Low light situation. 00:04:04.700 --> 00:04:06.840 The ground texture is not clear. 00:04:07.740 --> 00:04:12.220 And it has a picture of like a smooth floor. So if your floors are too clean, 00:04:13.220 --> 00:04:16.380 water surface, don't fly it over water, 00:04:16.380 --> 00:04:19.980 and large height variants. And it shows buildings. 00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:24.340 Please hold hover in your palm horizontally and align the camera to your face. 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:30.220 Hi. Use the other hand to short press the power button. 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:34.140 I'm holding my phone with the other hand. Short press, not long press. 00:04:35.140 --> 00:04:37.140 Continue, snapshot. 00:04:41.580 --> 00:04:45.620 Oh, I didn't, okay. I didn't think it was gonna go right away. 00:04:45.620 --> 00:04:50.660 The red light indicates filming is in progress. I didn't give you permission, but okay. 00:04:50.660 --> 00:04:55.060 Strike a pose. Once you've been still for three seconds, hover will take a photo of you. 00:04:58.580 --> 00:05:02.700 Did you take the photo? Oh, okay, it did. After shooting, place your palm directly under the hover 00:05:02.700 --> 00:05:04.100 and wait for the hover to land. 00:05:07.820 --> 00:05:11.140 It feels safe with me. I've already bonded. 00:05:12.700 --> 00:05:15.780 After the propeller shut off, the flight is officially completed, 00:05:15.780 --> 00:05:20.580 and we can all go home. But now there's also, now there's these other icons in the app. 00:05:20.580 --> 00:05:25.140 Sound recording, link account, hover's album. Oh, I can see the picture. 00:05:25.140 --> 00:05:28.780 Got it, okay. Here's the, oh wow, it took a bunch of, 00:05:28.780 --> 00:05:33.620 it took a bunch of photos. So that was cool. But now I wanna see what it's capable of. 00:05:33.620 --> 00:05:36.980 All right, now I understand. There are six icons on the top 00:05:36.980 --> 00:05:40.220 because there are five of those are the flight paths 00:05:40.220 --> 00:05:44.020 that you can switch between. And then the sixth one is custom. 00:05:44.020 --> 00:05:47.420 I guess you can make a custom one, which I'm not going to do. 00:05:47.420 --> 00:05:52.780 You can also change modes in the app as well. I mean, it says here, hover, zoom out, follow, orbit, 00:05:52.780 --> 00:05:56.540 bird's eye. Oh, and then there's extra ones. 00:05:56.540 --> 00:06:00.060 But those are, there's the basic ones, and then there's the skilled ones. 00:06:00.100 --> 00:06:03.100 Snapshot, dolly track, manual control. 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:06.100 The cartoon character in this app is hilarious. 00:06:06.100 --> 00:06:10.620 What is it? He's got his legs up behind his head. 00:06:10.620 --> 00:06:13.660 What? So let's go through the flight modes then. 00:06:15.020 --> 00:06:19.180 Let's start with whatever this one is, hover. 00:06:19.180 --> 00:06:24.180 Oh, it tells you what, zoom out, follow, follow, orbit, 00:06:28.140 --> 00:06:31.220 bird's eye. Bird's eye. 00:06:31.220 --> 00:06:36.220 Yeah, so it follows me around my mansion, 00:06:37.140 --> 00:06:41.380 but it doesn't follow, it'll stay there because it knows its place. 00:06:41.380 --> 00:06:48.020 And then if you just stick your hand out, it just comes right down. Man, I feel like I've known this little guy for years. 00:06:48.900 --> 00:06:52.500 Okay, let's switch to zoom out. 00:06:56.060 --> 00:07:00.380 Whoa. Now, is it recording right now? 00:07:01.780 --> 00:07:02.900 Come back to me. 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.820 There's nothing for you out there in the world. You belong with me. 00:07:12.220 --> 00:07:15.500 It'll always come back. The prodigal drone, okay. 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:19.980 Oh, okay, and then if you wanna actually watch the video, you have to download it. 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:25.460 That's interesting. It would be really nice if the process to see the file 00:07:25.460 --> 00:07:29.700 that you just, the video that you just recorded, was a bit quicker. 00:07:29.700 --> 00:07:33.180 Right now it's downloading from the drone onto the phone. 00:07:33.180 --> 00:07:37.780 It has to download and process before you can just watch it. So that could be a bit quicker. 00:07:37.780 --> 00:07:42.740 It was only a five second video. Okay, so there are settings in the app 00:07:42.740 --> 00:07:47.100 for changing like how long it's gonna zoom out 00:07:47.100 --> 00:07:52.140 and come back or how long it's gonna record for. All right, let's try the next mode, follow. 00:07:52.140 --> 00:07:54.820 Just like we practiced little buddy, you can do it. 00:07:58.780 --> 00:08:01.220 Come on, don't look at them this way. 00:08:02.140 --> 00:08:03.460 Yes, yes. 00:08:05.260 --> 00:08:09.100 You're doing great. You're doing it, Peter. 00:08:09.100 --> 00:08:16.780 I've called him Peter. Marcus, have you ever seen such an amazing thing in your life? 00:08:18.620 --> 00:08:24.580 Yeah, now it's yours. He's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's 00:08:24.580 --> 00:08:28.180 he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's 00:08:28.260 --> 00:08:31.780 he's on you now. Okay, just go, just go. 00:08:31.780 --> 00:08:32.940 You're free now. 00:08:35.020 --> 00:08:37.700 Go. Don't you get it? 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:44.580 I can't stay with me. Go. Okay, we're in orbit now. 00:08:44.580 --> 00:08:47.820 Let's go over here. I may be orbit me. 00:08:50.460 --> 00:08:51.220 It listened. 00:08:53.500 --> 00:08:56.900 Okay, now what if, what if I don't go get it? 00:08:59.100 --> 00:09:04.780 It's coming. It's like, daddy, daddy, pick me up. 00:09:04.780 --> 00:09:12.500 What if I don't? What's it going to do? Oh, it just, it just has like a breakdown. 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:14.500 It's just like, I don't know what to do. 00:09:16.500 --> 00:09:20.700 I see. That was like, I felt cruel there making it hover. 00:09:20.700 --> 00:09:22.700 The last one of the five modes. 00:09:25.020 --> 00:09:28.540 Bird eye. Okay, what do you, I don't know what you're going to do. 00:09:28.540 --> 00:09:30.100 This is going to be a surprise. 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:34.900 Wait. No, I'm not ready. 00:09:34.900 --> 00:09:37.620 Oh, okay. Wow. 00:09:38.780 --> 00:09:42.620 It's going. Is it going to stop and come back? 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:45.900 Oh, it's already, it's already coming back. 00:09:45.900 --> 00:09:50.740 I got to say, there's a part of me that's like, ah, it's a bit gimmicky, but there's a, 00:09:50.740 --> 00:09:53.980 maybe a bigger part that's like, this is really cool. 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:59.300 It's like, it's cool how intuitive it is. I just held my hand out and it's just like, yes, father. 00:09:59.300 --> 00:10:02.540 And I'm like, I already have a son. Let's just calm down. Oh, okay. 00:10:02.540 --> 00:10:06.540 So you can set it to record for 30 seconds or 60 seconds 00:10:06.540 --> 00:10:10.020 or five minutes or just continue, which I guess means that like, 00:10:10.020 --> 00:10:14.580 keep recording until I tell you to shut up. You should be able to tell that the audio 00:10:14.580 --> 00:10:18.420 is actually coming from the phone and not the drone. 00:10:18.420 --> 00:10:23.620 The phone and not the drone. And that's because if the microphone was on the drone, 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:27.020 you wouldn't, you'd just hear a buzz. 00:10:27.020 --> 00:10:30.460 So look at it. Oh, it's far away. Can you hear me? Can you hear me? 00:10:30.460 --> 00:10:33.900 Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Can you see what I'm doing? 00:10:33.900 --> 00:10:39.980 If you switch to vertical video mode, you're limited to 1080p 30 FPS, 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:43.780 but the option is there if you like want to post a social or something, I guess. 00:10:43.780 --> 00:10:46.740 Oh, you think you can follow me? We'll have to see. 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:50.620 Come on. No. 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:04.940 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. 00:11:08.940 --> 00:11:12.660 You've done well. Okay, we're back inside. 00:11:12.660 --> 00:11:17.940 I want to take a look at some of this footage because you know, that was very exciting out there. 00:11:17.940 --> 00:11:22.460 It was a challenging situation as David points out with the lighting, you know, it was basically 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:26.540 things were blown out with the sun in the background and there was harsh shadows, 00:11:26.540 --> 00:11:30.300 but it seems to be doing a really good job. I mean, like obviously the sky is blown out, 00:11:30.300 --> 00:11:33.740 but the color and the detail are pretty impressive 00:11:33.740 --> 00:11:37.020 for, you know, a tiny little drone camera. 00:11:37.020 --> 00:11:41.100 It did a really fun like edit, adding music 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:44.300 and taking screenshots during the video 00:11:44.340 --> 00:11:48.060 so I can always forever remember the setup process 00:11:48.060 --> 00:11:52.060 for the drone. I'm gonna put that right beside my kids' photos. 00:11:52.060 --> 00:11:56.300 This is interesting. For some of the modes, I couldn't tell this while I was actually using the drone, 00:11:56.300 --> 00:12:00.820 but now I can see it records for like the first bit 00:12:00.820 --> 00:12:05.060 of the motion and then it stops and then records again 00:12:05.060 --> 00:12:08.100 as it comes back. It did that for the bird's eye mode 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:13.780 and for the zoom out mode. So, I mean, you might be able to change that in settings, 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:19.420 because they did have some settings for like changing specific settings of different modes. 00:12:19.420 --> 00:12:23.540 I gotta say, as I'm watching these, I'm reminded of the time when we were just outside 00:12:23.540 --> 00:12:27.780 two seconds ago and it was my impression 00:12:27.780 --> 00:12:33.820 of this drone overall, pretty good. Like there's not a ton that I have to complain about here 00:12:33.820 --> 00:12:38.820 other than they, you know, oh, I wanna see the things that I just recorded. 00:12:38.820 --> 00:12:42.820 I have to download them off the drone and have them downloaded and processed 00:12:42.820 --> 00:12:47.620 and then they're available to watch. But like, you wouldn't expect a small drone like this 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:51.220 to have the type of Wi-Fi equipment that you could like stream high quality video 00:12:51.220 --> 00:12:56.180 to your phone directly from it. So, you know, I kind of forgive that 00:12:56.180 --> 00:13:01.660 because the rest of the experience using it was, I didn't have, I mean, I didn't have any complaints. 00:13:01.660 --> 00:13:04.700 When I was done with it, I just put my hand out and it landed immediately. 00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:07.740 So, if the Hover Camera X1 is something you're interested in, 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:12.860 they actually have a combo right now that's on sale. You get the drone and the battery charger 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:18.260 and an extra battery for 445, but it's on sale for 399. 00:13:18.260 --> 00:13:24.500 So, if you're interested in that, check the link in the description and thanks to Hover for sponsoring this video. 00:13:24.500 --> 00:13:27.580 Hey, thanks for watching. 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