Rylo (reviewed here) posted a teaser video for what they say is a major announcement tomorrow, and while the video might not seem remarkable at first glance, it actually does show something very interesting! It was so interesting that after I noticed it, I had to watch the video again and again!
Here’s the teaser video:
The video shows a very stable third person view of a skier. The caption says, “Same camera. Now more unbelievable. 11.8”
The third person view in the video looks great but at first glance there seems to be nothing new. Rylo is one of several 3pV cameras (third person view cameras), which are stabilized 360 cameras that can provide a third person view like an invisible flying camera. To learn more about 3PV cameras, watch this video I made for the Insta360 One X.
What could the new feature be? Rylo fans have been a bit skeptical because Rylo’s last “major announcement” turned out to be nothing more than Rylo’s availability through Best Buy’s electronics big box stores.
But there is indeed something unusual about the video, and this skiing video was a very good demonstration of it. This frame grab is a hint:
Do you see now see what’s so incredible?
It is hands-free. And the mount looks invisible.
There are several ‘invisible’ monopods and selfie sticks as I showed in my Ultimate Tripod Comparison, but they need to be held in one hand. There are hands-free mounts, such as Sail Video Systems but the harness is like a weightlifting belt and is visible:
In Rylo’s trailer video, the skier is able to ski hands-free, while the mount is invisible. And somehow the skier was able to use the mount despite having a large backpack.
UPDATE: I found another skier who’s been able to do an invisible mount as well
I’m really looking forward to seeing what Rylo’s mount consists of, and whether it can be used with other 3PV 360 cameras. OR will my prediction fall flat? We’ll find out tomorrow! BTW, you can get updates on the Rylo and other 360 cameras for free here. Also please join the Rylo group on Facebook! Meanwhile I’m still working on my next video which I guarantee will be SUPER AWESOME. Don’t miss it!
Hey. Isn’t that a monopod attached to the backpack? Nice, not groundbreaking.
Looks like they imitated insta’s waist wrap…you can see it underneath the backpack.
Not invisible, failed to remove the shadow on the snow, now THAT would be impressive!
for Pete’s sake…
you can see something in the right hand of the skier just very tiny when he is skiing with only one pole
That is the “normal” selfie stick like the one INSTA360ONE presented a while ago.
You do see the pole shadow, right?
I see the shadow of the pole sticking out the skier’s back. The question is how it was mounted to look invisible. Apparently, it was an SVS but the harness looked like it was part of the backpack
Hi Michael,
Nice article, love the part about the invisible Mount on the skier. You know this is actually the SailVideoSystem 3rdPersonView LITE360 mount that we make. You can see the clear backplate (that is smaller then the 3pvX2 Pro mount) and also the green sting that is used to release the camera pole.
Also I noticed that you link our company SailVideoSystem to Amazon, but it would be nice if you would link it to our own website 😉 http://www.sailvideosystem.com as from there we ship worldwide to all customers.
Thx Thijs / SailVideoSystem
That’s great! I didn’t realize they used SVS for the video!