GoPro: Hero 6 Black and 360-degree camera fusion announced

Actioncam manufacturer GoPro has announced its new cameras. The Hero 6 Black is visually identical with its predecessor, but offers better technology. The GoPro Fusion is the first 360-degree camera of the manufacturer

GoPro Hero 6 Black

The new Hero 6 Black comes in the same housing as the Hero 5 Black. This  is also good, after all, the manufacturer had only changed this at the  last model and adapted the new accessories including drone to this  format. Thus the Hero 6 Black is also waterproof up to ten meters.

Inside, however, a lot has happened: the new heart of the GoPro-Actioncam is a specially developed processor. The GP1 is intended to ensure that you can now record with more pictures per second, but also improves the picture quality. This is especially evident in the dynamic range and in the case of recordings with little light. In  addition, according to GoPro scenes and settings are analyzed better to  their content, in order to create more beautiful automatic videos, the  so-called "QuickStories". These are created in the GoPro app on your smartphone. The calculated image stabilization is now due to the GP1 so well that even without gimbal wackelfreie record succeeds. The data transmission from camera to mobile phone is to be with the new Hero 6 Black three times as fast as before.

4K videos (3840 x 2160 pixels) you take now with 60 instead of 30 pictures per second. Also  the slow motion has been improved: With the full HD resolution (1920 x  1080 pixels) you film with up to 240 videos instead of 120 frames per  second. This results in a slowdown that is ten times slower than real-time. The new Hero 6 Black is now available for 569.99 euros.

Here is an overview of the official technical specifications:

• Specially designed GP1 processor
• 4K video with up to 60 and full HD video with up to 240 frames per second
• Photo shots with 12 megapixels and HDR
• Better image stabilization
• Digital Zoom
• Improved dynamic range, improved recording in low light
• RAW and HDR recordings possible
•  3x faster data transmission from the camera in the 5GHz WLAN
• Waterproof up to ten meters
• Compatible with the Karma drone, the Karma Grip and other GoPro mounts
• Voice control in ten languages
• GPS, Acceleration Sensor and Gyroscope
• WLAN, Bluetooth

360 degree camera fusion comes in November

Already in April of this year, GoPro presented its first 360-degree camera. Now the GoPro Fusion also has an approximate release date: In November, it comes on the market. You can order it now for 749,99 Euro. The GoPro Fusion allows spherical recordings for the first time, which are then mounted to 360-degree videos or photos. The recordings can also be played by app in such a way that they look spherical like a world globe.

The GoPro Fusion sensors record video in 5.2K at 30 frames per second, or in 3K at 60 frames per second. You  can either share the videos as content for VR glasses, or use the  "OverCapture" function to dynamically select a perspective and post or  record the recording as a normal video. This particular mode will be updated by the beginning of next year.

An overview of the technical specifications:

• Spherical videos in 5.2K quality (30 frames per second) or 3K quality (60 frames per second)
• 18 megapixel resolution for spherical photos
• Compatible with the GoPro app
• "OverCapture" feature cuts a traditional video with only one perspective from the 360-degree material
• Improved image stabilization
• 360-degree audio
• Water resistant to five meters
• Compatible with most GoPro mounts
• Supplied with the Fusion Grip Mount (hand-held)
• Voice control in more than ten languages
• GPS, Acceleration Sensor, Gyroscope and Compass
• WLAN, Bluetooth