The Antigravity A1 has carried an awkward catch since launch. Wear the Vision Goggles alone outdoors and you break the visual line-of-sight rule in the US and Europe, and for a year that turned every solo bike ride into a two-person job with one person standing in a field staring at the sky. Few people buy a 249g drone hoping to need a babysitter.
Its fix is the Antigravity Follow Me Bundle, and I like that the company shipped it before rushing out an A2. A Watch Remote and a Ring Remote stand in for the goggles and grip controller, with full-coverage propeller guards in the box. You pay $799 with the drone included.
Blame my grandfather’s career in geodesy for my doubts about GPS accuracy. I’m more interested in whether the watch can keep a 360 camera tracking you through quick changes in direction.
Five hours. Antigravity rates the Watch Remote for that long with a drone paired, against 24 or 39 minutes per A1 battery.
The more interesting part is inside the strap. The Watch Remote has its own GNSS receiver, and Antigravity fuses that signal with the A1’s visual tracking. Deep Track on the base drone works from vision alone, and owners have grumbled about it losing fast cyclists and skiers. A second positioning source on your wrist is the right answer to that complaint, at least on paper.
I’m not sure how I’d get along with Drag-to-Fly. You steer by sweeping your hand with the Ring Remote’s button held down, but bringing the A1 closer calls for an inward wrist twist. That’s 2 movements to juggle when framing a shot.
I’d take a closer look at the 8K 360 capture before getting excited about the tracking. A conventional follow-me drone records the view its camera faces. The A1 keeps the rest of the scene, too, which means I can pick my favorite angle after landing.
The guards are a bigger nuisance when it’s time to pack. With them attached, the A1’s arms stay unfolded, taking away some of the convenience of carrying a 249g drone. Finding a launch spot could be tricky, too, since the standard takeoff requirement is 2 meters of vertical clearance.
Early footage shows another wrinkle. One rider got an altitude warning with the guards fitted at roughly 6,500 feet and had to fly without them, and nobody has said yet whether firmware will fix it.
Then there’s the headline claim. Antigravity CEO Michael Shabun calls the kit “the best 360 follow-me drone for family outings and sporting activities,” and until someone pushes it down a tree-lined descent, the GNSS advantage is the brand’s word.
A DJI Neo 2 costs far less. It also films 4K in one direction only. The Antigravity Follow Me Bundle makes sense when solo footage is the goal. Skip it when twin sticks matter more to you.
Anyone filming their own rides gets the most out of the Watch Remote, especially with the handlebar mount in the box. Parents come next. Nobody has to stand behind the camera at a picnic anymore.
Current A1 owners have the easiest decision. The accessory kit lists at $340, and Antigravity is quoting existing owners $272. I’d point the watch at Theia’s playground sprints just to see whether the tracking survives a Labrador’s idea of a straight line.
I’d put the Antigravity Follow Me Bundle on my shortlist. The $799 price includes the drone and comes in at half the Standard Bundle’s cost, while solving a major headache for solo flyers. The tracking needs to stay locked on during a fast descent, though, and I’d want enough time with Drag-to-Fly to judge the learning curve.
Grigor Baklajyan is a copywriter covering technology at Gadget Flow. His contributions include product reviews, buying guides, how-to articles, and more.