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GoPro's Next Adventure: Virtual Reality and Drones

Posted by samzenpus on from the brand-new dept.

stowie writes: Rumors have been swirling for some time that GoPro was developing a drone. Well, now it's official. Speaking at the Code Conference, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman announced the company's plans to come out with a quadcopter in the first half of 2016. Woodman said "the quad is in some ways the ultimate GoPro accessory," adding that the company is testing software that will wirelessly sync up GoPro footage to the cloud. In a deal announced with Google, GoPro is also offering a virtual reality system using 16 cameras and Google software.

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  1. Hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    Gopros are rebranded 20 buck Chinese webcams. What's so special about them? I remember the first one was a direct derivative, with just a silkscreened gopro logo on it.