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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. Re:Not a new idea by Rei · · Score: 2

    I figured they'd tackle something more ambitious than that with their drone offerings - a drone that (barring instructions to do otherwise) follows you around whatever you're doing and keeps the camera on you, trying to get the most epic shots. E.g., you bungee jump off a bridge, it races you to the bottom, keeping whatever distance and filming style you told it to.

    But maybe it's just another remote control drone.

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  2. Meh by koan · · Score: 2

    Been building and flying "drones" (multirotor helicopters) for a while now, and I am sick to death of the "GoPro look".

    They should have added a model with adjustable lens packages and a zoom, that would be interesting.

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