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Nokia's $60,000 Virtual Reality Camera Goes On a Drone Test Flight (roadtovr.com)
An anonymous reader writes: After selling off its phone business to Microsoft in 2013, Nokia began an internal reboot which would see the company focusing on the upcoming virtual reality market. The company announced its new direction in July with the debut of 'OZO', a virtual reality camera made for professional filmmakers. Now set to launch in Q1 2016, the compact 9.3 pound camera can operate untethered thanks to internal power and capture storage, making it drone-capable. To demonstrate, Nokia took OZO on a closed test-flight just a few days ago using an 'Aerigon' cinema drone.
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1. Drone with high grade camera.
2. Flies over property.
4. Profit!
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How did this make it to the front page?
1. The summary doesn't even have a link.
2. Once you find the obscure link in the header, and watch the video, you just see some unfinished blob of a heavy lift drone taking off and hovering with some royalty free techno music behind it.
There's nothing here that is informative or newsworthy. Looks like more paid astroturfing.
the compact 9.3 pound camera can operate untethered thanks to internal power and capture storage
Wow, internal power AND storage? It's like we're living in the 21st century.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk.
Those Republicans hate children. They care only about profit.
There's something in ma butt tonight (Score:0)
Fernando!
I imagine that actors will be talking a lot to the camera like in the British sitcom Peep Show so it looks they are talking to us. ...
No more need for slopes in movies theaters.
No more annoying tall people in the front row or bright cellphone lights.
With binaural/HRTF audio and headphones, you no longer hear peoples making comments from the row behind you.
Looks a lot like a scene I remember from the Matrix
Only 75$ for the 2 hours experience.
(we promise not to harvest extra energy from your body without your consent, but if you want to we will provide complimentary popcorn!)
TV edit is done directly from the director's head.
The idea of VR film-making is just a load of crap. I saw my first VR film on youtube the other day. It was an amazing experience. I got half way through before I realised I was supposed to pan and tilt the camera to look around. So I started again and realised I missed half of what was going on and now I knew what was being talked about. I was fully set for the second half of the film. ... except I missed half of what was going on in the second half too because there was no indication of where any real action was supposed to be happening. I guy came into the room and sat down and I didn't even realise it.
Honestly, my first VR experience and it was garbage. Maybe someone can do it better but I don't see this taking off.
Drones will be the future, but this is pure buzz.
I mean a 60K setup using [dual] Futaba? likely a DJI A2 system?
For that I'd use industrial/airware electronics, and custom RF system (licensed). All this hobby parts with no MTBF ratings, ISO QC checks, un-reviewed software, and such is putting an entire business on a wire.
I mean even DoD is using hobby parts for some if their stuff, which is unreliable for something of that calibre.
Oh wait - Americans...
What video cameras nowadays DON'T have hard drives, SSDs or memory cards? WTF?
Strap a Nokia to the nose of a drone and the impact will dig a hole to China.
Filmmaking is mostly about directing the viewers attention to what the director finds interesting. With VR cinema that is a very difficult task.
I've been in the plane.
It's absolutely nothing like being in the plane.
This doesn't sound very VR to me. Thew camera doesn't seem stereoscopic. I'm guessing it's more like 360 video.