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Nokia's $60,000 Virtual Reality Camera Goes On a Drone Test Flight (roadtovr.com)

Posted by timothy on from the money-in-flight dept.

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. Re:No Link? by Yonder+Way · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's obscure. Look for it in parentheses after the title. This was an editorial fail. Surprise!

    http://www.roadtovr.com/nokia-...

  2. Pointless by thegarbz · · Score: 2

    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.