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Snap launches its first drone
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#42i have drones. drones are hard to use. the killer feature of snapchat is that it’s easy to get content up. you have to keep posting new content cause it decays fast. phones are especially good at taking photos and videos and making them accessible. you may go somewhere or meet someone and within a few minutes have 5+ pictures you want to post. or a couple videos you think would do well. you may have them posted withi…
I think the idea here is that snapchat is trying to solve that user issue drones have. If they can make using a drone as simple as TikTok made posting a short edited video, then they succeed here. There are lots of people who want to take drone images, but don't know how to start / what drone to buy / etc. This could (I give it a 30% chance) solve the problem.
Another analogy could be the polaroid camera that 'democratized' casual pictures - this could be the equivalent 'democratization' for drone photography.
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#43this drone could fill a BIG niche! drone manufacturers have been obsessing over the gadget enthusiast audience and that means neglecting the ability to do simple-but-manually complex things such as launch->detect you->frame you->follow you.
If they really do that and add in motion gestures with automatic upload to the Snapchat app interface, that's killer!
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#44I think this is such a fun/playful idea, kudos to Snap! Their first hardware product pretty much bombed but this is oddly one of the first consumer tech toys in a while that I've felt I wanted. I can definitely see this being a fun thing to bring out in the backyard or to cookouts/parties, especially as a dad with young kids too. A couple things I'd be a bit worried about: * Battery life would need to last long enoug…
Oh don't worry, there's no way this will fly for 15 minutes.
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#45I think this is such a fun/playful idea, kudos to Snap! Their first hardware product pretty much bombed but this is oddly one of the first consumer tech toys in a while that I've felt I wanted. I can definitely see this being a fun thing to bring out in the backyard or to cookouts/parties, especially as a dad with young kids too. A couple things I'd be a bit worried about: * Battery life would need to last long enoug…
I'd be surprised if they get 15 minutes, I've played with the DJI mini and barely get that (per battery), and this one looks bulkier and with worse aerodynamics. That said, you probably don't want a noisy drone just hovering next/over your party all the time, and they do include a couple of batteries, swap is super easy.
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#46Why is this pictured outside? The last thing I think anyone wants is a high-pitched quad flying around each campsite / trailhead.
Come to think of it, I cannot think of any place I'd like this to be operated. Perhaps concerts until they start falling on peoples' heads.
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#47I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Nothing about the video encoding, or photo-quality, how many people it can track or how it handles crowds. Even the basics like, what phone's does this support, BLE-5 ect? With no information elsewhere and not actually being able to puchase the device, is this acu…
you can buy one by clicking the shop button. it says it’ll only ship in 12 weeks though.
This might be a locale issue, but from the UK I only see "Notify me" where I imagine you can puchase it?
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#48i have drones. drones are hard to use. the killer feature of snapchat is that it’s easy to get content up. you have to keep posting new content cause it decays fast. phones are especially good at taking photos and videos and making them accessible. you may go somewhere or meet someone and within a few minutes have 5+ pictures you want to post. or a couple videos you think would do well. you may have them posted withi…
Similar exp with a gopro
gopro is this on steroids cause the image quality is so high and file sizes so big you can only really process them at home on a desktop. so do all this work and then take it home, upload to computer, and then maybe process it. i still have hundreds of gigs of footage i haven’t had the heart to throw away yet but also likely won’t review again
proud owner of gopro karma and like 5 gopro cameras. the karma drone i have a fraction of the amount of content from compared to the cameras because it’s that much harder
good example of this is skiing. i would bring my gopro with gimbal and get amazing quality stabilize footage or hold my phone in my hand and get good quality but not amazing. of the videos i watch or share, like 95%+ are from my phone. accessibility is huge
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#49Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.
I was very surprised to hear the rotor buzz. Most drone promo videos pretend that when the motors spin, it makes moody beats sound.
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#50I looked through (edit, most) their site, and can't find any... specs? Nothing about the length of each flight (but it proudly says it can do 5-8 flights). Nothing about the video encoding, or photo-quality, how many people it can track or how it handles crowds. Even the basics like, what phone's does this support, BLE-5 ect? With no information elsewhere and not actually being able to puchase the device, is this acu…
Had to go to 'pixy support' at the bottom, but it still doesn't tote the length of each flight. https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix...
Max flight time is 60 seconds according to a settings screen in this video: