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Snap launches its first drone
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Re: Snap launches its first drone
#52I 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…
>Would there be an audible hum in the video it records from the 4x propellers? 100% yes and this is why every drone video ever has music over it.
not just drone vids, pro video (e.g. hollywood) all add sound in post. Foley Artist is a fun job.
A solution would be to have Snap™ mics that i clip on to my shirt and it syncs with the video while recording.
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#53this 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!
While I think you're right about the product focus, FWIW, the Parrot drones/phone app have easy to use modes like this.
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#54this 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!
While I think you're right about the product focus, FWIW, the Parrot drones/phone app have easy to use modes like this.
thanks! I haven't been following that space for a long time, seems like it has stagnated.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Would there be an audible hum in the video it records from the 4x propellers? 100% yes and this is why every drone video ever has music over it.
not just drone vids, pro video (e.g. hollywood) all add sound in post. Foley Artist is a fun job. A solution would be to have Snap™ mics that i clip on to my shirt and it syncs with the video while recording.
Why would they clip? Surely they should snap onto your shirt.
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#56i 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 'democr…
i don’t see any mass adoption of drones. the only time drone photos/videos will be common is when your phone can fly. bringing a drone around is a hassle. they are generally big (esp compared to a phone), extremely fragile, expensive, have short battery life. they are everything that made digital cameras hard and more. they would have to be so much better than what we have, but phone images and videos are already so good i don’t see it happening
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#57The camera quality doesn't look great, even in the promo videos. You'd think a software company can put on some some decent color balance at least. Also the video is very wobbly because it's such a small platform and no gimbal. That can be fixed in large part in software too. I suppose they're going for the artistically constrained angle, more like a disposable camera.
"We are taking a video" [Come Fly with Me plays] ... What AI wrote this!? I'm so confused who is supposed to do what with this. Edit: I fully understand the product, I'm talking about the marketing material. Is it for children? Take for example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfS0P-40_Bo ; that highlights the meaning and capability of the product. Pixy feels Sesame Street.
I don't know, I can think of multiple use cases.
I for one think a flying, easy to use, autopilot camera is a pretty fun thing to have when going out hiking or to the beach with friends, for example. Just pack one in your bag and set it free pretty much whenever you want. It's basically a camera that flies around you and directs itself. Do you also not see "who is supposed to do what" with a regular camera? Why is this any different?
Makes for fun memories!
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel like this is the worst part about Snapchat. Everything you record in SC looks like shit. It’s so bad that I feel like it makes Snapchat feel cheaper on the social media hierarchy
It's far worse on Android since they are creating the video from the "preview" window surface instead of directly from the camera interface.
I keep seeing that claim pop up here and on Reddit but their app has been using the camera2 api since at least 2019
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#59I 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…
Tech specs buried here: https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix...
No info about battery life anywhere to be found.
Re: Snap launches its first drone
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
not just drone vids, pro video (e.g. hollywood) all add sound in post. Foley Artist is a fun job. A solution would be to have Snap™ mics that i clip on to my shirt and it syncs with the video while recording.
Why would they clip? Surely they should snap onto your shirt.
at first i thought you were being pedantic somehow and then I got the joke.