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Snap launches its first drone

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Post by laptop-man »

slg wrote: post #137
olafura wrote: post #36

Refreshingly 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.

That is nice, but there is still intentionally misleading marketing fluff like this: >Each rechargeable battery allows you to capture content for 5-8 flights, depending on the flight mode(s) selected. Rechargeable batteries can be swapped for easy use... Why phrase it like that? That gives zero impression of what the actual battery life is because I have no idea what a "flight" means as a unit of measurement. Just te…

I fly FPV drones, I have one very similar to that size. running a 1s 300mah lihv I get about 3 to 5 minutes. 5 minutes damages the battery. but the tiny lihv never liv long enough anyways.

I'd expect it to get close to that time, but it has so much more plastic around it. but then again it's not transmitting video.

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Post by meetups323 »

ram_rar wrote: post #162

I wonder how are they able to call it Pixy. Isn't the word trademarked? https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:d0...

Description of Mark: The mark consists of the letters "PIXY" in a stylized font, with three partial circles representing smoke blooms over the letters.

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Post by jkeat »

ram_rar wrote: post #162

I wonder how are they able to call it Pixy. Isn't the word trademarked? https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:d0...

Link doesn't work, here's another reference: https://alter.com/trademarks/pixy-88492464

> Camera containing a linear image sensor; Cameras; Motion-activated cameras; Optical sensors

https://pixycam.com/

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Post by ChrisArchitect »

ahmed_ds wrote: post #144

I kinda feel sad for Snap for even trying. I remember Snap was one of the very first meme stock. They failed with their camera spectacles. They failed to keep up with computer vision compared to TikTok and shift towards Gen Z. They failed to come up with a decent creators monetization system. Recently I read that they are signing MOUs with entertainment companies that involved AR tech. And now they are involved in ma…

Yeah, many would think so, me included, but I also recognize strange as it is, there is a whole younger generation that it has been the defacto communications app for like 4-5 years now, so that's something to ride.

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Post by germinalphrase »

vineyardmike wrote: post #163
germinalphrase wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cyclists as well. Someone should popularize an ultrasonic directional Bluetooth speaker for these use cases that won’t destroy the peace of public spaces.

And what if we could mount these directional speakers directly on someone’s head! Then we could reduce the volume a lot so it’s even quieter to neighbors. Maybe use some sort of physical bell or cup shape to direct it right into someone’s ears without ultrasonics (for cost reasons). Then we might save enough that we can use 2x speakers to get L/R audio streams.

To address your point rather than your sarcasm: headphones are unsafe while cycling because they block environmental sounds (though it’s true that music from a speaker can impact attentional blindness. There is also the shared experience of listening to music with another person. The ability to create a “music bubble” around you without disturbing others satisfies both parties.

Ultrasonic speakers aren’t even exotic tech. I first encountered one in a museum at least ten or fifteen years ago.

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Post by crowbahr »

ahmed_ds wrote: post #144

I kinda feel sad for Snap for even trying. I remember Snap was one of the very first meme stock. They failed with their camera spectacles. They failed to keep up with computer vision compared to TikTok and shift towards Gen Z. They failed to come up with a decent creators monetization system. Recently I read that they are signing MOUs with entertainment companies that involved AR tech. And now they are involved in ma…

I mean this in the kindest way possible: I suspect you're out of touch.

Snapchat is used by more than 90% of 13-24 year olds in the USA and Gen-Z increasingly prefers it to any other form of communications social media. The ephemeral, personal nature of snap has been enormously popular with the youngest generation, and there's no sign of it stopping. Latest Q1 reports show daily users up 18% annually, 2 million more than forecast.

Are they looking for more money? Yes, as is their fiduciary responsibility as a publicly traded company... but that doesn't mean they're flagging.

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Post by simulate-me »

throwaway413 wrote: post #136
isp wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The video appears to imply that 30 seconds is the default flight time. So I'd estimate 2.5 - 4 minutes of flight time per battery.

So almost 1/10th of the Mini 2 flight time, for 6/10ths the price, and like 2/10ths the featureset and quality of capture. Do people really love Snapchat that much that they’d choose such a trade off for app integration alone? Seems like a tough sell.

It has 0/10th of the controller though.

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Post by ehnto »

nanidin wrote: post #67
inasio wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Interesting because I have a Mavic Mini and it flies consistently for 20-25 minutes and I’ve had it for more than a year.

It's really dependent on what both of you are doing with the drones. If you are boosting around fast and high, it's going to be less. If you are just hovering around the house then it's going to be longer.

Battery health and actual charge capacity could be different too, depending on how the batteries are stored and how they have been treated etc.

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Post by Brystephor »

tren-hard wrote: post #102

Super cool little fun product. I like that Snap tries to be different and take chances on hardware. Their glasses never really took off but they still iterated on it and did a second version and I’m sure some of the lessons learned there were applied to this product. I’m curious to learn about how it does indoors.

There's also a third version of spectacles too.

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Post by rabuse »

trompetenaccoun wrote: post #167
shisisms wrote: post #152

Won’t there now be 1000s of flying selfie sticks bumping into each other? Looks beautiful. Feels like dystopian comedy.

This is a really good business idea, it's going to be very successful. I also hate everything about it. The selfie sticks were bad enough but just like you say soon every idiot tourist is going to have an autonomous drone following them wherever they go, capturing hours of social media material that no one's going to care about. Unless they catch you doing something that goes against their boring norms, because then…

What makes you think this will be even remotely successful?
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