Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
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Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
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Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#2Looks pretty cool. Of course, it's all in the execution. If the thing takes bad video and doesn't consistently record the action that you want it to - it doesn't matter how cool it is.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#3But do you need to control it with your phone? It looks awesome if you can just release and that's it, without the need to control the camera.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#4It makes me sad when I see a device like this advertised as just another way to take selfies. It could be so much more.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#5The problem I see with the product so far is that all the images appear to be renders, and not actual product shots.
Also the demo video shows shots from what appears to be a drone; is it the actually Nixie, or is it another drone used to exemplify what the Nixie would be able to do?
I want this to be real.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#6> Nixie is in development.
What kind of development? Are you trying to figure out if you can do it? Are you building the first prototype? Do you have a prototype? Are you working towards making it mass-producable?
Don't just waffle, actually tell people where you are. Otherwise you run a good risk of being mistaken for snake oil peddlers.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#7So putting together: Quality Video + Small Size + Aerial Mobility + Flexibility + Weatherproofing(presumably, even just sweat on a wrist or fog could be a problem) seems incredibly ambitious (and of course, super neat).
However, I can't picture something comfortably wrapping around my wrist that also has enough battery power to have any significant flying time and deal with basic weather conditions, like a breeze. Just in trying to remember tiny copters and things I've had in the past, it would be kind of amazing to me if the power supply and utilization has advanced that much.
Any new action-cam is going to be referenced against the ubiquitous GoPro, so I feel ok making a comparison. I have a GoPro Hero 3+, and filming at 1080 the battery only lasts a couple hours. Turn on the wifi, and that time takes a significant hit. As far as I can tell from the renders in the video, this would have a smaller battery than those in a GoPro, but would need to provide more power, since the thing is flying. Maybe I'm wrong about this, again, just eyeballing form the renders.
It's a neat concept, and when I first got a GoPro I was surprised by how damn small the thing was, so I imagine camera boards will only get more intriguingly small and effective. I do wonder about the lens though, as it appears to be tiny. Perhaps more is explained in the video which I watched on silent. Would be nice if there was some text to parse somewhere for people without sound.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#8It's clever psychology to place the (3D-rendered?) product shot right next to the mountain climber action shot. But it's trickery and leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
Failing to include any actual pictures (or in this case, real footage) of a product "in development" always undermines my confidence by giving me the vaporware vibe.
I'm a much bigger fan of Oculus' "in development" communications. "Here's what we built, here's what works and doesn't work about it, and here's where we're going next and why."
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#9Looks super cool. Let's see how well it works, can't wait to try it out myself.
Re: Nixie – Wearable camera that can fly [video]
#10But do you need to control it with your phone? It looks awesome if you can just release and that's it, without the need to control the camera.
I think that would defeat the purpose, I'm sure you can set waypoints, like with current off the shelve drones, or have auto target tracking software (already exists in some cameras).
The real difficulty as far as I know (for automated drone cameras) is tracking elevation without an operator, for what I know the error via GPS data is really large *like =- 5000 ft, and completely unreliable with real features (like the cliff the rock climber is on).