Snap launches its first drone

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Post by ovenchips » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 4:58 PM UTC

Snap launches its first drone
pixy.com

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by lewisflude » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:06 PM UTC

Weird scrolljacking, just made that page feel a bit sluggish.

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Post by fredley » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:11 PM UTC

You thought the e-scooter debris in historic cities was bad, if these take off they'll be clogging up historic monuments in a European capital near you soon.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/tourist-drone-inciden...

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by deanc » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:11 PM UTC

What on earth is this pivot? From ephemeral messenger into camera sunglasses and a drone?

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Post by fredley » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

deanc wrote: post #4

What on earth is this pivot? From ephemeral messenger into camera sunglasses and a drone?

> Snap Inc. is a camera company.

> We believe that reinventing the camera represents our greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate.

https://snap.com/

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by dmarchuk » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:13 PM UTC

I'm a bit surprised they don't mention Snap anywhere on the site except for a link in footer (something like "by Snap"). Generally I would expect much better experience from a single page website promoting one product.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by moritonal » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:13 PM UTC

I 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 acutally "launched" or just announced?

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by chrisshroba » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:13 PM UTC

Say what you will about Snap, I'm all for fun new electronics, and I've often wondered whether a product like this could be viable. Excited to see how it does!

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by spelunker » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:14 PM UTC

deanc wrote: post #4

What on earth is this pivot? From ephemeral messenger into camera sunglasses and a drone?

They're just trying to find ways to increase engagement on their app, I think it makes sense.

Re: Snap launches its first drone

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Post by mattnewton » Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 5:14 PM UTC

Interesting that the Snap branding is pretty buried on the page, seemingly only in the about section at the bottom. The design language seems like it's snap, maybe that made it obvious enough?