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DJI FPV
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#52Wait, why does the goggles look like VR goggles, but the drone only has 1 camera? Wouldn't this FPV system be way more awesome with binocular vision and head tracking?
Imagine flying the drone, and moving your head would move the camera gimbals, and you'd experience it like you were in VR in the drone?
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#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
You seem in the know, any recommended sources or communities I should look into, or even if you're happy to share more I'm keen to hear it
I got into it a few months ago Joshua Bardwell as the sibling mentioned is a great source of info: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3eufnI7A2I7IkKHZn8KSQ The main thing anyone starting needs to realize is that it takes quite a bit of time to get used to how Quads fly in Acro/Rate mode. I started on a simulator (Liftoff) with an XBox pad and that was super punishing as gentle and precise control is needed. Switching…
This is super important!
Clock in 20-30 hrs of flight time in a sim using a real radio, before even thinking about building a quad.
You might realize it is not for you, and save the hassle, but more importantly it is really dangerous, even when you are an experienced driver.
Without sim experience you are guaranteed to crash quickly and do some damage in stuff and/or people!
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#54Wait, why does the goggles look like VR goggles, but the drone only has 1 camera? Wouldn't this FPV system be way more awesome with binocular vision and head tracking? Imagine flying the drone, and moving your head would move the camera gimbals, and you'd experience it like you were in VR in the drone?
>Wait, why does the goggles look like VR goggles, but the drone only has 1 camera?
Funny, I was thinking the same when I watched the video. The optimist in me hopes there's a pair of lower-res stereo cameras located somewhere near the main camera (the one we can see) being specifically for shooting video? The way you described it is exactly how I thought it operated until I got further into the video. It's a great step forward in drones with added range, batter, etc, but the whole "first-person VR" shtick feels like it was only half-thought out and never changed during the design/implementation
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#55Awesome. I look forward to these being obnoxious whenever I'm outside, trying to enjoy nature or any sort of attractive site.
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#56Wait, why does the goggles look like VR goggles, but the drone only has 1 camera? Wouldn't this FPV system be way more awesome with binocular vision and head tracking? Imagine flying the drone, and moving your head would move the camera gimbals, and you'd experience it like you were in VR in the drone?
>Wait, why does the goggles look like VR goggles, but the drone only has 1 camera? Funny, I was thinking the same when I watched the video. The optimist in me hopes there's a pair of lower-res stereo cameras located somewhere near the main camera (the one we can see) being specifically for shooting video? The way you described it is exactly how I thought it operated until I got further into the video. It's a great st…
Even some kind of 'splitter' for 3d vision like Panasonic had on their handheld videocamera range (VW-CLT2) would work I think...
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
DJI digital video has been out for quite awhile now for hobbyists to include in their custom builds. Transmission range is not a valid point because a clean analog video signal and Crossfire outpaces DJI enormously. The 20 min flight time is a lie, Joshua Bardwell measured 10 minutes hovering. That's extremely easy to surpass on typical light weight 5 inch freestyle drone with a 1300mah battery that cost a fifth of t…
> The 20 min flight time is a lie, Joshua Bardwell measured 10 minutes hovering. To be fair, hovering time is often lower than flight time for copters.
in this case the drone is so fragile that the only way to get 10mins of flight from it without breaking it, is to hover
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#58At $1299 this is a lot more affordable than I imagined it would be.
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#59DJI is such an impressive company. I know comparing anyone to Apple has been done to death, but I'd really be hard pressed to think of another company that comes closer. It also seems like they are following a similar playbook of blending hardware and software to deliver a fantastic, simplified experience - and they always deliver. It's not a wonder why they really don't have a legitimate competitor.
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#60There has been a huge divide in the drone world between high performance first person view (FPV) drones capable of acrobatics and the "tripod in the sky" type drones that companies like DJI have popularized. The former has been very DIY and the latter have attracted companies to build integrated solutions. This new drone from DJI brings an truly staggering amount of innovation and integration to the FPV space: - Low…
> Low res analog video -> high res digital video Major benefit of analog video is a progressive degradation of quality as a signal gets weaker and almost instant reacquisition after a complete dropout. I'm curious to see how DJI competes with that on a digital video. > ~5 minutes fly time -> ~20 minutes fly time For FPV racing that's rather a downgrade. Ideally you'd like to land with almost empty battery right after…
Isn't the edge being there's almost no delay in analog video transmission? While the best DJI can do is like 130 ms.