interesting article
did you notice the reference to 360 degrees hd camera this can't be right can it? How does it see through the housing and backwards with only a a forward lens in all the pictures we see? Is the press releases they are putting out unclear
Surprised you didn't comment on the possibly incorrect details
Are they going to get a ROAM-e to test?
What is their readership? I can't get it to rank?
The write up on the lily has more specs and the parrot
from blurb
Selfies have reached new heights. Thanks to the ROAM-e, a flying selfie device, you’ll be able to shoot selfies in style.
Don’t you think that selfie sticks are the most ridiculous thing to use to take photos nowadays? If you’re a selfie addict and don’t want to make a fool of yourself using a selfie stick, we might have found its best alternative: the ROAM-e. It’s way more expensive, but way better too!
The ROAM-e is a compact, light, and easy to carry drone equipped with a 360º 1080p HD camera, facial recognition, and live streaming capabilities. How does it work? You control it through a mobile application that connects to the ROAM-e. The drone follows you through smart facial recognition, so it keeps sight of your face, and you just have to let it fly on its own while it captures uninterrupted 360 shots. Moreover, the ROAM-e can stream it all over a WiFi connection.
Concerning the flight range, the ROAM-e allows you to choose from four flight modes including scout, navigation and pilot of up to 25m. You can therefore imagine the tons of possibilities that this drone offers to take incredible pics and videos. In selfie mode, the flight range is up to 3m.
The ROAM-e can stay in the air for up to 20 minutes before it runs out of battery. To get it fully charged, it’s quite fast and it takes around 2 hours.
A good thing about the ROAM-e is that it features dual-axis collapsible blades, so it doesn’t take too much space and it is easy to carry around.
If you’re ready to throw your selfie stick in the trash and to spend $399 on this really nice toy, it’s available now on
myroam-e.com. But be patient, because it takes up to 12 weeks to deliver the product.
Lily, the cute intelligent drone camera that follows your outdoor adventures
Posted May 13 by Ben
Now that everyone’s got an action camera to share their adventures with the world, standing out from the swarm of GoPro-shot videos is getting increasingly difficult. But what was before reserved to professionals, smooth over-head shots and the like, is getting accessible thanks to drones.
And here comes Lily. This cute – it has smiling eyes – and powerful drone has everything you’ll need to take incredible shots of yourself while out and about. It’s not the first of its kind obviously but the specs are getting decent: 1080p videos at 60fps, 720p 120fps for slow-mo, 12M pixels stills. Lily is also waterproof (rated IP67) and can fly to up to 25Mph (40km/h) with at a max distance of 50ft above (15m) and 100ft around (30m).
Battery will only last 20min but this is unfortunately quite normal for drones. Lily will track your every moves thanks to a beacon you’ll wear on you. The tracking device and the drone have GPSs and other sensors, meaning you could bring the data in post processing and have some cool video overlays. The beacon also serves as a remote for tacking stills with the Lily.
This is probably the most complete outdoor focused drone we’ve seen so far and if Lily turns out to be as good as in the video then I think they are on to something big. Pre-order price, until June 15th, is $499 then $1000. Estimated shipping date: February 2016.
https://www.lily.camera/
Osprey shows off with impressive drone captured videos
Posted Jun 20 by Matt
A few years ago, you strapped an action to your handle bar you were cool. You could shoot immersive videos at the heart of the action a show off with your friends. Now everyone is doing it, but you can still be cool, you just need a drone.
There is something appealing yet scary about drones. Once reserved for military operations, drones have found their way to the mainstream consumers through the likes of
Parrot. And it’s probably only the start. Brands are also adopting this new way of capturing action sequences to show their products. Not just because of the buzz but also for the new angles you can get and agility of such machines.
Osprey has released on
their websites a few very nice videos of hikers and mountain biker, all clad in Osprey gear and shot with drones. The result is quite impressive and if you haven’t drone videos before go have a look. The smoothness of the scrolling and some of the perspectives are just amazing.
