AR Drone is a helicopter on steroids. It has 4 rotor blades 2 cameras and can be flown using wifi from your ipad, iphone and ipod touch. It has a free app on the appstore allowing you to control it. It has two cameras one forward facing and one pointing down which are projected onto your device screen enabling you to navigate at all times, measure speed and allow hovering. Some augmented reality games take advantage of these cameras creating a mix between real images and simulation for single and mulit-player, for example looking for enemy planes on the screen that could be shot down by pressing the missile button. Flying is easy and extremely accurate, the drone is controlled by simply tilting your controlling device and using the toggles on the screen. Some might say "why would one pick a helicopter for the top gadget of 2010?", well this gadget not only represents the advancement and increased popularity of wifi and apple technology, but it also shows that the year of 2010 is a inovational yet fun-loving year.
No comments:
Post a Comment