Parrot – an AR drone you can pilot from your iDevice

Posted by m1k3y on January 6th, 2010 in Head-Up Displays, augmented reality, robots
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Meet Parrot – ‘a wifi helicopter with two cameras’, or basically your own personal UAV.

A fantastic piece of tech. However, as Chris Arkenberg pointed out, “Compelling AR ultimately requires HUD glasses.” (Something I’ll be investigating personally this year.)

This hasn’t stopped Mr TheStreetFindsIt’sOwnUseForThings, William Gibson, himself from leading the discussion on just what cool uses this tech can be put to.

Welcome to 2010.

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One Response to “Parrot – an AR drone you can pilot from your iDevice”

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