Parrot Bebop UAV: a virtual reality flight

Last week, Parrot unveiled its latest drone bebop, as well as the Skycontroller remote control built on the Android platform. The drone will begin to be officially sold in early December. Parrot was first known for the AR.Drone four-axis aircraft they made. Although the drone has become one of the best-selling drones on the market, it has been a low-end product in the market, with companies like DJI occupying midrange and high-end markets. The bebop is priced at $499, with a Skycontroller remote control priced at $899. This price is from Parrot AR. Drone 2.0 of the 399 dollar price on the basis of a substantial increase. Peter George, vice president of Parrot, explained in an interview that it was not a toy, it was a flying camera. George adds that parrot has been focused on making interesting drones, while Bebop's birth has taken the company further, with bebop focusing on aerial photography. Parrot has a 14 million-pixel high-definition camera for 1080P, and provides a 180-degree view of the horizontal and vertical directions. Wide-angle lenses allow bebop to discard the architecture of the complex multi-axis joints used by most motion-camera drones. Parrot uses software stitching to avoid excessive bending of the image. The operation Bebop is used in the same way as Parrot entry-level fellow spider small drones. The basic control scheme is placed on the left side, the virtual rocker on the left can control elevation and rotation, and use the accelerometer of the mobile device to control forward, backward and sway. When you need to use bebop, you just use bebop to create a WiFi network, and then connect to it with a mobile device or a Skycontroller remote control. If you operate with iOS or Android devices, the bebop drones can travel up to 300 meters, and the maximum distance is 2 km if you use a dedicated Skycontroller remote control. However, if you really fly that far, the naked eye should be very difficult to see the location of the drone. Bebop uses a 3-axis gyroscope and rubber shock absorber to stabilize the camera, but it also uses a software algorithm to further maintain image stability. Bebop with 8GB of storage space, in the subsequent software updates will also support external USB disk to expand storage space. Parrot said bebop would have 11 minutes of flight time after each charge, and a single charge would take 90 minutes, in order to reassure people about the drone's endurance and attract more users to buy, the unmanned opportunity to pack two batteries with the package. If the battery is low during the flight, the user can click the return button, bebop will automatically fly back to you under the guidance of GPSAround。 After the launch, Parrot will step up research and development of the function of the route, and in the subsequent software updates to join, so that users can be in advance to the UAV to write the corresponding flight plan. The biggest feature of the Parrot Bebop UAV is that the Skycontroller remote control can be compatible with eyeglasses or head-wearing devices in the first-person perspective. Users can connect Sony's FPV glasses, Zeiss Cinemizer, and even Oculus Rift to the remote control, allowing you to feel the fun of flying airplanes. Compared to other brands launched by the UAV, it seems that Parrot Bebop is an image quality, price and ease of use, such as a very balanced product. It also has a first-person perspective driving experience that other brands do not have. See the demo video please click here