This is the most amazing drone we've seen yet
The Inspire One drone looks cool flying and offers a ton of new features, including a 360 degree camera that records in 4K.
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The drone game has changed. That may sound like hyperbole, but that was my first impression when experiencing the DJI Inspire One. This is a unit that anyone could pick up and learn to fly quickly, just as you could with the DJI Phantom. But it offers a ton of powerful new features that were previously only available in units too big, dangerous, and expensive for the average consumer to own.
Watching the Inspire One take off and land is exciting, because it transforms mid-flight, with the legs folding up after takeoff so you can shoot 360 degrees of unobstructed video. The unit also has a ground-facing camera that can track what's below and keep the unit stabilized, even when there is no GPS signal, making it much easier to fly indoors.
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most people have never heard of DJI
innovations but if you show them the
hong kong startups best-selling product
everyone would recognize it immediately
DJ I has created our favorite drum the
Phantom a unit so ubiquitous it has
become the face of the technology across
popular culture
for better or worse it's the kleenex of
drones what made the DJI phantom so
popular was its combination of power
price and simplicity
they have also offered a much more
expensive unit for Hollywood
professionals but it wasn't safe for
affordable for the average consumer
today the company is trying to bridge
the gap between those two with its
newest unit inspire one our product
design team said that they looked at
some sci-fi movies and start designing
it
one of our product engineer said that
looks like a dragon skull
I don't know what that's about we see
this as bridging both the community that
once really easy to use systems without
thinking too much about the mechanics of
flight with the crowd that once really
professional video easily captured from
the sky
the first thing you notice about the
inspire is the way it transforms on
takeoff
this bar is spreading link technology
DGI developed for its s-class units the
legs lift overhead after takeoff
allowing the inspired to shoot 360
degrees of video to get a 4k camera and
also streams full HD video one point
seven kilometers distance in near
real-time down to your iPad also has an
HD in my video out on the controller so
you can automatically see this on a
large screen or connected to your
innermost recorder right now it's a
modular payload with that's formatted
specifically for this camera but we'll
have a lot more exciting things to say
about that later down the road
it's got redesign motors and electronic
speed controllers is to the point where
if you throttle forward and then let go
it's almost like you through throwing up
brakes on a car it's quite impressive
another big addition to the inspires a
camera on the bottom that can recognize
what's below it and lock onto its
current location when you're flying
outside and you're not sure if you have
a gps connection flight close to the
ground and you'll be studying the
inspire can offer a dual operator mode
with one pilot one cameraman
it's still possible to do both with one
person but adding another set of hands
allows for more flexible and fine-tune
shooting for single operators the
inspire offers the ability to lock the
camera and maintain an area of focus
even as the unit moves about a godsend
for any wedding photographers hoping to
capture the perfect aerial shot of that
first kiss
the DJI phantom cost around fifteen
hundred dollars while fully loaded s1000
ended up closer to 10 grand
the inspire one tries to split the
difference with a price point of roughly
three thousand dollars
DJ is also announcing its first software
development kit or sdk allowing outside
developers to integrate their programs
with the unit's camera and video
software there's some law applications
looking at 3d mapping that we're really
excited about
there's a whole host of applications
that we never really realized that these
aerial systems were perfect for that
people are using the systems to explore
the inspire one marks another big step
forward in the amount of power and
photographic capabilities available to
the average consumer at a price point
that won't break the bank
that in turn is a reminder of how little
safety and privacy regulation currently
exist in the US with three thousand
dollars anyone no matter how old or an
experienced can purchase this unit and
start flying at the same day when people
start thinking about this technology
they recognize not only the form factor
of the Phantom which is pretty iconic at
this point but also how easy and
accessible it is to use so that even
Cartman can fly it
no way to think it's still there
definitely is a question of how do you
integrate this technology into the air
space safely and that everybody's
following the rules now Eyewitness News
investigators exclusive that's getting a
lot of attention tonight how was the man
able to fly a drone over the busy
streets of manhattan from our
perspective
we're looking forward to a lot fewer
rules in the US and several other
markets like Japan Australia Germany
there is already that framework in place
and we're seeing a lot of success
one of the things that we've cooperated
with the australian and new zealand
governments with is creating a document
that says these are the best say flying
practices and with every phantom sold in
those countries you get that pamphlet
that says you can do this you can't do
this
we think that sets a really clear tone
for what's acceptable in terms of best
safe flying practices and if you don't
follow those practices here are the
consequences
the other thing to consider is that with
any new imaging technology
there's always this question of privacy
and appropriate use
so on the one hand you have governments
implementing privacy rules that help
protect people's privacy on the other
there's a bit of social etiquette
like you don't take Google glass into
the bathroom or you don't climb a tree
with a telephoto lens
so those are the kinds of things that I
think people will start to understand a
little bit more as the technology
becomes more commonplace
yeah
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