Zeiss Thinks Virtual Reality and Drones Are a Match Made in Heaven
- Eric Johnson
- Oct 22, 2015
- 1 min read
What will convince consumers to buy a virtual reality headset? Is it video games? Movies? Porn?
Carl Zeiss AG has a new answer: Drones!
A new partnership between Zeiss and drone maker DJI lets drone owners (droners?) see what their flying contraptions see by slipping into a VR app. The app displays a live video feed from a 4K DJI-made camera suspended below the chassis of a Phantom 2, Phantom 3 or Inspire 1.
“People needed that one legitimate reason to purchase a VR headset,” said Dave Hodgson, the North American sales boss for Zeiss partner Total3DSolutions. “They’re looking for that one really serious app.”
The CloudlightFPV app, which costs $10 on iOS, is designed with Zeiss’ own VR headset, the $130 VR One, in mind — the dual images are warped to match the optics company’s custom lenses. However, since the VR One is part of the Google Cardboard ecosystem and doesn’t actually talk to the phone, the same app will work in any Cardboard headset; one of the options in the settings turns off the VR One-ready warping.
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