If a drone and a GoPro had a baby, you'd get Lily - the worlds first throw-and-shoot camera. Lily is a flying camera for people who are more concerned with getting the perfect shot than piloting a quadcopter. There is no radio controller for the Lily Camera, or at least it's not a typical one with sticks and switches. You just strap on a puck-shaped tracking device.
Using GPS and visual subject tracking, the puck lets Lily know your position, distance and speed so it can keep you in the shot.
Since the Lily is tethered to the tracker, it has a more limited range than other drones. With a minimum distance of 5 feet from you to a maximum of 100 feet, it can reach a top speed of 25mph.
Files can be stored to a microSD card into an external slot. The only thing that sucks is that the internal lithium-ion battery is good for only 20 minutes of flight-time and takes 2 hours for a full recharge, and you can't replace it.
The Lily Camera won't start shipping until February 2016 and will be priced at $999 when it does. Yeah, I know.. It's expensive.. BUT to raise awareness, Lily (the company, not the drone) is running a 29-day preorder campaign letting you pick it up for $500....
I know most of you don't really care and will just scroll past this, but just watch the gosh-dang video please. It's sweet.
This is so incredible. I'm a little skeptical about functionality and reliability because of the price but if it does what it claims to do this would be such an awesome tool not only to create time based pieces but just recording activities all around.
ReplyDeleteThis is so incredible. I'm a little skeptical about functionality and reliability because of the price but if it does what it claims to do this would be such an awesome tool not only to create time based pieces but just recording activities all around.
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