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And drones are still not yet commercially viable, VR is not yet amazing and in the hands of consumers / widely applicable outside of gaming, and autonomous vehi

And drones are still not yet commercially viable, VR is not yet amazing and in the hands of consumers / widely applicable outside of gaming, and autonomous vehicles are currently hyped-up versions of adaptive cruise control. We're still probably 10 years away for drones and autonomous driving, and 2-5 for VR in terms of large mainstream impact (possibly much longer for truly autonomous cars, depending on AI advancements, laws, etc...I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like 25-30 years until it's the norm).

IanCal 10y ago
> And drones are still not yet commercially viable I don't really understand here, are you talking about a specific area that they're not commercially viable? Because people make and sell them for a profit.
- jrockway 10y ago
  I also see a hell of a lot of drone shots on YouTube. What was once a cinematographic technique that costs millions of dollars, is now within reach of everyone. I think that's what you SV folks call "disruptive".
- reitanqild 10y ago
  > Because people make and sell them for a profit. I'd say using it for a profit counts even more ;-)
Godel_unicode 10y ago
As far as drones go, I guess it depends on what you mean by commercially viable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global...
radiorental 10y ago
Drones: Aside from the military applications. DJI is solving a significant problem in agriculture with this: http://www.dji.com/product/mg-1 http://www.dji.com/product/mg-1 VR: You say 'outside of gaming', are you aware of how large a market gaming is? (roughly a $25-$30B / year in terms of software alone, theres 50 million units of ps4 & xbone shipped) Autonomous vehicles: Are you aware that John Deere is a leader in this field? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/22/google-didnt-lead-the-self-driving-vehicle-revolution-john-deere-did/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/22...
lawless123 10y ago
I know of people using drones to sell shots of homes to real-estate agents. A 3000 euro drone paid for itself within weeks.

IanCal 10y ago

> And drones are still not yet commercially viable I don't really understand here, are you talking about a specific area that they're not commercially viable? Because people make and sell them for a profit.

jrockway 10y ago
I also see a hell of a lot of drone shots on YouTube. What was once a cinematographic technique that costs millions of dollars, is now within reach of everyone. I think that's what you SV folks call "disruptive".
reitanqild 10y ago
> Because people make and sell them for a profit. I'd say using it for a profit counts even more ;-)

Godel_unicode 10y ago

As far as drones go, I guess it depends on what you mean by commercially viable: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global...

radiorental 10y ago

Drones: Aside from the military applications. DJI is solving a significant problem in agriculture with this: http://www.dji.com/product/mg-1 http://www.dji.com/product/mg-1 VR: You say 'outside of gaming', are you aware of how large a market gaming is? (roughly a $25-$30B / year in terms of software alone, theres 50 million units of ps4 & xbone shipped) Autonomous vehicles: Are you aware that John Deere is a leader in this field? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/22/google-didnt-lead-the-self-driving-vehicle-revolution-john-deere-did/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/06/22...

lawless123 10y ago

I know of people using drones to sell shots of homes to real-estate agents. A 3000 euro drone paid for itself within weeks.