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It's clever psychology to place the (3D-rendered?) product shot right next to the mountain climber action shot. But it's trickery and leaves a foul taste in my
by taylorbuley 12y ago
It's clever psychology to place the (3D-rendered?) product shot right next to the mountain climber action shot. But it's trickery and leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
Failing to include any actual pictures (or in this case, real footage) of a product "in development" always undermines my confidence by giving me the vaporware vibe.
I'm a much bigger fan of Oculus' "in development" communications. "Here's what we built, here's what works and doesn't work about it, and here's where we're going next and why."
- asynchronous13 12y agoHow does one include real footage when the product does not exist yet?
- 14113 12y agoThey have a working development prototype, as seen in the video on this page: http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/29/nixie-wearable-drone/ http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/29/nixie-wearable-drone/ I presume that that's what they're shooting the video from currently...
- miahi 12y agoAt 0:12 in the youtube video you can see how it's done: you fake it like the big guys[1]. That white thing on the left looks exactly like a Phantom[2] landing gear. The trouble with these small drones is that they are too light to be stable - the video will be shaky unless they do a lot of post-processing. [1] http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/6/3297878/nokias-pureview-still-photos-also-include-fakes http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/6/3297878/nokias-pureview-sti... [2] http://www.dji.com/product/phantom http://www.dji.com/product/phantom
- joshdance 12y agoThey do not have a working prototype. No product shots.
- ksrm 12y agoBy making the product exist?
- cbhl 12y agoFrankly, I'd prefer no footage than faked footage (e.g. Myo, which showed videos of people waving their arm around with a plastic prototype while someone used a remote-control for the quadrocopter behind the camera).
- joshdance 12y agoFirst thing I thought when I saw this was vaperware. Hopefully they don't run a kickstarter. :)