Remember AR.Drone - the application that brought augmented reality gaming to the iPhone?
AR.Drone was first demoed during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at Las Vegas last month and has since then become one of the most talked about gaming applications among enthusiasts.
IDG News service has put up a great video explaining the entire concept of the AR.Drone iPhone gaming app. The video which has been embedded below notes some finer details about the technology behind the application. Here are a few things that the AR.Drone is equipped with:
- On-board computer
- Linux OS
- ARM926 core processor
- 3-axis accelerometer
- Two gyroscopes
- Ultrasound altimeter
According to Henri Seydoux, CEO of Parrot, the company that is behind this augmented reality game, most of the technology used in the device including the sensors, CPU and memory are from what is already available on cell phones. He further states that the AR.Drone gaming application, which took four years to be built, will now be open-sourced for other developers to further work and build their own improved versions.
There is still no word about the price or launch date, though we expect AR.Drone to be available in the markets by next month. Check out the video from IDG below and let us know what you think.
Pretty cool…
I still want one…
Take that Droid/Verizon.. lol
that is cool. i dont think i would ever buy one but if i was old enough to have a preteen kid i would buy it for them.
I think the best thing about this is Its open source so I'm hopeing it won't be to long before we should start seeing hardware that will interface this software to controll a RF controlled toy, we could start seeing cars, boats, helicopters and planes that within range can transmit video to there controller. How cool!! The hard part will be the interface between a Linux box and the RF controls
Looks fun ! Would be nice if it supported wireless N. Better range yes ? Seeing that future I phone will probably support wireless N. But, my tech savy is limited.
this is already possible, there are remote controlled planes cars etc with screens built onto the handset and you set the camera onto the plane car or w.e just not used very often, and it isnt augmenting reality
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