Hover air X one

There's a small discussion in another thread. If you could get it working with AI, you could use it in an after the fact kind of way, and it would make a good pet drone.

The drone doesn't have an API to mod the software with nor from my understanding does it have an internet connection or other connectivity, so the AI-based use cases are non-existent. Not to mention, with the short 11 minute ish battery life what AI things would you use it for?

Edit: I was wrong. it can connect wirelessly to your phone, but there still is no way to control it programmatically, so you couldn't realistically add AI features even if you wanted to. This isn't me saying people wouldn't buy it. I really want one. I had a lot of trouble resisting the urge to hit the "buy now" button. A portable drone that can basically sit in your pocket until you need to record a video sounds amazing! though, if I bought one I would probably just run around the yard and have it chase me around, to be honest.

As cool as it sounds though, $400 for a flying toy is just too much for me to justify. I have the money, but I know I'd feel really really guilty if I bought it.

Stephen, keep us posted when you receive it! I want all the details! What do you intend to use it for?

I don't remember if they've gotten any of the chat bots to describe videos yet, but that's what I was thinking. Have the video the drone takes described, and ask the bot questions about it after the drone returns to you and so on. One of these days.

Whilst I can't think of any use that I'd have for this kind of thing, that you tube video was amazing. I can't believe that this sort of thing could possibly be accessible to the likes of us. I love the way he was controlling it without using the app - just press a button and then wait for it to fly from your hands, or hold out your hands and wait for it to come get you. It's really exciting when something mainstream that I would feel blocked out of suddenly is opened up.

As for wider applications with accessibility I'm struggling to think of anything other than specific niches where it might be useful. My first thought was to release it into the air and have it guide me about whilst being able to see miles in each direction. But you're not really going to get away with releasing a drone in an urban environment I'd think.

I presume it has a pretty specific AI model running locally for things like hand detection and being able to follow you about. If it's connected to the phone by wifi, I suppose it could theoretically be streaming the video straight there and have something on the phone process it.

I'm still not sure exactly what for.

At the end of the video he told us to prepare for the worst with the cost, but actually it was less expensive than I was expecting.

Anyway I can't wait to hear how you get on.

This is a very cool little air buddy I don't see what we'd get out of it though, aside from the joy of tech. I guess it's good for framing shots, if you're into that sort of thing or if you are a content provider. I imagine pairing this with a good USB-C lapel mic could be a pretty fancy setup and, if I had bags of money, I might go for it just for the play factor, I do think it would end up in a draw after a couple of weeks though, never to be used again.

thinking about it, that's a good test. Will this end up in a draw after a couple of weeks?

Without really geting into it, I'm not sure photography is a good use of our time. Maybe it's nice for others to see us, though in my case I doubt it, and AI description has come on a long way, but £400 for this is a little punchy. I'd probably say the Meta Ray-Bans are better if you want bang for buck and to be able to take some interesting images for later processing.

still, I love the idea of a flying pet, especially if it has a link to AI on our phones. I'm thinking I could ask it to go around the post room in my flats looking for parcels for me, could even ask me to hold some stuff up if it can't read it etc. A talking AI in the sky is exciting. As it stands, however, it's just cool, yet pointless, which is fine, as my overflowing tech draws can attest to.

This guy is low vision you can see it really come in to play when he demos the vision pro and doesn't understand basic concepts of Voiceover. I'm not sure what I would need this for as a totally blind guy? Maybe I am missing something.

What have you done with it so far? Is the 11 minute battery life claim accurate? Maybe if you have interesting use-cases, I will cave and order it for myself. lol

I'd hate to be on a walk with it flying above me and have it see another person and start tracking them instead. has this happened to you?

Does the drone take 11 minute long videos? or does it take photo bursts as it flies around you? Can you configure that?

This might motivate me to finish up my video describing features for my image describing shortcuts.

While I will not be purchasing, this, model, I am absolutely looking forward to future developments with this technology. Imagine a world where we have guide drones, for example. 😎

Amazon has a 30 day return policy... That's what I'm telling myself.

I expect to return it just because I can't see myself finding a practical use for it, but it arrived earlier today.

I haven't had the chance to fly it yet though. It's really hot outside and their site cautions against flying when the temperature is above 40 degrees C.

have you been able to fly it indoors?

Finally got to fly it last night! It was so much fun!

I had it follow me around in the yard and it did a great job there! I was also able to have it follow me inside the house, but it struggled to fly in one of the hallways.

It didn't become a destructive menace or anything, it just wouldn't stay in the air when we were in that hallway. It was probably too narrow and it probably thought the floor looked weird or something. but yeah... I had so much fun with it that I could see myself keeping it.

I think the main usage I'd have for it would be indoor, for example if I were making a demo video for 3d printing.

For those who have it, what is the advantage, is it lining up shots for you or is it the big cinematic stuff? Is it good for a talk to camera youtube sort of thing or are there better solutions which most likely come in cheaper?

I think I would youtube, but lining up shots is a real problem, and just half of my big fat head is, despite the logic, worse than all of my big fat head in shot.

It's way too loud and not technically meant to be used indoors. It's really good at keeping you in frame, but the noise level is an issue when recording audio. You can try canceling some of that noise out, which the app will do, but then you'll have awful sounding recordings that aren't very professional.

I'm pretty sure there are cameras around the same price range that can rotate themselves slightly and keep you in focus. They won't follow you around like this drone does though, of course.

Ah, I'll stick with meta ray-bans if I want outdoor stuff then. I'd play with it and get bored of it in a week. I don't know how often I'd want a birds eye view of me wandering around before it got old.