Sky Drone FPV: Long Range Digital HD Video FPV Solution

[AJ-Skydrone]

Sky Drone, a Hong Kong based start-up, has developed a revolutionary new way of transferring FPV video. Utilizing 3G and 4G/LTE networks, Sky Drone FPV is the world's first and only full HD Digital FPV video solution for consumers. The Sky Drone FPV groundstation software automatically adapts video transmission frame by frame to the available bandwidth, ensuring minimal latency. With the Sky Drone FPV groundstation app, users can receive real-time HD FPV video straight on their own Smartphone or Tablet.

Users have the option to connect the Sky Drone FPV hardware to a MAVLink compatible Autopilot Board like 3D Robotics APM. A Head Up Display (HUD) will be rendered on top of the live video stream, providing the pilot with real-time telemetry.

A unique feature of the Sky Drone FPV is the possibility to take 5 megapixel high quality still images during flight. The images are transferred to the groundstation app while the video keeps running uninterrupted. The Sky Drone FPV is not just limited to aerial vehicles. It can be used on ground vehicles and any other use case where real time video transmission is of benefit.

With Sky Drone FPV a new era of FPV is here! For more information, please head over to our Indiegogo campaign: http://skydrone.aero/fpv-indiegogo

We invite you to share your comments and questions either on this forum or via email to info@skydrone.aero.

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

Real END-TO-END LATENCY shots published for Sky Drone FPV project, showing 170ms and 184ms end-to-end latency with the prototype setup. We will make sure to end up at <150ms at launch! Please take a look at the update yourself here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sky-drone-fpv/x/3767302?c=activity We've also included how we tested it, so you can reproduce this very same test with your own FPV system and compare.

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

The Sky Drone FPV team had just been interviewed by Bloomberg's Mia Saini, check out some behind the scenes shots of the interview here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sky-drone-fpv/x/3767302?c=activity

 

[Mike]

This looks great. Is there a specific reason(s) you're developing for the playbook initially and adding android/ios support later?

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

This looks great. Is there a specific reason(s) you're developing for the playbook initially and adding android/ios support later?

Hi mm, thanks for the comment! The PlayBook was a starting point, but as a matter of fact for the initial release we'll launch the groundstation app first for Android.

We have also demoed the Sky Drone FPV system with the Oculus VR set. Therefore, the FPV video of a drone/UAV flying in mid air can be distorted in real-time and shown inside an Oculus VR headset. Keep in mind that this is only the beginning of our development process for the Oculus VR - many more features to come (e.g. 3D, Headtracking).

Watch the Sky Drone FPV + Oculus VR video here: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sky-drone-fpv/x/3767302?c=activity

P.S.: If we don't reach our funding goal we will still go ahead with Sky Drone FPV. While sticking to our timeline of shipping the Sky Drone FPV sets in December 2013, we will only have a groundstation app for Android at start. Other platforms will be supported later (free of charge). The only way to secure the Early Bird price ($349) of a Sky Drone FPV set, is to purchase the Early Bird perk before this Indiegogo campaign expires. If the funding goal is not reached, Early Bird funders will get discount information to order from our website later. We are 100% committed to our technology and we will prevail.

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

There is a little more than 1 day left in our campaign and we would like point out again that we are 100% committed to our technology.

With only 1 day left in our campaign, there is also only 1 day left to secure the Early Bird price for a Sky Drone FPV set.

Sky Drone FPV campaign: http://www.skydrone.aero/fpv-indiegogo

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

Hey all, we want to let you know that our Pre-Order page is now online! Go to http://www.skydrone.aero/ to pre-order the Sky Drone FPV today!

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

Hey all, check it out, we've posted a new demo video on YouTube. It shows off the Sky Drone FPV being controlled via head-tracking using the Oculus VR/Rift:

Let us know what you think!

 

[AJ-Skydrone]

Hi,

We'd like to give you an update on the latest developments of our Sky Drone FPV project.

As some of you may have noticed, we had some delays on getting the first Sky Drone FPV units out.

We made some improvements on the hardware side, for example instead of 3d-printing the Sky Drone FPV case, we switched to a professional molded case for better structural integrity, faster production process and of course better looks (see below).

By now, all hardware components for our first batch have arrived and are being assembled as we speak. Due to some slight hardware changes we still have to do adjustments on our version 1.0 firmware before it can be shipped. We expect to ship the pre-orders this June.

For all Oculus Rift Enthusiasts: after Oculus announced the new Dev Kit 2, we immediately ordered one and will make sure Sky Drone FPV will support the new High Resolution version immediately.

For those of you who wanted to watch The Pearl Report “Eye in The Sky” in which Sky Drone FPV appears, but could not watch it online due to territorial restrictions – it is now available on YouTube:

Best Regards,

The Sky Drone Team