Parrot has announced that its AR.Drone 2.0 in the coming month on the market. The quadricopter should the existing AR.Drone to make payments and offers the possibility of video footage in 720p quality to shoot.
The AR.Drone 2.0 in January for the first time shown at the CES. The quadricopter is equipped with a triaxial accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer and a pressure sensor. The new pressure sensor in the AR.Drone 2.0 offers according to Parrot an improved vertical stability.
The quadricopter is equipped with two cameras. To the front is a camera that images to a smartphone or tablet can forward, with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. The camera on the bottom offers sd resolution and the software used to beeldvergelijking the speed of the quadricopter.
To the AR.Drone 2.0 to be able to control, Parrot is the AR.FreeFlight 2.0 application released. Thanks to the “absolute flight” mode would be especially beginners, the quadricopter easier to control via an iOS or Android device. This determines the magnetometer, the distance to the reference point, the smartphone. By this tilt can be controlled. Experienced ‘pilots’ can be in the relative mode, the device control using the front camera.
Parrot also says that the new application offers additional features. So can hd-videos and photos by the AR.Drone 2.0 gemaaakt be forwarded directly to YouTube and Picasa. Also, will Parrot be the AR.Drone Academy to open a website where the developer communities behind the AR.Drone 2.0 is to be found.
According to the French manufacturer comes the AR.Drone 2.0 in may on the Dutch market. The suggested retail price of eur 300.
