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Read The Book Ready Player One - Wait.. What?

7/30/2013

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I own an Oculus Rift VR Headset that I purchased for a number of different reasons.  The first thing I thought about when I heard about the rift was using it for FPV, but thoughts of it quickly went away when I realized how much latency there would be.  So when I read this article about doing just this I thought it was really interesting and needed to be passed on.  A big part of the fun of FPV is flying like you are in the airplane - transporting yourself to another place.  FPV happens to be real while the normal use of the rift transports you to a virtual place.  Either way, I can draw up many similarities between FPV and virtual reality.  For example, look how my toddler reacts when he plays with the rift - It fools him completely!  He has a similar reaction when he puts on the FPV goggles.  

So what does the book, "Ready Player One" have to do with drones and fpv?  Ok it is a stretch, but this has got to be the best science fiction book - It is all about virtual reality and with the release of the Oculus Rift, it sure seems closer than ever.  I have been pounding the table about how revolutionary the oculus rift is and you should try one as soon as possible.  I would not recommend this book if I was not 95% certain it would appeal to the people that enjoy my blog!!  Just read it.  

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QAV500 crash pic

7/29/2013

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I thought people might appreciate this crash photo. Sad to see the qav500 die.

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Drone Down!

7/28/2013

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I was all excited about the CC3d board and QAV500.. until this morning and the glitch I thought was caused by flying too aggressively with the naza showed up with the CC3D, meaning the naza was not the issue.  The QAV500 pitches left and forward, so i am pretty sure I have isolated the issue to the front left ESC.  However, this picture shows that this drone might need to be put down.  I have crashed this 3 different times, and it has always seemed to be the same random pitch left, like it loses power in the front left motor.  Wish I was smarter and identified this before a total loss crash!  

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I am so lucky it did not get stuck high in the trees.. or across the highway!  Of course it did land on concrete to insure a high degree of damage!

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Drone crashes are exciting stuff on Sunday morning.  Get your boots and pants on and lets go adventuring.  Mommy was the one that found it first.

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Dont crash if you cant climb..

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Hows dad going to get back up?  I don't think he can..

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Spider dad.

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