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Drone Races to be Broadcast to VR Headsets

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 02 2016, @01:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the in-the-driver's-seat dept.

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"You just plug in the HDMI feed, and you're in the cockpit of the drone..." the CEO of the new Drone Racing League tells Wired. "Everyone from Oculus on is expecting to have VR headsets in every home for entertainment consumption, and we're a natural use for it." In anticipation of a new mass entertainment, the Drone Racing League released new footage Thursday highlighting one of their complicated competition courses, "a concrete steampunk torture chamber with cast-iron columns and massive hulking turbines from another era" described as The Gates of Hell. "[T]hese young drone pilots are not just enjoying themselves, but also inventing a new sport," reports one technology site, asking whether we'll ultimately see "drone parks" or even drone demolition derbies and flying robot wars. In an article titled "When Video Games Get Real," they quote one pilot who says it feels like skateboarding in the 1990's, "with a small group of people pushing the envelope and inventing every day" -- this time wearing virtual reality goggles to experience the addictive thrill of flying.

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  • (Score: 1) by gOnZo on Tuesday February 02 2016, @11:14PM

    by gOnZo (5184) on Tuesday February 02 2016, @11:14PM (#298399)

    Put the competitors in control of predator drones over Syria/ Iraq...
      Of course you'd also change the scoring system.