An Anonymous Coward writes:
"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 [wired.com]. "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 [thedroneracingleague.com] 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 [thenewstack.io]. 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 googles to experience the addictive thrill of flying.
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