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Smartwatch-controlled Drone

Sony Developer has put together a demo of controlling a drone with a smartwatch (with SmartEyeglass AR glasses as a display) – video embedded below:

The drone used is a Parrot AR.Drone 2.0. The SmartWatch 2 accelerometer is used to provide control signals for flying the drone, and the display on the display is used for more control inputs (for example, swiping will trigger the mini-drone to do rolls in the air). On the SmartEyeglass prototype, flight information and live video from the camera on the drone are displayed.

It is about time smartwatches were explored for other possibilities other than notifications and fitness tracking, to compliment other tech for other experiences.

The developers (Peter Bartos, Jonas Hellström and Alexander Najafi) have put together some background and a tutorial to set up your own version of this project, which you can find here

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