The action camera manufacturer will be releasing GoPro Hero 5 early in 2016.
GoPro could be ‘the next big thing’ in the emerging drones market, according to TechCrunch.com. The camera manufacturer started working on drones a few months ago, merely because it does not want to lose a multibillion-market opportunity. It even claimed to provide the best levitating camera in the market, emphasizing the fact that it would run entirely without a pilot.
GoPro bought a 360-degree video software merchant in France by the name of Kolor, as it was developing a 360-degree video platform. After the acquisition of the France-based company, the chief executive officer became the Senior Director of Immersive Media Solutions at the action camera manufacturers.
Along with this change, it officially entered the market for 360-degree drone images and videos. Currently, the companies already working on such a device are Bublcam, Panono, Giroptic, but GoPro would be the only one that will provide perfect stabilization and image quality.
According to TechCrunch, immersive videos and images are the next most-demanded feature coming to the market. This allows a person to have a panoramic and spherical view. Along with this acquisition, it is entering the GPS-denied navigation space as well, since it acquired a company in Zurich, Switzerland, called Skybotix in September. This company has a five-year experience in the drone technology.
On the other hand, GoPro Hero 5 will not be releasing until early in 2016 and is said to release along with Karma Drone, as per reports by Bidnessetc.com. As stated by the website, the much-anticipated product will make its debut alongside the novel drone. The late release of the product comes as a disappointment as initially it was supposed to roll out in October 2015.
The reason for the delay was the company’s busy schedule while working on the camera of the device as it wants it to be a better product than its predecessor Hero 4. The reports on the device suggest that the new action camera device will be capable of shooting videos in high definition, 60 meters underwater. Currently, waterproofing is major seller point for devices.
As per news, it will be able to shoot 8k videos but a number of people said that it might become an issue for the organization as it is a feature which has not yet been supported by YouTube. The best fact about the product is that it has excellent battery capacity that, according to reports, will be able to work for 24 hours while recording videos.
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