Tiny Hong Kong-made drones to put virtual reality in palms of users’ hands
Interactive products and experiences poised to feature at annual computer fair
A Hong Kong-made 6cm-long drone, wireless skipping rope and educational DIY robots are poised to take the virtual spotlight at the city’s 14th Computer and Communications Festival later this month.
This year’s festival is to encompass more than 450 booths from 200 exhibitors from August 19 to 22 at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai.
Local companies said they were eager to promote the smallest virtual reality drone made in the city, measuring a mere 6cm long and capable of flying for as long as six minutes.
Kenes Cheung Ka-yi, co-founder of Playable Creation which made the drone, said she wanted the public to “get engaged in VR technology and know that there are local companies that excel at it”.
The remote-controlled drone can deliver footage from up to 30 metres away, and its user can put on 3D VR glasses paired with the product to get immersed in a virtual world.
Lighter and smaller than a normal-sized drone, which commonly measures more than 30cm by 10cm, the tiny drone shoots video with a 300,000-pixel camera and at 480p video quality.
