[imagesource: Snap]

Let me paint you a picture.

Sorry, scrap that. Real creative work feels slightly unnecessary these days, so let me rather snap a quick pic for ya.

You’re in the wilderness, where the point is to have a quiet intimate moment with the great outdoors and/or your loved one. The surroundings are exquisite. The air is still and filled with the sounds of nature.

And then, something resembling a yellow piece of toast appears, whizzing around and following your every move.

Snap, Snapchat’s parent company, has released a butter-coloured flying camera drone called Pixy and it’s at the ready for when you want to share every single breathable moment with strangers on the internet:

Image: Snap

Over to Gizmodo:

As Snap continues to try and convince itself and investors that it’s a camera company and not a social network for covertly sharing intimate photos, today it’s released its second hardware product after the introduction of its camera-equipped Spectacles sunglasses back in 2016.

…Right out of the box (and after a charge), the Pixy is ready to start capturing memories with no flight training needed, but unlike Spectacles (which were a mostly unobtrusive way to photograph friends and family without whipping out a smartphone), it’s hard to imagine anyone being happy to see (and hear) a Pixy take flight during a memorable moment.

Fly away:

At $230 (around R3 600) a pop, this 101-gram semi-intelligent autonomous drone is the newest way for people to capture photos and videos for sharing on social media without stretching out their arms for a selfie.

The content is shared wirelessly with Snapchat’s memories, where it is downloaded and stored for later use.

CNET explains more about how Pixy works:

To use the drone, people press a button and select one of several flight paths: hover, orbit, reveal, favorite and follow. If you select follow, for example, Pixy will follow you around as you go on a hike or walk around a city.

Pixy will automatically take photos and videos during flight, but users can program Pixy to only take only videos. The drone will float in the air and capture images before flying back to the palm of your hand.

The gadget doesn’t have the best battery life with only enough capacity to allow you to capture content over five to eight flights.

Storage isn’t bad, though. Packing 16GB of flash storage, Pixy can store up to 1 000 photos or up to 100 videos.

It also shoots videos at 2,7K and doesn’t include sound, while the camera is 12 megapixels.

Alright, I guess we’re turning a corner in this content-obsessed world.

I have no doubt that people at next year’s Coachella will have perform a lot of fun with Pixy at hand.

[sources:cnet&gizmodo]