Digital camera company Snap has unveiled an autonomous flying digital camera device which automatically captures pictures and movie which can then be shared to Snapchat.
Known as Pixy, the small product takes off and lands in the palm of a user’s hand and tracks the head and entire body of the operator in purchase to stick to and capture information of them.
At first going on sale in the US and France, the new digital camera arrives with a established of pre-programmed flight plans to choose distinct varieties of images and video clips as it floats earlier mentioned the person.
Snap chief government Evan Spiegel referred to as Pixy a “pocket-sized, no cost-flying sidekick for adventures massive and small”.
Speaking throughout the tech firm’s once-a-year Snap Associate Summit, Mr Spiegel said: “There are no controllers. There’s no sophisticated set-up. Basically pick a flight path and let Pixy get it from there.
“And it is aware of when and in which to return, landing gently in the palm of your hand.”
The digicam company confirmed the Pixy would expense 230 pounds (£184), but did not reveal if or when it will be released in the Uk.
In other places at the Summit, Snap explained its Snapchat app was now applied by extra than 600 million individuals, which includes much more than 300 million everyday lively users around the planet.
Mr Spiegel stated the application now attained far more than 75% of these aged 13 to 34 in additional than 20 countries.
The app’s augmented reality Lenses are, on regular, interacted with 6 billion moments each working day, he added.