A brand new helicopter gadget that is controlled by the iPhone or iPad, is about to get a lot cooler. The AR.Drone, which is a quadrocopter, is about to be controlled by Android. The attention around the AR.Drone has traveled around the Web as fast as a bad virus. The company, called Parrot, is trying to get the “gaming” feeling across to users of the AR. Drone. In addition to being controlled by the iPhone or iPad, the unit has two digital cameras that send live footage back to the iPhone or iPad.
You might be wondering why you would want a helicopter that is controlled by your smartphone, but believe it or not, there are games that can manipulate the screen showing the live feed to show enemies that you are now responsible for taking care of. With all of that going down, you must not forget you are the one controlling the plane.
The AR Drone has been around for a little more than one year now since it was launched in Vegas at last years E3 conference. Since then the company has been trying to advance the helicopter technology. In addition to improvements to the company has started a competition of sorts that is worldwide and called “AR Drone Challenges”. Te competition puts users against each other has they post video challenges. Of the very first competition that the company started with, 14 users will have their challenge videos selected to go to Paris on some time in October.
