If you’ve ever flown a drone or seen someone fly a drone, one of the ways to control the drone especially if it’s too far for you to see it clearly is to rely on the controller’s screen, which in some cases might be a tablet or a smartphone. However DJI might have something different for you in the form of the DJI Goggles.
The goggles were teased last year when the DJI Mavic Pro was announced but now the details about it have emerged. The goggles will offer up two viewing modes: one in 720p with a frame rate of 60fps, and another at 1080p with a frame rate of 30fps, and both will have a latency of 110ms which means that what you see will be ever so slightly delayed.
The goggles will also feature a touchpad that lets users navigate the menu, there will also be a headphone jack, and a bunch of connectivity ports like a microSD card slot, micro USB, HDMI inputs, and so on. It is also good for about 6 hours of usage, but the best part is that according to DJI, thanks to the built-in accelerometer and gyroscope, users can fly the drone and control the camera’s gimbal simply by using head movement.
As The Verge points out, this isn’t the first time that we’ve seen such solutions, but it will be the first end-to-end solution offered up by a dronemaker. If the DJI Goggles sounds like something you might be interested in, you’ll be able to buy one for yourself for a price of $449.