DJI and Epson partner to bring POV drone goggles

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Wouldn’t it be cool to get a first-person perspective of the videos drones are take? DJI and Epson are hoping to bring that to life. The two companies are working to expand DJI’s SDK to let Epson’s Moverio BT-300 AR glasses work with the Phantom, Matrice, and Inspire lines. DJI will also optimize its DJI GO app to work with the Moverio. It’ll give users both a first person view of the drone’s camera while still keeping direct light of sight with the drone. With this partnership, you’ll soon be able to pick up the Moverio glasses on DJI’s site.

Source: Engadget

WhatsApp Android beta version gets Snapchat-like stickers

We’ve reached a point where social media apps have started to employ similar features in hopes of keeping its user base or attracting more people into its platform. The latest example is another Facebook-owned company copying Snapchat. WhatsApp released an update for its Android beta app that introduces stickers and the ability to doodle on messages.

Aside from that the app gets pseudo-flash for taking night-time selfies and emojis will start to appear larger in chats when you don’t include text with it. If you use Facebook Messenger, that messaging app has the same feature (re: the bigger emojis).

Source: The Next Web

Sony announces new flagship 4K and HD Action Cams

Sony Electronics announced three brand new products that push their imaging capabilities to the next level.

The FDR-X3000R 4K and HDR-AS300R Full HD Action Cams are Sony’s first-ever POV cameras to feature the innovative Balanced Optical SteadyShot (B.O.SS) image stabilization technology. Being the flagship feature of both devices, B.O.SS is an advanced form of image stabilization. Internally, the lens and sensor work together to compensate for shaking, which allows the footage captured to be smooth and stable, even in 4K. To learn more about these Action Cams read the full release here.

Along with the new POV Action Cams, Sony added a new lens to the family, with the 18-110mm Super 35mm / APS-C lens with power zoom capability (model: SELP18110G). This lens uses Smooth Motion Optics (SMO) allowing users to minimize unwanted focus and image shifts while focusing or zooming. To learn more about the lens read the full release here.

Google Photos shares Motion Stills features to iOS app

After releasing Motion Stills for iOS a few months ago, Google integrates some of its features in the Photos app. Motion Stills allowed you to create GIF-like moving images that had frozen backgrounds. Photos can now edit these Live Photos for you to make them more stable. After that, the app will let you keep the file as a video clip in your camera roll.

Google Photos on iOS also gets a new organizational features like being able to sort photos in albums chronologically and select thumbnails for the faces of your friends in People. The new features are set to head to Android and web versions of Google Photos as well.

Source: Engadget