{"id":4199,"date":"2022-05-03T15:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone"},"modified":"2022-05-03T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T16:38:37","slug":"snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","title":{"rendered":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. <\/strong><\/span>A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little yellow drone, called Pixy, is described by the company as a \u201cfree-flying sidekick\u201d which can help people take selfies without a selfie stick.<\/p>\n

The gadget is available in France and the US, where the laws are more lenient around the use of drones than the UK. It comes as several social media giants are stepping up their hardware and Augmented Reality (AR) offering.<\/p>\n

The Pixy operates on its own, taking video as it flies, which is then wirelessly transferred and saved in the app. At the end of the flight, the selfie drone lands in the palm of your hand.<\/p>\n

Although Snapchat does not receive the same level of attention as other social media networks such as Facebook or Twitter, it remains hugely popular. Snapchat has 300 million daily active users around the world, according to the company. It also claims to reach more than 75% of those aged 13-34 in more than 20 countries.<\/p>\n

Meet Pixy. Your friendly flying camera. Pixy brings magic to every moment, all you have to do is let it fly! #FlyWithMe pic.twitter.com\/GAh8znI76I Snapchat is known for its AR \u201clenses\u201d on phones, which overlay art on a selfie, or distort the live image in various ways.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Snap launched camera-equipped glasses, sold as Spectacles \u2013 which further developed the immersive Augmented Reality experience. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel predicted Spectacles would one day be as ubiquitous as mobile phones \u2013 but the company lost nearly $40 million on the device in 2017 \u201cprimarily related to excess inventory reserves and inventory purchase commitment cancellation charges\u201d<\/p>\n

The company has since launched an updated AR version of Spectacles but they are not yet on sale. Meanwhile there are high hopes for Pixy, as drones are increasingly embraced by industry and the general public.<\/p>\n

Managing director of Nationwide Drones, Owen Jenkins, told the BBC: \u201cDrone use is already mainstream across media, cinematography, surveying and inspection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt can only be expected that personal drones will become commonplace in society.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf it\u2019s small, light and slow, it\u2019s very unlikely to cause damage or injury. I can\u2019t see why they won\u2019t be the next smartphone boom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Jenkins expressed some concern about Pixy not having a direct controller but as the device is only 101g and has enclosed propellers it is unlikely to cause any damage even if it went rogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sits comfortably under the 250g limit where the user laws start to kick in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Snap says products such as Pixy are \u201csubject to local, state and federal laws about who can fly them, how and where they should be flown\u201d \u2013 and urge users to pay attention to the applicable drone laws.<\/p>\n

Will Harford, director of photography at CloudVisual, suggests Snapchat should integrate multiple choice questions which have to be answered by the user before Pixy can be flown for the first time \u2013 so users are clear about local drone laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cSadly this little drone is just too small to carry the hardware to know where it shouldn\u2019t fly, so it\u2019s down to the user to know and abide by the rules,\u201d he told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Despite lightweight drones not being subjected to the stricter rules of their heavier counterparts, Mr Harford warns \u201ccommon sense\u201d must still be applied when using it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a really bad idea to use it at an airport, where it is illegal for a drone to fly, irrespective of its weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

A UK Civil Aviation Authority spokesperson said, \u201cAnyone flying a drone in the UK needs to follow the UK Dronecode. \u201cDrones with a follow-me mode are allowed if the drone remains within 50m of you.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost drone users need to register with us as a drone operator and flyer but if a drone is classed as a toy then these are exempt, but users do still need to follow the Dronecode.\u201d<\/p>\n

The launch of Pixy comes as Meta opens its first hardware shop to show off devices from Facebook and other big tech companies. The Meta store will open in Burlingame, California on the 9 May \u2013 displaying products such as Ray-Ban AR glasses, the Portal smart camera, Quest and Beat Saber.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not selling the metaverse in our store, but hopefully people will come in and walk out knowing a little bit more about how our products will help connect them to it,\u201d said Martin Gilliard, head of the Meta Store, in a statement on the company\u2019s website. The move is seen as a further commitment to the company\u2019s investment in Virtual Reality and the metaverse.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Cape verde<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Cape verde. A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little yellow drone, called Pixy, is described by the company as a \u201cfree-flying sidekick\u201d which can help people take selfies without a selfie stick. The gadget is available in France and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,9,16],"tags":[233,331,281,328,283],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-miscellaneous","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-cape-verde","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-cape-verde","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"\nSnapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cape Verde\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"976\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"549\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\"},\"wordCount\":799,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Cape verde\",\"Africa Press-Mozambique\",\"Cape verde\",\"Mozambique\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"miscellaneous\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\",\"name\":\"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg\",\"width\":976,\"height\":549,\"caption\":\"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/\",\"name\":\"Cape Verde\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde","description":"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde","og_description":"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","og_site_name":"Cape Verde","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":976,"height":549,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone","datePublished":"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone"},"wordCount":799,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Cape verde","Africa Press-Mozambique","Cape verde","Mozambique"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","miscellaneous","twitter"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone","name":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone - Cape Verde","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg","datePublished":"2022-05-03T15:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2022-05-03T16:38:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"A flying camera is the latest release from Snap, the company best known for its photo-sharing app Snapchat. The little y ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_22.jpg","width":976,"height":549,"caption":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/all-news\/snapchats-flying-selfie-drone#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Snapchat\u2019s flying selfie drone"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/","name":"Cape Verde","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/cape-verde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}