Meet Flying EYE — World’s First Broadcast Quality 6K VR Drone

Flying EYE is the world’s first drone system capable of streaming live, in broadcast quality 6K, 360 video, and has a range of over 5 miles.

Flying EYE uses a custom wireless transmission system, Breeze, exclusive to 360 Designs, live VR streams can be broadcast anywhere in the world in ultra-high quality, and streamed live to YouTube, Facebook or VR headsets. Viewers can get a sense of flying “like a bird” as they hover above sporting, news, and music events.

“We wanted to create a broadcast quality live 360 drone platform for professionals, so they can create stunning live VR productions, with or without the drone in shot. The sky is no longer the limit.”

– Alx Klive, CEO of 360 Designs.

Perfect for 360 video, the system has applications for traditional TV broadcasting, with the company recently demonstrating how it is possible to extract a zoomable, pannable 2D high-definition feed, from live 360 footage.

Featuring studio-grade camera sensors and a broadcast-standard SDI/NDI workflow, technical directors, DP’s, and VR supervisors can be assured of the highest-quality live image, and an easy-to-integrate system.

Flying EYE™ is a complete, live streaming, professional grade, wireless VR drone system:

• World’s leading live VR camera (Mini EYE™ 3 and other 3 camera VR rigs)
• Introducing Breeze™ — Our ultra high quality, broadcast grade, low latency 6K wireless video system
• Flying EYE™ 360 camera stabilization system

Tried-and-tested drone platform (Matrice 600 Pro by DJI)

• Ground station — provides stitched 4K SDI, 6K NDI, and 6K H.265 (HEVC) outputs
• Can be used for live and non-live 6K VR acquisition — with recordings made on the ground or in the air
• Designed for integration into broadcast quality, multi-camera Live VR productions
• Ultra high quality custom 6K wireless video system offers virtually uncompressed, low latency video transfer
• Max wireless video range: 3–6 miles
• Flying time between battery changes: 10–12 mins (to 20% charge)
• Product can be customized to your requirements
• Available for purchase, rental or as a service (please contact 360designs for details)

CAMERA FEATURES OF FLYING EYE

• Fully immersive live 360 video
• Live 6K stitcher is included
• 3K 60, 4K 30 or 6K 30 resolution (stitched output)
• HFOV 450 degrees — perfect for live use, 30 degrees of overlap per stitch line for post production
• VFOV 380 degrees — fully spherical video, no zenith or nadir hole
• Professional grade 6G SDI output (4K), or, 6K NDI or 6K H.265 (HEVC) IP stream over ethernet
• Blends in perfectly with professional broadcast equipment for live VR sports, music, news, current affairs and events
• Exclusive broadcast lens package, with professional calibration and per-camera lens matching for all lenses (why this is important)
• Reliable system, all locking connections
• Flexible platform can be used for other applications (including 2D)

FLYING EYE™ TECHNICAL SPECS

• Max Video Resolution: 6K 30fps
• Color: 10 bit near uncompressed
• Breeze™ Video Inputs: 3 x 6G SDI (4K 10 bit uncompressed)
• Modes: Single 2D camera or 360 Camera
• Live Stitcher Capability (30fps): Can stitch 3 x 4K inputs, to 4K or 6K stitched output
• Live Stitcher Capability (60fps): Can stitch 3 x HD inputs, to 3K output at 60fps

BREEZE OUTPUT CONNECTIONS

• Video Output: 1 x 6G SDI (Max 4K30 10 bit uncompressed video output)
• IP Stream (Ethernet) Video Output: 6K NDI or 6K 30fps H.265 / HEVC
• Audio Channels: 6 Audio channels
• Microphones: Can use built-in on-camera (Blackmagic) microphones (6 total) or up to 6 external microphones

Conclusion

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Originally published at www.vudream.com on April 14, 2017.