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Parrot Ar.Drone Release Date and Price Confirmed |Review Details

Posted on 04 August 2010 by pinoytutorial

One of the greatest gaming gadgets that you could ever have is the all new AR.Drone which is especially made by Parrot, one of the industry’s leaders in wireless peripherals for mobile phone, and exclusively distributed through unique gifts specialty retailer and innovative product development company, Brookstone.

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The Parrot AR.Drone is the first quadricopter which uses augmented reality and can be maneuvered via Wi-Fi thru an iPod touch, iPhone or an iPad. Basically, this gadget offers an entirely new flight and gaming experience. The AR Drone combines the best of both the real and virtual worlds to offer an ultimate gaming experience to those gaming enthusiasts who loves to play and control flying objects like a true pilot.

The Parrot AR Drone is a one of a kind helicopter and it is also very easy to fly regardless wherever you are. Whether you are outdoors or indoors, you’ll surely enjoy the Parrot AR.Drone. This flying video game has been designed using very light and robust materials. Basically, its main structure is made of carbon fiber and high resistance plastic making it very durable.

Among its amazing features include a built-in Wi-Fi system that simply gets you connected with any iPod touch, iPhone or iPad device. The built-in accelerometer in these devices also enables you to control your AR Drone.

The Parrot AR Drone also comes with the following great features:

  • Comes with a 93 degrees wide-angle diagonal lens front-facing camera
  • Comes with a 64 degrees diagonal lens, CMOS sensor vertical camera
  • Uses MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanicals Systems), two gyrometers, three axes accelerometer, an ultrasound sensor and a vertical camera that enables its users to have a more stable flight
  • Comes with an indoor hull that protects the rotors during tight maneuvering around walls and furniture as well as minimize its weight and wind resistance in outdoor flights
  • Includes rechargeable Lithium Polymer batteries
  • Comes with high efficiency propellers which was especially designed for Parrot AR Drone
  • Weighs 360 grams without a hull and 400 grams with a hull
  • Measures 52.5 x 51.5 cm with hull and 45 x 29 cm without it
  • Embedded computer system with ARM9 RISC 32 BITS-468MHZ processor and Linux OS

Another major feature that the AR.Drone has is its ability to play with other players with the use of its WiFi network. Since AR Drone combines the world of video gaming as well as radio-controlled models, one player can simple create a game party and play against each other. Since the hulls are available in different colors it is very possible to have a battle between two AR Drones.

This gaming device is simply amazing. The AR Drone will be available to customers starting September 03 and will be available exclusively in Brookstone until October 31 at a price of $299. Checkout the series of AR.Drone video clips below to learn more on how you could enjoy this one-of-a-kind toy.


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