A Canadian chap fitted a moveable camera to a radio controlled aircraft. He wore a Virtual Reality head set and received a live feed from the camera and controlled the camera pan and tilt by moving his head. The quality of the video is very good- it looks as if it’s shot from a real plane until the last few seconds when it’s landing and you can see the bloke on the ground as it approaches the field. There are subtitles on the video in English and French.
What makes this quite revolutionary is the view point from the plane- it makes you feel like you are flying.
I guess the next step might be to completely control the aircraft with head movements, though possibly a bit dangerous if you get distracted!
Link to Radio Control forum with discussion of this plus links to other Videos. The rc-cam.com website is about radio control model video and projects and if you like R/C well worth a visit. Mind you it looks like it could be an expensive hobby!
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