Just watched this guys video on the subject
and wondered if anyone on here flies a mini in VR mode?
Unfortunately not with a Mini but I use the same setup, excluding the Litchi APP, with my Parrot Anafi.
Sometime back Parrot updated their APP to support stereoscopic viewing with cheap VR headsets. They even included profiles for many of the popular headsets to compensate for unwanted distortion that these headsets can be prone to. I went with one of the cheapest headsets I could find, about £6 off eBay, because when not in use they could be collapsed flat and carried in the same case as the Anafi.
Parrot included a feature using the capacitive touch buttons on the headset so that all the settings could still be accessed, including access to the phone’s front mounted camera so you can have a LOS view and Picture in Picture view.
Overall I do enjoy the experience. Parrot do include a FPV feature whereby the camera’s roll axis is locked so you’ll experience the roll of the drone when making turns. Combine this with Sport mode and you have a great little exploring platform.
If you’ve never flown with Goggle’s or a headset I recommend you do your first flights sitting down as some people do experience symptoms associated with motion sickness. This usually fades away the more time you spend under the headset. Also be aware that there’ll be some latency between what you’re seeing and where the drone is. Anything below about 100milliseconds and chances are it won’t be a problem, but as you get further away and the image transmission degrades this latency value can increase to where there is a significant lag between inputting a command and seeing the drone respond in the headset.
I was very surprised that DJI didn’t implement this feature in their DJIGO and DJIFly APPs as it was very much requested by customers in the DJI Forums. It’s obvious now that they’ll never do this as they are about to release a FPV drone package.
Nidge
Thanks for that Nidge. TBH, I’m looking forward to the experience like a kid that doesn’t like rides and now has to go onto one of these mega rides in a theme park. Sitting down seems the way for me