AR.FreeFlight now available for Windows 8, control your Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 quadricopter

AR.FreeFlight Windows 8

Nosotros love when official apps come up to Windows Phone and Windows 8. Today we're getting a new app in the Windows Shop that a lot of you drone fans will appreciate. Parrot has merely released their official AR.FreeFlight for Windows users. This app will let you to remotely control their quadricopter, the Parrot AR.Drone ii.0, using your Surface 2 or other Windows 8 device.

Ballmer AR.Drone
Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft, getting a demo of the AR.Drone ii.0 with an Xbox controller from Parrot CEO Henri Seydoux (Photo credit: Parrot SA)

The app is gratis, only you'll of form need the AR.Drone 2.0 to get whatsoever use out of it. The AR.Drone 2.0 (ardrone2.parrot.com) is a set-to-fly quadricopter (drone) that can exist controlled from a smartphone or tablet. Y'all tin can tilt your Windows eight tablet to control the management of the AR.Drone. The drone has a camera and can record footage at 720p at 30fps. You lot can also capture photos using the onboard camera. You go 12 minutes of flying time with the AR.Drone and can accept it go up to 165 anxiety away from yous.

That'southward the drone, but here's what the app, AR.FreeFlight, can exercise for you on Windows 8:

Airplane pilot the Parrot AR.Drone ii.0
Flip the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0
Record High Definition Video with the Parrot AR.Drone two.0
Take Pictures with the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0

AR.FreeFlight Windows 8 Screenshot

We don't take the AR.Drone 2.0 to exam this out merely yet. If you have one allow the states know how information technology works! Daniel has the Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 in his Amazon shopping cart. I'm sure he'll pull the trigger if enough of you egg him on. Purchase it Dan ;)

Anyone rocking an AR.Drone? Share your thoughts beneath!

Update: We take CONFIRMED that a Windows Phone viii app is in the works for the AR.Drone 2.0, so don't worry! And for developers, y'all can get an early look at the upcoming SDK here at GitHub.

Download AR.FreeFlight from the Windows Store!

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