What is FPV?
FPV, meaning First person view, is a relatively new field of drones that emerged from HOBBYISTS and enthusiasts mounting micro cctv cameras to their home-built drones and strapping on ski-masks to their faces with some FRESNEL lens in between.
IT is the art of flying a drone from the perspective of sitting in the drone.
A small camera is mounted in the front of the drone and transmits a low LATENCY feed to the pilot who is wearing a headset and flying as if he was sitting in the drone.
What started as a small group of INDIVIDUALS paving the way forward has quickly progressed into a flowering industry of pilots and racers. There is even an entire racing league dedicated to racing drones called the drone racing league (drl)
In the filming world FPV has become the new hype for many content producers and social media marketers. Social media is filled with amazing and seemingly impossible shots done by racing drones. Their size, speed, durability and VERSATILITY make them truly one of the greatest tools in the creativity toolbox.
Skyhook has worked with one of the best fpv pilots in the world (johnny_fpv) on a shoot and now has a growing team of young pilots with many years of fpv EXPERIENCE. fpv is such a NICHE market that only someone who does it for fun can do it for an occupation as well. Things are constantly improving and here at skyhook we pride ourselves in being at the head of the pack.
