@MrGoodGuy I feel like the other cats in this video would be well off joining forces and teaching this young bully some rules of peace co-existence. (Not an unneutered orange tom by any chance? Lil’ man’s feeling way too big about what constitutes his territory.)
@medz
Yeah, but the lack of dimensions makes it hard to decide if this would be practical for the same kind of use case. I could see the mini being handy forgetting behind furniture etc in certain cases. As long as the camera didn’t get bumped off the top.
For instance the cats brought a chipmunk into the house the other day (again). The mini might have been handy to chase him out from under the couch!
I’m getting too old to get down on the ground and do that kind of s***…
@Atomizer@hiroo I tried looking into it a bit last night because I thought it would be funny to program a way to have a Twitch chat control it interactively, but I stopped when I found it near impossible (and rather sketchy) to try and find the app.
I can’t find any info about the app on here or Sharper Image, and the Odyssey Toys site only has this FAQ page which has a question about the app for a different model, but that app also doesn’t seem to exist on the Google Play store.
If this could work completely over WiFi, I would be on it. Driving the car remotely, looking for the dogs. But, really, they are probably on the sofa… Yeah we have some WiFi cams around the house, but a drive able WiFi cam? That would be a win! Maybe better using the bigger, longer runtime car on SideDeal…
All the use cases would require a light right behind it or the image to be night vision. None of which this does unless the “blue ambient lights” mean anything different.
Specs
Product: Odyssey Toys Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer FPV
Model: ODY-SPY1
Condition: New
What’s Included?
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Apr 20
Is this stall taken?
One of these came down my block before it wound up on Street View in Google maps.
Surprised it survived the neighborhood cats.
So can it record, or do you have to run some janky screen-capture app on your phone to do it?
A camera on a toy car? Booooring!!
A camera on an Alpha Cat??
YES PLEASE!!
@MrGoodGuy what an asshole cat!
@MrGoodGuy @robson
Aww… Not an asshole, just misunderstood!
@MrGoodGuy I feel like the other cats in this video would be well off joining forces and teaching this young bully some rules of peace co-existence. (Not an unneutered orange tom by any chance? Lil’ man’s feeling way too big about what constitutes his territory.)
@MrGoodGuy ok but my first thought was tortoise cam… how bad is the quality ?
Yeah, i kinda don’t want it!!
I want it, but not right now.
/showme car that has GIGANTIC gopro on roof.
@cfg83 Here’s the image you requested for “car that has GIGANTIC gopro on roof.”
@mediocrebot Thaaaaaat’s more like it.
@cfg83 @mediocrebot Why is that car about to go off-road after a mountain bike?
@mediocrebot @tweezak In the “Cars” universe they have biker human hunting season.
@cfg83 @mediocrebot but why is screen on the same side of the camera as the lens?
@gdorn @mediocrebot That is a selfie-pro. It was not very successful.
This one looks cooler unless you need the smaller one to sneak it into places.
@medz
Yeah, but the lack of dimensions makes it hard to decide if this would be practical for the same kind of use case. I could see the mini being handy forgetting behind furniture etc in certain cases. As long as the camera didn’t get bumped off the top.
For instance the cats brought a chipmunk into the house the other day (again). The mini might have been handy to chase him out from under the couch!
I’m getting too old to get down on the ground and do that kind of s***…
anybody know if you can drive this remotely over the internet or does the app need the phone connected to the car’s wifi directly?
@hiroo It probably uses Wi-Fi Direct, so, that’s very likely a “yes” to your second question.
@Atomizer @hiroo I tried looking into it a bit last night because I thought it would be funny to program a way to have a Twitch chat control it interactively, but I stopped when I found it near impossible (and rather sketchy) to try and find the app.
I can’t find any info about the app on here or Sharper Image, and the Odyssey Toys site only has this FAQ page which has a question about the app for a different model, but that app also doesn’t seem to exist on the Google Play store.
/showme guy shocked by when a Odyssey Toys Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer FPV rolls up on him on the airport bathroom
@medz Here’s the image you requested for “guy shocked by when a Odyssey Toys Zoom Cam Mini RC Racer FPV rolls up on him on the airport bath…”
@medz And here’s the last thing that overly-curious remote camera operator will ever transmit.
I feel seen.
I get the sense that any video captured by this anywhere not as smooth as the kitchen floor would be completely unwatchable.
@tweezak image stabilization is probably too much to ask for at the price. And probably too early for an A.I. phone app to do the job on the fly.
@richrauch @tweezak it says image stabilizing gyro on the post …
@tweezak actually, I think it would be just fine since those cars won’t move on anything but a perfectly smooth surface.
Got any Flock Safety employees living next door? Get several of these for their kids’ birthdays. That would be fair.
If this could work completely over WiFi, I would be on it. Driving the car remotely, looking for the dogs. But, really, they are probably on the sofa… Yeah we have some WiFi cams around the house, but a drive able WiFi cam? That would be a win! Maybe better using the bigger, longer runtime car on SideDeal…
All the use cases would require a light right behind it or the image to be night vision. None of which this does unless the “blue ambient lights” mean anything different.
Gotta love that 2fps video quality of this thing in their own example video.
Okay you got me with that.
But can you not run two at once? And why do they have miniature 80 year-olds driving them at a scaled equivalency of stop-and-start 12 mph?
/image I have doubts Streep
alright, I do have a new cat.
replete-ardent-glove
@snapster Im getting it for my spoiled 2yo. I think our fur babies are going to love them!
I think the FCC confused routers with this. I want it but I want my privacy too. This is hinky!
I desperately want this 63 years ago… at the age of 8. Maybe now, too…
Movie reference: Jude Law stars in Tron: AI, where an animatronic Haley Joel Osment sees dead people.