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Old 11 February 2018, 04:24 AM   #1
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Olympics Drone Disappointment

I know Paul (VTCGuy) can appreciate the disappointment when things don't go to plan with a drone...but 1200+ drones?

The plan was to do some great animations over and some within the stadium during opening ceremonies at PyeongChang. Here is what the Intel team put together on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCd6P7Ya160



Now if you were watching in the US last night, or even on Today Show this AM, you wouldn't know that the 1200+ drones never got off the ground due to a last minute glitch.

https://www.recode.net/2018/2/10/169...inter-olympics


Instead NBC had a few hours to stitch-in some video from a rehearsal in Germany before air-time her in US.

Live to tape is a wonderful thing in motorsports - we can eliminate boring long stretches of full course caution flag parade laps - not so much when you try to fake it during the Olympics for a big sponsor...

But the feat Intel did perform last December was impressive!
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Old 11 February 2018, 04:37 AM   #2
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Old 11 February 2018, 04:42 AM   #3
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There ya go - a year in S. Korea!!!




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Old 11 February 2018, 05:10 AM   #4
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I fell asleep during the endless march of atheletes and mind numbing drone of background stories.

Was the ceremony any good?
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Old 11 February 2018, 05:14 AM   #5
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Ha! I watched the opening ceremonies last night and they disclosed the scene with the drones and skiers was pre-recorded due to "uncertainty of the weather for opening ceremony night"
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