GoPro lays off 7% of staff...

[Steven Ackerman]

GoPro lays off 7 percent of its staff, warns of poor sales

 

[SteveReno]

That's a Co. going from bad to worse.. Real shame, they were on top & never seen it coming.

 

[Steven Ackerman]

...they were on top & never seen it coming.

Guess they should've stuck with making and improving their cameras instead of trying to do drones too...

 

[Toiletbowl]

we hope 3dr will joint venture nikon 360 degress camera Nikon joins the action camera world, offers 360-degree 4K footage

 

[pyrate]

I sure hope not, at least as a primary move those 360 cameras are going to be a fad, just like 3D was

 

[PdxSteve]

@pyrate I'm not sure. VR is going to be huge and it's just barely starting.

 

[pyrate]

that is what they said about 3D
it is dying a slow death in the home.
There will be a place for it, but the masses are not going to strap on head gear to watch friends after dinner

 

[pyrate]

Here is another reason I hope 3DR does not go down that road.
if Yuneek and DJI have anything on 3DR it is not in their flight control or vehicle. it is in the camera.

Selling out to just VR 360 format would be a huge mistake. Now Hopefully they will have vendors do both, in fact I am hoping Nikon will realize like Black Magic that there is a market for a drone sized 4K camera

Look what all that talk did for Gopros stock this very evening

 

[User Name]

@pyrate I'm not sure. VR is going to be huge and it's just barely starting.

And 2016 is FINALLY going to be the year for Linux on the desktop!

VR is cool, and there's finally starting to be some decent consumer headsets on the market, but I just don't see much use outside games. Not like everyone and their uncle are going to drop $300-$600 on headsets to watch 360 degree videos on YouTube.

As for GoPro, yea, it's a shame. I've been happy with the two cameras I have, but it does seem like they should have improved them more for price. The Session seems like a disaster for them - lower image quality and that absurd initial price. It's a shame, because a small camera like that seems like a perfect fit for drones, but it should cost $150-$200 tops.

 

[Quality Control]

Here is another reason I hope 3DR does not go down that road.
if Yuneek and DJI have anything on 3DR it is not in their flight control or vehicle. it is in the camera.

Selling out to just VR 360 format would be a huge mistake. Now Hopefully they will have vendors do both, in fact I am hoping Nikon will realize like Black Magic that there is a market for a drone sized 4K camera

Look what all that talk did for Gopros stock this very evening

I agree, I believe 3DR needs to remain as a vehicle company and not a camera company. there are TONS of companies that make TONS of money using 3rd (no pun intended) party equipment.

3DR has done an amazing job with the pixhawk, and now Solo with pixhawk2 is in my mind amazing. Far beyond any other flight controller out there.