World freestyle (virtually) with a quadcopter with the new GlobeXplore FPV Simulator and 2D and 3D data of Google (Earth/Maps).
Next videos in my GlobXplore series (without noticable video judder) :
Saarbrücken (Germany) by acrobatic drone | GlobeXplore FPV Simulator | Google 3D Earth
• Saarbrücken (Germany) ...
Trier (Germany) by acrobatic drone | GlobeXplore FPV Simulator | Google 3D Earth/Maps
• Trier (Germany) by fre...
New York City by acrobatic drone | GlobeXplore FPV Simulator | Google 3D Earth/Maps
• New York City by frees...
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___ SORRY FOR THE NOTICABLE PICTURE JUDDER (LOW FPS) ___
It runs smooth on my PC in 4K UHD 60 fps, CPU load ~ 50%, GPU ~ 30%. While recording, it runs in 4K UHD, ~ 30-52 fps, CPU ~ 95% (so it is at it's limit or even over it). MSI Afterburner REC is very CPU hungry. Apparently my PC is not strong enough.
Had the judder already seen in the recs, normal at high d rates, my PC can't play high d rates smoothly. After RU-vid convertion (or extra export non-loseless) this should normally be gone. There's nothing I can do, except reduce display resolution (but then we have video with lower video res) or find better set (that maybe not exist) and fly everything again.
___ MY PC USED IN THIS VIDEO ___
* 500 MBit/s indirect-fiber internet connection (fiber in house but not in modem)
* Intel i5-7600K, OC @ 4.8 GHz
* Msi GTX 1080 ti Gaming X Trio (11GB VRAM), OC @ 2000 MHz
* Corsair Vengence 16 GB DDR4, OC @ 3600 MHz
* Acer Predator 28" 4K UHD G-sync display & Asus 28" 4K UHD display
* Msi MPG SEKIRA 100P (Most beautiful mid size pc case ! Looks simple and luxury)
Afterburner set with the least performance claim is imo MJPG compr MKV container min 25% quali (still rec in 120-250 MBit/s) at 30 fps. Recording was in 30 fps and the fps limit for the application at 60 fps.
Maybe I'll do a remake, I'll put the link below here:
___ HOW I FOUND THIS ? ___
I'm subscribed to some Japanese FPV pilots. And clearly there is one software feature from a japanese creator very popular at the moment in Japan.
This shows a summary of my flights of my first hours with GlobeXplore and with the BETAFPV LiteRadio3 radio controller (It also works with a PS4 controller). In the video you can see the settings for the LiteRadio3. Use AUTO and move the correct gimbal if you use another version or radio...
___ MY EXPERIENCE WITH GLOBEXPLORE YET ___
I have used GlobeXplore version 1.2.5 and 1.26 in this video.
PROS:
* It is much better than flying the airplane simulator in Google Earth Pro. With a drone you can explore much better/slower. And it's more fun.
CONS:
* This doesn't work for me: Coordinates with a comma I get random spots. Therefore I have to fly from 50, 6 (North Luxembourg) about 10 - 15 minutes to the capital city. With cam angle 60° it has max speed of 200 km/h ? Normally you can copy the coordinates of a map with a right click on Google maps and then just paste it here on GlobeXplore (I saw that from Japanese videos), but somehow that doesn't work for me. Maybe it has something to do with different keyboard systems or something ? There is another guy (i think non japanese) in the chat of the seller page that has same issue than me. So I'm not the only one...
* Gravity low. Falls very slow at zero throttle. Maybe some betaflight setting exist with this kind of behaviour of the quad, but i think that is not the standard behaviour at least for a freestyle ACRO drone... However, it could also be that you perceive it as slower in the 3D maps compared to reality...
* The textures and map don't load very far. Though my hardware probably could. Would be cool if you could increase or decrease the range of texture loading with a slider, adapted to your own hardware...
___ THE GLOBEXPLORE SOFTWARE (WINDOWS & MAC) __
I give no guarantee for this link that the link or the software is safe or cannot damage the PC !
GlobeXplore:
hajime-drone.i...
This is the link to the software. The creator himself says there is no guarantee that this will work in the long term due to changes made by Google... At the moment you pay at least 5 USD to get access.
___ GOOGLE EARTH STUDIO___
If you're only interested in creating beautiful Google Maps 3D videos and don't care about flying the map in real time, Google Earth Studio might be something for you. Higher quality is possible, I think, because the map is more and fully loaded when creating the videos. With this you can theoretically reproduce any kind of drone flight. However, with a significantly higher workload to create it...
___ CLOSING WORDS ___
I can't predict the future. But there will certainly be more 3D maps in the future and better quality (textures and 3D resolution). And of course better computer hardware. I would urge Google to buy up the young Japanese guy's work and implement a quadcopter ACRO mode in the Google Earth Pro.
___ MUSIC __
Parzival - William Rosati (Under the RU-vid Library licence)
13 сен 2024
