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A paintball game, inspired by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) commonly referred to as drones, is giving enthusiasts the chance to target opponents on the air or on the ground. with paintball guns and is taking gaming to a whole new level for drone enthusiasts.
The Game of Drones, created by United States company Aerial Combat Design & Engineering to offer paintball lovers an entire new experience of the game that is decades old by enabling them to fly their own UAVs.
The company posted a video on YouTube on Monday which received more than 25,000 views, with viewers having mixed opinions, fearing the same technology could be easily copied and used for assassinations with real guns.
djamesr1983 said: “Somebody’s going to copy that except with a 9mm. Unmanned aerial assassination coming soon.”
kysputnik added: “How many people do you have to shoot to get to use this in battle. Like COD MW This is given that as part of the demonstration video the company has posted a drone chasing after a person and acquiring direct hits at its target.”
The UAV is a combination of a normal drone that can be bought from any online store fitted with a first person video (FPV) consisting of a wireless video camera relaying images to goggles on the ground, allowing the gunner to see down the barrel of the gun in real time.
According to paintball gunsmith Dillon Cornell, the gun trigger is wired to the radio receiver with the paintball can wired with a RC car trigger enabling firing.
The drone however, needs a pair of gamers to fly and shoot at the same time with one acquiring targets and the other steering the UAV.
“The result is a fast agile and a very accurate drone,” said one of the creators.
This is however not the first time that the company has created drones that could shoot objects. Earlier the same company created a drone that could fire rockets sparking a heated debate.
