TRNDlabs, a company that launches drones on the conveyor belt, released a video the other day announcing the introduction of the Pokédrone to the market.
The role of the Pokedrone would obviously be to catch the creatures of the Pokemon game from the most difficult areas for players to penetrate.
Dozens of tests have already been done and the game synchronizes perfectly with the GPS location of the drone so that game enthusiasts can play from a distance. Pokedrone has automatic landing and take-off options so that the player can focus only on the game.
However, according to the verbe, there are also some small problems.
- Selling a product with the word "poké" in the name, which I'm pretty sure Nintendo would have some legal issues with. (TRNDlabs views this as a "less urgent" concern at this point in time).
- The drone claims to work by spoofing the GPS input from the iPhone to the Pokémon Go app with the drone's GPS signal, which is not possible to do without jailbreaking your iPhone or using Apple's dev tools.
- Spoofing GPS is against the spirit of the game and my editor, Paul Miller, only approves of it in the case of stunts and Twitch Plays Pokémon Go. (It's also probably against the terms of service of the game and would probably get you banned.)
- The video depicts using the camera input of the drone with Pokémon Go's AR mode, which is also not possible to do without jailbreaking your iPhone or using Apple's dev tools.
TRNDlabs is actively working on the drone and hopes to send it out for training soon.
