• Pentagon: That Fictional Drone From Call of Duty Sure Looks Cool
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[QUOTE]Art imitates life they say, and every now and then life imitates art. Which is only slightly terrifying when the art being imitated is a Call of Duty title and the real-world entity doing the imitating is the Pentagon. A fictional drone from a video game that hasn’t even been released yet has inspired a DoD office to consider pursuing the same drone in real life, Brookings Institute 21st Century Defense Initiative director and all-around drones guru Peter Singer tells Innovation News Daily. The video in question came out on April 23, released by Treyarch (the maker of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2) to drum up viral buzz about its upcoming game title. In it, a gentleman in a heavy Russian accent shows off a tablet-controlled, machine-gun-packing quadrotor drone--a drone that, by the way, does not exist outside of the pixelated landscape of the video game, set in 2025. But it could exist, and if its going to exist the Pentagon can’t let the Russians get there first (see: nuclear weapons, the moon, the Miracle on Ice). Which is interesting--ironic even--considering Black Ops 2 (out in November) seems to be nothing if not a violent warning against automating the means of warfare (see trailer below). If this is where the Pentagon is mining ideas, then it’s certainly going to get some cool machines--but here’s hoping it is keeping its network security up to date. [img]http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/BlackOps.jpeg[/img][/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-05/pentagon-fictional-drone-unreleased-video-game-sure-looks-cool[/url]
When they said "gentleman in a heavy Russian accent" I didn't think they meant FPS Russia. [video=youtube;SNPJMk2fgJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU[/video]
Next thing the Pentagon adapts to it's army from this game will be soldiers on horseback
[QUOTE=Hidole555;35902654]When they said "gentleman in a heavy Russian accent" I didn't think they meant FPS Russia. [/QUOTE] Heavy russian accent, not obviously fake russian accent
[QUOTE=Hidole555;35902654]When they said "gentleman in a heavy Russian accent" I didn't think they meant FPS Russia. [video=youtube;SNPJMk2fgJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU[/video][/QUOTE] I was about to say, I remember seeing fps russia with that long before the trailer came out.
Isn't that drone based off of hobby toys? [img]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/01/ces_ardrone00main.jpg[/img] This is one of the most popular out there, but they have some that are far bigger and that have six rotors as well, along with a large array of functions.
The quadrotor design is nothing new...
Actually, this is kind of funny because at the end of a tour of [url=http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/Pages/default.aspx]SPAWAR[/url] (government body in charge of the DOD's information structure, like Combat Operations Control and stuff) that I took a few months ago, some of the people working there were playing with a quadrotor drone that they'd been programming for fun.
They actually have multicopters big enough to carry a person.
Treyarch didn't release FPS Russias video, what is this article on about? [editline]10th May 2012[/editline] And it does exist outside of "the pixelated landscape of the video game".
"We'll sell you our design, sure! But the wings are $15 DLC."
[QUOTE=Fisk;35902859]Treyarch didn't release FPS Russias video, what is this article on about? [editline]10th May 2012[/editline] And it does exist outside of "the pixelated landscape of the video game".[/QUOTE] Pretty sure what you see flying is CGI, not to mention when you hear what he says it's pretty obvious its leaning towards BO2. Of course treyarch wouldn't release it, that's why its a viral video.
[QUOTE=UncleJimmema;35902919]Pretty sure what you see flying is CGI, not to mention when you hear what he says it's pretty obvious its leaning towards BO2. Of course treyarch wouldn't release it, that's why its a viral video.[/QUOTE]I guess it is. Never picked that up, I just watched it quickly a couple of weeks ago.
So this is how Skynet begins..
[QUOTE=Neddy;35903066]So this is how Skynet begins..[/QUOTE] It began a long time ago my friend [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28satellite%29[/url]
....And why can't the pentagon get around to making power armor. You know, like the highly described and detailed one in Starship Troopers? :v:
Yeah, it is CGI.
[QUOTE=VengfulSoldier;35903142]....And why can't the pentagon get around to making power armor. You know, like the highly described and detailed one in Starship Troopers? :v:[/QUOTE] We are still a long way away from that.
[QUOTE=N-12_Aden;35903186]We are still a long way away from that.[/QUOTE] Speed it up dammit.
[QUOTE=VengfulSoldier;35903249]Speed it up dammit.[/QUOTE] You're going to have to settle for this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UpxsrlLbpU[/media]
[QUOTE=Hidole555;35902654]When they said "gentleman in a heavy Russian accent" I didn't think they meant FPS Russia. [video=youtube;SNPJMk2fgJU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNPJMk2fgJU[/video][/QUOTE] Looks like those little kidnappers from Peace Walker
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