A Drone Light Show: What It Is, How It Works and What’s the Point?
If you’ve been living on a desert island, you’ve definitely seen or at least heard of mesmerizing drone light shows. But have you ever wondered what technology stands behind these dazzling displays, who asks for them and why?
What exactly is a drone show?
In general: it is a top-notch visual entertainment format.
In details: captivating aerial display utilizes a fleet of drones, each equipped with colorful LED lights, to craft spellbinding animations, patterns, and shapes in the night sky. Just like these:
Drones used for these shows are nothing like ordinary drones – they’re specially crafted to be agile and nimble to dance in the sky. Each drone represents a point, it is programmed to take a certain position with a certain color at a certain moment in time. Thanks to a precise positioning system, the drones follow its own flight route, forming the prescribed shapes and avoiding collisions with other drones.
How Big It Is? How Long It Lasts?
Usually drone shows feature up to 15 images and last up to 15 minutes. While some offer 25-minute displays, it might give you a stiff neck and numb arms for looking up and recording the show for 15+ minutes. It surely reduces joy.
As for Lumasky, we put drone shows that last up to 15 minutes, reach 1 km in size (epic, huh?) and are visible at 5 km. With a massive fleet of 10,000 drone fleet, try to fancy an entire town or a giant King Kong made of drones emerging in the sky!
There is literally nothing drones cannot picture. From static writings and humble silhouettes to moving 3D objects. An elephant, a flower, a logo, a national pattern and a country map ー all of this can be built with 100, 500, 1,000 or more drones. The more drones, the clearer the picture.
Who asks for drone shows?
State and city offices, big brands, event planners, as well as wealthy and creative individuals. They use drone displays to uplevel their events, entertain people, and create much of a buzz.
Drone shows are super versatile too! They can fit into national or local celebrations, music concerts, sporting events, movie premiers, product launches, corporate events, weddings and private parties. Basically, every event under the night sky qualifies.
To embrace the variety of events drone shows can elevate, go through Lumasky portfolio.
Is it a goodbye to fireworks?
Not really.
Drone shows do serve as an alternative to fireworks. However, in terms of technology, customization and eco-friendliness (low noise and no debris), they offer a lot more. UAVs can still carry pyrotechnics to add even more expressiveness to the show. If synced with music, the whole thing looks super impressive.
To sum it up
Drone light shows are becoming super popular worldwide. Maybe in 50 years, they will become a mass market solution. But today this craze is the hottest, turning every event into the most colorful memory.
Why exactly do governments, brands or artists choose drone shows for various events? Get all the insights here.