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That’s our F3 drum. It’s made for high speeds. By now you’ve heard them, but they’ve only been *** blur. *** still photo was about the only way to get an up close look at the drones capturing the action of the 2026 games. None of these drones ever go over the athletes or in front of them. This is one of the fundamentals. They always stay behind and they follow, and actually they don’t need to because the shot. We want to have is from behind. They’re just *** little heavier than two sticks of butter and capable of hitting up to 100 MPH. And at the controls, humans with VR glasses, many of them who like Jonas Sandel, *** ski jumper, have played the sport they’re chasing. There is *** special touch in the movements and what he chooses to see and show that it’s difficult to be replicated. So yes, it does look like *** flashy, high-tech thing, but there is *** lot of human involvement there.
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The 2026 Winter Olympics are being captured from a unique perspective by drones. They are able to get up-close shots of athletes during some of the competitions. It’s the first time the Olympic Broadcasting Services has put drones to use in this way.Humans control the machines with virtual-reality glasses, and many of them have played the sport they are chasing. “There is a special touch in the movements, and what he chooses to see and show, that it’s difficult to be replicated,” explained Yiannis Exarchos, the CEO of the OBS. “It does look like a flashy high-tech thing, but there is a lot of human involvement there.”The drones are a little heavier than two sticks of butter and are capable of hitting 60 miles per hour. They pass by so quickly that the only way to get a look at them is in a still photo.”None of these drones ever goes over the athletes or in front of them,” Exarchos said. “This is one of the fundamentals. They always stay behind, and they follow. And actually, they don’t need to, because the shot we want to have is from behind.” The drones are used in three ways: to capture the Games and the beauty, and to give viewers a front-row seat. Athletes seem to love it, as it helps viewers understand what they have been training for. However, viewers have mixed reactions, saying the whirring sound of the drones is a distraction.The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics run through Feb. 22.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
The 2026 Winter Olympics are being captured from a unique perspective by drones. They are able to get up-close shots of athletes during some of the competitions. It’s the first time the Olympic Broadcasting Services has put drones to use in this way.
Humans control the machines with virtual-reality glasses, and many of them have played the sport they are chasing. “There is a special touch in the movements, and what he chooses to see and show, that it’s difficult to be replicated,” explained Yiannis Exarchos, the CEO of the OBS. “It does look like a flashy high-tech thing, but there is a lot of human involvement there.”
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The drones are a little heavier than two sticks of butter and are capable of hitting 60 miles per hour. They pass by so quickly that the only way to get a look at them is in a still photo.
“None of these drones ever goes over the athletes or in front of them,” Exarchos said. “This is one of the fundamentals. They always stay behind, and they follow. And actually, they don’t need to, because the shot we want to have is from behind.”
The drones are used in three ways: to capture the Games and the beauty, and to give viewers a front-row seat. Athletes seem to love it, as it helps viewers understand what they have been training for. However, viewers have mixed reactions, saying the whirring sound of the drones is a distraction.
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics run through Feb. 22.
