Drone light show

Drone shows are great. And generally, the more drones there are, the better the show. And at least so far, they don’t get bigger than this show.

This month, mysterious lights startled some people looking to the skies in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Readers of this website will already know there is no mystery; the UFO lights at Maier Festival Park were just drones practicing for a Christmas Pageant light show.

But there’s a long history of alarming lights in the sky and earthlings assuming it just can’t be good.

When Joe Biden addressed the nation on Saturday night, drones took to the sky to create an unforgettable show. The inclusion of drones in the show was a surprise but will do so much for the drone industry. What does it mean for the future of drones? Let’s look into it and see what a few people in the industry have to say.

While the country watched the drone show at Biden’s speech, drones hit Milwaukee’s sky without warning, leaving people confused by the mysterious lights. It turns out it was only a test run for a drone light show coming to the city later on in the year.

Joe Biden took to the sky tonight with a drone light show in celebration of being projected to win the presidential election and beating Trump to become the 46th U.S. President. The drones took to the sky after Biden addressed the nation with Vice President Kamala Harris.

100 drones will be taking to the sky in Kitchener, Ontario, in Canada this Saturday as a part of an entertainment experience. The sold-out drone show will see people coming from all over to experience the event from the comfort of their vehicles.

Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile, has turned to a 300 drone light show to help launch its 5G network in Germany thanks to AO Technology. The drones were sent up over the Olympic Park in Munich last month to display some cool 5G images.

2198 miniature drones took to the sky back on September 3rd in a record-breaking drone show, thanks to technology from Ublox. The company made the show happen with its positioning and wireless communication technologies.

Drone show experts from around the world have joined forces to give away an iPhone 12 and an Apple Watch Series 6 in a 50-drone animated light show created in a choreography competition. The winner will also see their drone show animation re-created with a real drone show.

Earlier this month, 1000 drones lit up the sky over the city of Changchun in China, displaying meaningful objects and lighting up the moods of everyone.

Korean boy band BTS, commonly known as the Bangtan Boys, lit up the sky with drones during their latest performance of their song “Mikrokosmos” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. This is just one of the many times the group has used drones to enhance its performances.

On August 8th, 200 drones took to the skies to celebrate Lisa from the South Korean girl group Blackpink’s 4th anniversary. The drones lit up the sky above Shanghai, China displaying messages about the group’s member.

A drone light show has lit up the night sky above Shanghai in celebration of the 2020 World Artificial Intelligence conference earlier this month. The drone show took to the skies near the Mercedes-Benz Arena and was accompanied by a ground-based light show.

YouTuber MrBeast spent $600,000 in his latest video on fireworks, which looked amazing. In the video, a “voice-activated” drone light show lit up the sky, spelling out words the members in the video said. It was a great way to get drones in front of a massive audience.

A swarm of drones has lit up the Korean city of Seoul’s skies displaying motivational and awareness messages about COIVD-19. 300 drones were sent up in the sky to remind people to continue to follow the social distancing measures and thank those working on the frontlines.

500 drones lit up the night sky in China‘s Guangdong Province on Monday as the Canton Fair opened up. The Canton Fair, also known as the China Import and Export Fair, is the largest trade fair in China. This year around the fair is being held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A swarm of drones has appeared in a magic act by Marco Tempest on Britain’s Got Talent: Unseen, making the drones out to be mind readers. The 15 drones are purportedly able to pick up micro facial expression to guess which number a subject is thinking of.

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The skies over Philadelphia lit up earlier this week in an aerial show composed of about 140 brightly lit drones. The drone light show was a tribute to health workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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A lot has been going on recently with the coronavirus and the quarantines around the world. We conducted some shoots to raise awareness about the coronavirus and quarantines, illuminating a single subject with a LumeCube at night.

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[Ed. Note: Yes we are aware that the tour will likely/hopefully be cancelled because of the Coronavirus, but after the pandemic ends…]

Yves Aucoin, Celine Dion’s production designer, uses Verity’s micro-drone technology to amaze the public on Celine’s Courage world tour. Verity’s drones are small, very lightweight, and can change colors instantly. These small unmanned aircraft have been used by some of the biggest entertainment names such as Canadian rapper Drake, rock bands like Metallica, and Cirque du Soleil.

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While many countries celebrate New Year’s Eve with fireworks, a few are changing it up with drone light shows. Chinese broadcast company CCTV shared a video of what looked like drones on New Year’s Eve, displaying cool graphics and welcoming everyone into 2020. But there was a catch.

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