Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of GoPro speaks during the company's initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange on June 26, 2014 in New York City. (Photo : Getty Images/Andrew Burton)
GoPro Hero 6 release date has been highly anticipated for the promising updates of the said device. Apart from specs update of Hero 6, the company also hints of a potential virtual reality immersion in the coming years.
GoPro Inc. CEO Nicholas Woodman confirmed during a conference call with investors that Hero 6 would be released this year. Although there is still no confirmation of the specific release date, the company informed that the traditional every-other-year update pattern will not be followed, according to Digital Trends.
In retrospect, Hero 3 was launched in 2012 followed by Hero 4 in 2016. Since Hero 5 was launched in 2016, Hero 6 is expected to be launched in 2018 in consonance with the GoPro launching tradition. However, after the Karma drone fiasco, it seems like tradition will be set aside by the company.
GoPro launched in 2016 their Karma drone following a teaser campaign that spanned for many months. However, after the first batch has been delivered to customers, the company found out a major glitch to their device. Karma had the propensity to randomly lose power during use, according to GSM Arena.
As a result, the $799 drone without camera or $1,099 with a camera were recalled from the market. Such issues, then resulted to a $116 million loss in the company's last earnings report. That is why the company is so eager to bounce back after their great loss, hoping that GoPro Hero 6 will make a huge difference.
Apart from the Hero 6 upcoming release, Woodman also highlighted the potential company immersion to drones, stabilization, and virtual reality projects. Another update may also include the company's video-editing apps, as part of Woodman's plan to prioritize a simpler storytelling process.
With the release of GoPro Hero 6, and other potential new avenues for updates and production, the company hopes to win back consumers trust to their product. The upcoming release aims to ward off the growing influence of a much budget-friendly versions of action cameras, like the Yi camera.
Watch here below GoPro Karma in action:
