With 700,000 drone currently in use – the industry estimated that over 1 Million units were sold in the U.S. during the 2015 Christmas season – the Drone craze is here!

The Drones Market has exploded in the last few years to over $5 billion dollars.

CNBC shows 2015 unit sales numbering over half a million units.

Amazon ships more than 20,000 units per month.

Drones were the #1 Father’s Day gift in 2015.

With more volume, competition and variety, Drones are affordable.

Aerial photography and video are a big draw.

Headsets from Facebook’s Oculus, Valve, Sony, Microsoft, Google and many others will start going on sale this year, and competition will increase dramatically through 2016. Venture capitalist Mike Rothenberg likens the VR opportunity to the Internet in 1995.

The VR Industry-both hardware and software-are projected to increase from 90 million U.S. dollars in 2014 to 5.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2018.

Active VR users will reach 171 million by 2018.

Revenue from VR head-mounted displays will grow from $685 million in 2015 to $3.89 billion in 2018.

Google’s “Expeditions” is sending classrooms to field trips using their VR Cardboard product.

Sony’s Playstation 4 new VR Headset will allow video games to reach new heights.

Microsoft is creating “Hololens” which is technically augmented reality since it projects holograms onto the real world.

DRONE WARS events attract a diverse audience with an even split between Female & Male attendees:

Families with Children

Millennials

Professionals

Sports Enthusiasts

Couples/Date Night

FPV Racers and their Families

First Responder / Military

Photographers / Cinematographers / Artists