Absolutely, for the higher end. What scares me is these consumer drones with inexperienced pilots/autonomous tech without proper failsafes. I'm pretty sure they will be banned from ski slopes etc pretty quick.
Optical flow can hold pretty stable when GPS is unavailable, other types of CV like SLAM even better.
"What scares me is these consumer drones with inexperienced pilots/autonomous tech without proper failsafes."
For people who are into building and flying multirotors in a hobbyist capacity-- this is the nightmare we live everyday since DJI showed up.
Optical flow can hold position pretty well-- but will they be able to figure out how to navigate by it!?
Optical flow can hold pretty stable when GPS is unavailable, other types of CV like SLAM even better.