Israeli firm PowerUp Toys showed off a paper plane equipped with some of the latest drone technology at last week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.The plane is made from heavy-duty paper, with a rod running through the centre.It's certainly crazy, but Goetein thinks consumers will find it fascinating. This is done by WiFi streaming and we have a range up to 200 meters,” said Goetein. The smartphone is placed into the VR set up and then a user, says Goetein, can enjoy a truly unique flight experience.The second option for controlling the paper airplane during flight is via a virtual reality (VR) headset. Goetein says this will propel his paper airplane drones to previously undreamed of new heights. The rod connects the motor at the plane's front to propellers at the back. “You control the airplane just by tilting your right, left, up and down. A user folds the plane and then follows directions to install a power supply, an onboard computer, a propulsion system, a WiFi system, and a myriad of other flight technologies. You feel like you are in a drivers seat. It's actually easier than flying an RC [radio controlled] airplane,” he told Reuters. It is very intuitive.The humble paper airplane has just been given a digital upgrade. The company has raised over $$460,000 on crowd-funding site Kickstarter.“We are actually introducing first person view flight (FPV) to paper airplanes. We have two motors, you can go up down right and left and you have an app China New Item Suppliers to control the airplane. It's launched by a simple swipe of your finger.“The first experience is flight and control..It will go on sale this year for $199, or $149 without the headset. So you experience flight as if you were a pilot but on a paper airplane that you folded, which is kind of crazy,” said PowerUp Toys CEO, Shai Goetein. The end result is a two ounce paper airplane turned drone that can be controlled using a smartphone.

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