djiuser_jj9tQC6Q6gou Posted at 6-3 10:35
I just spoke to DJI support and they said they are working on a firmware update to make the mavic air 2 compatible with the DJI goggles

well thats quite good news.

Monstermac77 your have summarize this topic very well, i wondering the same things and also send the same question why mavic air 2 not compatible to connect to DJI googles. I still hoping that DJI engineering team will enhance the mavic air 2 compatibility with DJI google. As far as i concern, they able to do it, it is just a matter of time.

MacFan22 Posted at 5-1 08:56
I'm in the same boat. Holding off buying the new Mavic Air 2 until I know there will be compatibility with the goggles!

yes same with me, very excited to buy mavic air 2, but hold it because it is not support DJI googles...

FYI: well known drown videographer asked DJI about the Goggles with the Mavic Air 2 and according to his video they said: "Currently at the moment it is not supported and we're not sure if we're going to be supporting it in the future."

Skraeling Posted at 6-4 04:29
well thats quite good news.

How did you get that information. I contacted DJI support and they said no. I have the goggles and the mavic air 2 and i love both of them and you got my hopes up. Please let it be true..

Some kind of confirmation/source?

fans094a9ffa Posted at 6-5 13:05
How did you get that information. I contacted DJI support and they said no. I have the goggles and the mavic air 2 and i love both of them and you got my hopes up. Please let it be true..

uh.... I didnt... I was responding to the guy that posted.

fyi there is nobody on the telephone you can speak to that will give you a definite answer.  please....stop calling.

DJI Mindy Posted at 5-7 01:20
Hi SnapMonkey, I will forward your need to our engineers for review.

With the popularity of Mavic Air 2 they would sell a phenomenal amount of goggles.  Please encourage the engineers to step up and get this done ASAP.

Jabereggmac.com Posted at 6-7 17:56
With the popularity of Mavic Air 2 they would sell a phenomenal amount of goggles.  Please encourage the engineers to step up and get this done ASAP.

what phenomenal amount of googles, you mean the ones that are currently out of stock at dji.com?  there can't be more than a couple hundred goggles left for sale worldwide.  why not encourage dji to develop and launch goggles2 rather than continue to beg them to go back and work on old tech that probably don't even produce an acceptable quality result.

Some good news is that as of now, every single way to buy Goggles on DJI is now out of stock. The Goggles and the Goggles RE, both refurbished and new, are all out of stock.

monstermac77 Posted at 6-8 19:20
Some good news is that as of now, every single way to buy Goggles on DJI is now out of stock. The Goggles and the Goggles RE, both refurbished and new, are all out of stock.

I'm not sure if this is good news or not. They may be moving away from FPV all together.

ghostdancer1979yahoo.com Posted at 6-9 13:15
I'm not sure if this is good news or not. They may be moving away from FPV all together.

Based on people's enjoyment of the FPV systems, I find that pretty unlikely (pending serious legislation in the EU and U.S. that hinders their ability to sell such devices).

Skraeling Posted at 6-6 15:42
uh.... I didnt... I was responding to the guy that posted.

My bad... I'm new on here and it was intended for someone else.

Another vote for Goggle RE support on Mavic Air 2.  Just waiting until supported to buy MA2 so they work with my Goggles RE.

Does the Mavic Air 2 use a different communication protocol than the Mavic 2? There could be a genuine incompatibility with the Goggles... that would be a real bummer.

Spooky Spirits Posted at 6-11 16:40
Does the Mavic Air 2 use a different communication protocol than the Mavic 2? There could be a genuine incompatibility with the Goggles... that would be a real bummer.

Yeah, if you own a (only) a Mavic Air 2 and the first generation Goggles, it probably makes sense to sell them now just in case they come out with new ones that are compatible and the resale price of the existing Goggles plummets.

Something to ponder.

Mavic Air 2 is capable of transferring full 1080p HD video in real time from AC to the mobile.
This takes some good bandwidth with H.264 protocol which is used. In order to save bandwidth, DJI provided "Smooth" transmission option which switches to 720p H.264 encoded video.

So the question is, why would DJI introduce 1080p HD for a real time video feed if 720p is more than enough for watching on a small mobile screen? The pilot will see no difference on mobile screen between 720p and 1080p feed while 1080p consumes more bandwidth.

I suspect that the answer is: future compatibility with DJI HD Goggles. I cannot think of any other reasonable explanation.
DJI thinks future. There is a lot of business to be made on goggle sales. It is not a matter of MA2 price or technology. Technology is already there: Ocusync 2.0 and video HD 1080p transmission. It does not matter that MA2 is relatively inexpensive. Spark was cheaper and one could use goggles (albeit not HD).
DJI will make money on goggles. I suspect around $500US for a digital HD set.

Let's wait patiently. They will come.

Mirek

Mirek L Posted at 6-11 16:59
Something to ponder.

Mavic Air 2 is capable of transferring full 1080p HD video in real time from AC to the mobile.

It's a good thought, but I think that 1080p just comes with them adopting the Ocusync protocol? The Mavic 2 Pro, for instance, also has 1080p video transmission. Sure, that may have been because of Goggles support like you say (although I would guess that you can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on an iPad and some other larger screen sizes people use). But even if it were for Goggles support in Ocusync 2.0 for the Mavic 2 Pro, there's no reason for them to intentionally nerf the transmission of Ocusync 3.0 that they put in the Mavic Air 2, right? May as well just leave it as 1080p.

monstermac77 Posted at 6-11 17:02
It's a good thought, but I think that 1080p just comes with them adopting the Ocusync protocol? The Mavic 2 Pro, for instance, also has 1080p video transmission. Sure, that may have been because of Goggles support like you say (although I would guess that you can tell the difference between 720p and 1080p on an iPad and some other larger screen sizes people use). But even if it were for Goggles support in Ocusync 2.0 for the Mavic 2 Pro, there's no reason for them to intentionally nerf the transmission of Ocusync 3.0 that they put in the Mavic Air 2, right? May as well just leave it as 1080p.

Yes - maybe you are right. Or, maybe...

I just see no business reason why DJI would not want to make money on goggles for MA2 users. Technology is there - available for free.

I think they may be working on digital HD goggles compatibility. Probably would use something similar to what they provide to FPV market. There is no sense to go back to analog goggles now.

They will come. Or, so is my speculation...

Mirek

Mirek L Posted at 6-11 17:19
Yes - maybe you are right. Or, maybe...

I just see no business reason why DJI would not want to make money on goggles for MA2 users. Technology is there - available for free.

My speculation is that they will launch a new Goggles version as well! Completely agree, the tech is there. It's just them making more money on a portion of their drone sales. Hell, clearly we're happy to give it to them.

I'll say they'll be releasing next version of goggles leaving old ones completely behind (or for use with older drones only)
time will show

Received my mavic 2 air yesterday.  Tried to fly today.  Screen on my galaxy s8+ mostly washed out by the sun.  Is there any type of adapter/hardware to route hdmi to my eachine ev200d goggles?  It's too expensive to buy smart controller for hdmi output.  Are there any other goggles I can buy that are compatible?  I can't use box type goggles because of my vision.

djiuser_q5iaj9hCKj59 Posted at 6-12 15:01
Received my mavic 2 air yesterday.  Tried to fly today.  Screen on my galaxy s8+ mostly washed out by the sun.  Is there any type of adapter/hardware to route hdmi to my eachine ev200d goggles?  It's too expensive to buy smart controller for hdmi output.  Are there any other goggles I can buy that are compatible?  I can't use box type goggles because of my vision.

This is my tested and working solution for now.
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... D757%26typeid%3D757

Spooky Spirits Posted at 6-12 23:32
This is my tested and working solution for now.
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=217952&extra=page%3D1%26filter%3Dtypeid%26typeid%3D757%26typeid%3D757

great job,
would you have a solution for ios as well?

crosswired Posted at 6-14 06:56
great job,
would you have a solution for ios as well?

If your iPhone is capable of casting this should work but I don't have one to test with. Android headset still required for Airscreen.

Hi all,

I just found this thread after trying to connect my new Air2 with the googles for almost 30 min... Well Now i know it's not going to be working.

I understand the hope and also suspicion of new FPV googles.

I also saw the makeshift solution from spooky spirits, but I don't have oculus and/or android.

Has anyone tested the yuneec skyview for $140? Any other googles which can be used and don't cost a fortune?

https://www.ebay.com/i/184290689138?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=184290689138&targetid=883687709934&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9012610&poi=&campaignid=9338046419&mkgroupid=103102861148&rlsatarget=pla-883687709934&abcId=1139336&merchantid=118855061&gclid=CjwKCAjw_qb3BRAVEiwAvwq6Vgq0b_asevKS6fl68rug0-FOnQwsUiAmmSTWVpJcIyaBl9HPfkVxbhoCdIYQAvD_BwE

Thanks
Rene

rene1mahr Posted at 6-17 07:54
Hi all,

I just found this thread after trying to connect my new Air2 with the googles for almost 30 min... Well Now i know it's not going to be working.

Did anyone try Litchi out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qODFeW3XXnM ?
Thanks

rene1mahr Posted at 6-17 07:54
Hi all,

I just found this thread after trying to connect my new Air2 with the googles for almost 30 min... Well Now i know it's not going to be working.

Using a similar method you could cast to a Chromecast dongle and pipe that in through the HDMI port on the Yuneec goggles.

Want some good news? Here's some!
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php? ... p;page=1#pid2190615

"Hi there Spooky Spirits. Thank you for the reply and for giving out these additional information. Rest assured that DJI is continuously testing multiple ways on how to improve the compatibility of the DJI Mavic Air 2. Have a safe and a happy flying always."

Spooky Spirits Posted at 6-17 23:59
Want some good news? Here's some!
https://forum.dji.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=217952&page=1#pid2190615

idk man, seems like a pretty massive "non-answer". Not to mention that's from a mod, not the engineers.

monstermac77 Posted at 6-18 00:00
idk man, seems like a pretty massive "non-answer". Not to mention that's from a mod, not the engineers.

I've got FPV working on $399 Oculus Quest headsets... they're going to lose sales once people start doing the math if they don't turn it around.

Spooky Spirits Posted at 6-18 00:10
I've got FPV working on $399 Oculus Quest headsets... they're going to lose sales once people start doing the math if they don't turn it around.

Does that also do head tracking (move your head, the camera moves)?

monstermac77 Posted at 6-18 00:11
Does that also do head tracking (move your head, the camera moves)?

I wish... no... it's just a copy of what your phone sees.

so still no solution / work-around for mavic air 2 FPV

I purchased an Anycast (Miracast) device off Amazon and was able to mirror my iPhone 11 Pro screen with the DJI Fly app running to my TV with no major issues. I didn’t have an HDMI coupler to connect it to my DJI goggles via HDMI but if it streams to my TV there’s no reason why it wouldn’t stream to the goggles. The setup is a little cumbersome with the USB power and antenna cable connected to the Anycast, a USB power bank will also be required to power the Anycast in the field. Connected to the Anycast closed network the image quality is good and latency is close to zero but but frame rate is marginal, I did have a few stutters but that could have been from interference from my home WiFi and Directv wireless hub close to where I was testing. I’m sure performance would be better in a non congested WiFi environment. It is not an elegant solution but it is a low cost solution for the Mavic Mini and Air 2 not to mention this setup will allow Spark and original Air owners to take friends on a ride with the goggles while still seeing the video feed on their smart device. I will be on vacation next week in the backcountry and plan to give this setup some good testing and will report back.

You make me cry. I just sold my Air1 and order Air2 mostly bcoze Air1 have only partial support for googles and i want full support with wireless connect, 1080p and modes. And you tell me Air2 do not support googles at all. Seriously?
I don’t know what to do now. Will try to refund Air2, but not sure about it work...

Can I extend the cable on the Mavic Air 2 and have the smartphone inside a set of vr goggles?

My solution.

Rocketfish™ - HDMI Coupler - Multi
Actiontec - ScreenBeam Mini 2 Wireless Display Receiver
Galaxy Note 10
Portable Power Bank for screen cast device.

A bit bulky but my kids can FPV with Goggles While I Fly.
I can also FPV while they spot.

Lag is minimal.

Total Cost $49.99

Just need a firmware to update and get it working.