Auto-tracking with GoPro

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Hello /g

I am a total programming novice but I've had an idea I want to develop.

I want to develop software that uses the live footage from a GoPro to auto-track the person it's filming, pretty much the same that a Hexo Drone does (other drones do this too, just not with a GoPro). So what I need is a program that can piggyback GoPro's software (which is used to transmit footage from the GoPro to your phone in real time) and use this live footage to auto-track the filming subject.

From what I understand I'll need to educate myself on the following software categories:

iOS/Android apps - to understand how I can use/incorporate GoPro's phone software into my product
Video recognition/auto-tracking software - for the reasons stated above

Fortunately I don't need any of the self-flying capabilities of the Hexo drone as mine is a terrestrial drone (r/c car type).

As you can tell I have no knowledge in this field, so I'd appreciate any pointers in where to start, what programming languages to look at, what software/code already exists and whether its open-source or proprietary etc. Worst-case scenario I'll hire someone to do it, but I've wanted to get into programming for a while so this is a good chance.

Hexo drone:

https://hexoplus.com/