Hopefully one of the OpenNI open-source forks will emerge as the de facto "main" fork, and everyone will use that.
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Keep in mind, even the major brands are re-branding flash they buy from other manufacturers. So e.g. maybe Sandisk manufactures the high-end 64GB cards themselves using an advanced process, but they purchase the 4GB cards from some shitty manufacturer using a decade-old process.
It probably wasn't the only trick in their book, but it was surely one of them (and a quite useful one at that).
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One of those birds is in a circular orbit one bird-height above the ground!
Another is in a very eccentric orbit that skims the ground when it comes to the bottom-right of the screen, then almost grazes the asteroids in the top-left.
Typically I don't record anywhere near an hour at a time anyways. My videos are usually between 30 seconds and 3 minutes long. This is for two reasons:
(1) I'm recording content to share online, where people have short attention spans and
(2) it's really painful to edit an hour-long video because that means spending at least an hour watching it
So in a typical day of use I only use up 15~20 minutes of recording time, to capture little highlights of the best moments
Epiphany has better video quality, most notably our camera optics are almost incomparably better. The stuff you linked to is all narrow-angle, which makes that video seem like looking through a toilet-paper tube. Whereas Epiphany's field of view is 160 degrees, almost as wide as a GoPro, so it can see everything you see including your hands: https://yougen.tv/video/9b406d41-8e68-43fc-904f-f12ce688f610...
Epiphany has much better frame design & build quality. Our material is TR-90, the highest-end optical plastic for luxury eyewear. We have spring hinges which hold snugly on your face for action cam uses. We also have an adjustable nosepiece to fit everyone's face comfortably.
Epiphany comes with awesome software called YouGen.TV that makes trimming, uploading, and sharing your videos online very straightforward (as few as 2 drag-drops + 1 click, from start to finish).
Epiphany has style - we were featured on the runway at New York Fashion Week http://bestoftheweb.quora.com/Epiphany-Eyewear-smart-glasses...
Epiphany has full support for prescription lenses with the industry-standard bevel.
Epiphany has the very high level of quality control that western consumers expect. Whereas if you've ever tried buying Chinese goods at a very low price there's a good chance that it failed QA and is "B grade" (dead pixels, blurry focus, off-kilter / askew hinges, scratches on the frame, etc).
Epiphany has better audio quality. Our microphone has an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, and we even feature a windscreen foam which filters out wind noise (windscreens are a high-end technique used in music recording studios).
The reason we don't currently have this is that smart glasses (being small) can't fit a big battery. Our recording time is about twice that of Glass (ours is 1 hour) but that's still not enough for the all-day recording you envision.
So, my question is, would you be willing to wear a thin wire (slightly thicker than a headphone cable) going from your glasses to your pocket to keep your glasses charged, if it enables this use case?
We're shipping now but we're cranking through a long backlog. An order placed now will take 4 or more weeks for us to fulfill. I'm actively working on optimizing our assembly line but this is still an ongoing process.
http://www.epiphanyeyewear.com?design
I know self-promotion is frowned upon and I'm sorry for that, but manufacturing & programming this product is all I do 15 hours a day x 7 days a week, so at this point it's my whole life and I feel like this is a relevant opportunity to mention it for people who are looking for an alternative / complementary product to Glass. Cheers!
Just so you know, the purpose of the NIF was for military testing right from the beginning. The reason it initially got funded (shortly after the end of the cold war) was to help with stockpile stewardship (making sure our aging weapons still work via simulation, without having to do actual weapon tests).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Ignition_Facility#NIF_...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockpile_Stewardship_and_Manag...
Once some steps toward life extension start happening without billionaire's help, and start to become part of popular culture, then billionaires will realize it's a thing.
Also, inertia. You probably strive to live a similar lifestyle as your parents and your friends, rather than (for example) selling your possessions and spending your life backpacking the world, even if the latter might rationally be a better option if it occured to you.
As I mentioned in a different comment in this thread, I feel like it would be a nice value add if you would be willing to have your delivery person call the customer's cell phone when he's at the building (if the customer requests this)
That didn't stop the existing players who are successful now, when they were first growing. Remember that a warehouse can start small and simple with maybe $1,000/mo of rent at small scale & non-prime location.
> you are also competing against free
Yep, this seems like the main problem. I think the solution is to find additional ways to add value.
For example, one thing that is very frustrating when you have to receive a package that requires a signature is that the major carriers all REFUSE to call your phone to tell you when they have arrived. So if you don't hear the doorbell ring, or if the person can't get in to your apartment building, it's a missed delivery and you're out of luck. Luna could seize this opportunity by being the one last-mile service that WILL happily call your phone when they arrive.