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by pietrasagh 3710 days ago
look like fraud
2 comments

Hey, I'll bite. Why do you think that?
their product is based on a buzz word and uses unknown hardware, the specs seem underwhelming (1W + usb = ?). their page is filled with videos of models and nature shots and a bunch of news categories that have a few articles from 2013/14. there's no way to order anything, yet they put out some wild claims:

'With Fathom, every robot, big and small, can now have state-of-the-art vision capabilities'

'It means the same level of surprise and delight we saw at the beginning of the smartphone revolution'

'With more than 1 million units of Myriad 2 already ordered'

tl;dr: because, to an outsider, it sure does look like fraud.

Their hardware is integrated with many devices like googles Tango.
To clarify. I'm not expert (only wrote one thesis and designed nonlinear manipulator motion control system based on NN). But... Watching their video, as a noob, feels like drinking stream of bullshit from fire hose. If it really works and do what they claim - I beg, fire you marketing/media/whatever guy. It look like ad of self sharpening knifes.