[snowwrestler]

Who cares what the public thinks? The funding and eventual commercialization will come from people who do understand what is going on here.

I'm no expert, but I would imagine that research using remote viewing and centralized processing is just a first step that could make it easier to validate particular solutions, which can then be "baked into" self-contained platforms.

[beambot]

It's the same as industry... good PR goes a long way toward acquiring funding. Would you be upset if (say) Apple, Google, or Microsoft's PR machine was intentionally deceiving folks? Academics are even more sensitive to this -- it's why we're always railing against "shitty science reporting."

Also, I suggest reading the article. I am an expert... I greatly admire this group's research(!!), which is why I don't mind giving 'em some tough love. But I also want the group that "cracks the egg" for self-localization and decentralized control to get their deserved limelight. This video makes that less likely.... as evidenced by the fact that so few people in this thread (probably) know what a Vicon is, how it works, or that it's being used.