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Lightform's Sunset

69 点作者 xbryanx超过 3 年前

9 条评论

ethagknight超过 3 年前
I bought a Lightform unit early on, and frankly I was underwhelmed with the overall deal. In particular, for some reason, I had the impression that I could use the camera&#x2F;scanning features interactively, but unfortunately no, the scanning&#x2F;detection features were purely for scene set up, and then its running a video file from there. It seemed like there was only nominal benefit compared to just setting up a projector and manually cutting up the desired scene. Moving the projector or moving new props into the scene requires a complete rescan of the scene. Lightform saved time for sure, but it didn&#x27;t seem to take any leaps in terms of possibilities or &#x27;magic&#x27;.<p>On top of that, once the scene is scanned and the program is set up to run, I assumed I could keep that video file &#x2F; program running on a raspberry pi or something and move the Lightform on to the next project... nope. Had to keep the unit tethered to the scene.<p>The few times I set it up for demos for people, the consensus was, &quot;huh thats kinda neat, is that all it does?&quot;<p>Its possible some features got updated and more interesting stuff is possible. For now, my Lightform is sitting in the closet and Im sorta surprised they survived this long to be honest.
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josh2600超过 3 年前
Lightform is sick. I wish they&#x27;d open source everything instead of (I assume) selling all IP to a patent troll to recoup sunk costs.<p>If I were a VC, I would make it a covenant in any seed investment that the company had to open-source everything if they didn&#x27;t make it to profitability.<p>I honestly feel, in this day and age, patents don&#x27;t really help you until you get to the scale that they do (purely defensive) unless you&#x27;re a troll.<p>Don&#x27;t feed the trolls.
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trimbo超过 3 年前
I&#x27;ve followed this company since it was a research project at UIUC. I really admire what they built and feel sad it&#x27;s shutting down.<p>Good luck to all, and I look forward to whatever you do next!
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bberenberg超过 3 年前
Was Lightform solving the right problem? If the optical mapping is done, I would guess that the hard part will remain as making custom art for that specific topography. Can someone correct me here?
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grishka超过 3 年前
Yet another company shutting down but keeping their proprietary products proprietary for some bizarre reason. &quot;Since we won&#x27;t benefit from it any more, no one else should either&quot;?
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forgotmyoldacc超过 3 年前
Lightform&#x27;s LFX project is really cool. Unfortunate that the company is shutting down.
sydthrowaway超过 3 年前
This is a mistake.<p>They need to pivot to AR&#x2F;VR
haskellisameme超过 3 年前
Damn, this is heartbreaking...lightform is incredible, it&#x27;s mindblowing how much damage the kung-flu did to the industry.
kevinsundar超过 3 年前
Anyone know of any alternatives? This honestly doesn’t seem like a hard technical challenge if you’ve got a high quality webcam.
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