VR is dead. I can't believe this company is going to burn through so much money with this. This will literally never launch.
Teslasuit – full body haptic VR suit
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#42Putting "Tesla" in the name seems like you're trying to use the carmaker's brand to bolster your own brand. Kind of shady.
But an electric carmaker using the name Tesla seems disingenuous in the first place. What if I used "Turing" as the name of my cybersecurity/AI company?
What is your concern with the carmaker's name? Branded as an 'all electric' carmaker, so a name that evokes electricity seems fairly appropriate. Does feel a bit odd to be using a dead mans name for your company though.
Even still, two wrongs don't make a right.
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#44Hey all, Denis, Teslasuit Marketing Director here. Looking forward to your questions! as for feedback for users - we have it on Youtube - just google it by keyword phrase "Teslasuit VR haptic suit at DevGAMM 2017 Minsk" as for prefix Tesla - we using it due to the fact that we are using current (EMS and TENS) to provide haptic (sense of touch) as for electricity: yes, we are using TENS and EMS to provide haptic sensa…
When are you changing the name?
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#45The Three Body Problem game from Liu Cixin coming to life!
I feel like Ready Player One has a better presentation of haptic suits in VR environments.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tesla VR suit name is creating a recipe for failure: if you think you can make a long-term viable VR suit company without ever using batteries (always tethered!) limits future growth potential greatly.
That's also not the way trademarks work. To violate Tesla's trademark they need compete in the battery market. Trademarks don't get you rights to every market that utilizes the type of item you sell.
You're right. But, they don't need to be technically in violation for a lawsuit to still put them out of business.
A dash of legal ambiguity is often enough for a deep-pocketed company to cause a lot of pain, regardless of the letter of the law.
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#47"The Teslauit haptic library provides a range of sensations" At least get your brand name right...
I had to stop reading after that typo... how does that happen?
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#48"Teslasuit, n. A subpoena from Elon Musk's trademark attorneys"
That's not the way trademarks work.. Tesla has a trademark only in the fields they compete in: solar, cars, batteries. They can't stop you from starting Tesla Coffee Shop, or (in this case) Tesla VR suit.
It is the way jokes work, however
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#49Putting "Tesla" in the name seems like you're trying to use the carmaker's brand to bolster your own brand. Kind of shady.
Especially since Elon Musk is known for creating companies that have nothing to do with the car -- SpaceX, Neuralink. Amusingly, Elon does not tack on "Tesla" in front of his other companies / products (like Apple and their use of the "i") -- so this is actually a good indicator that Teslasuit is not connected to him.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
But an electric carmaker using the name Tesla seems disingenuous in the first place. What if I used "Turing" as the name of my cybersecurity/AI company?
What is your concern with the carmaker's name? Branded as an 'all electric' carmaker, so a name that evokes electricity seems fairly appropriate. Does feel a bit odd to be using a dead mans name for your company though. Even still, two wrongs don't make a right.
I guess it is a matter of taste.
In any case, it should be impossible to trademark a name like "Tesla", because it is a common term in electrical engineering and transportation (Tesla wasn't the first company making electric cars).