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Realsense is not getting out of the business completely. They are restructuring and dropping the LiDAR development. They will continue with their more popular cameras.
That's cool, where did you see this?
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Like you, I have used other cameras from this company, and I'd say they know what they are doing. Probably worth checking out.
Any idea on retail pricing, e.g. is there a comparable model to RealSense? There's no obvious "Buy" button on the site.
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They're not that good but people will tolerate poor quality.
People maybe but not the industry.
Intel’s pitch was always aimed at consumers or maybe light ‘enterprise’ such as an interior decorator who takes measurements with a tablet. Self-driving cars, industrial robots, etc. were always going to be based on a more robust platform.
Is there some GPU or FPGA opensource implementation of depth camera comparable to RealSense in quality of its output? I've seen many projects that call themself opensource while utilizing RealSense and I always scream internally how can they call themself opensource when absolute most of the work is being done by nongeneric and essential/irreplacable piece of proprietary technology.
if it were possible to make a camera with a GPU or FPGA, there would probably be something, but it isn't. FPGAs and GPUs aren't (and can't be coerced to become) light sensors or structured light emitters.
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People maybe but not the industry.
‘Industry’ could care less about an API for depth sensors on the Windows platform — cause industry can’t accept an autonomous system that has a ‘failed to download software update’ dialogue on the screen 80% of the time. Intel’s pitch was always aimed at consumers or maybe light ‘enterprise’ such as an interior decorator who takes measurements with a tablet. Self-driving cars, industrial robots, etc. were always goin…
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There is no universe where what you described ends up being similar to an integrated product with a dedicated ASIC. What you are saying is a stab in the dark that isn't backed up by real results.
Quite a lot of hobbyists are going that route instead of purchasing a RealSense camera: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfklQ-O-FPc Also, I believe Amazon went that way when designing their DeepRacer. Note that it has no IR projector but 2 Cameras and a commodity PC for processing.
The resolution, noise, frame rate and even consistency (notice the flashing) is a tiny fraction of basic hardware solutions.
tl;dr: RealSense Stereo cameras are mostly sticking around.