Meanwhile, the only thing people really want from Rivian is CarPlay / Android Auto support, lol.
Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
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Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
What stock pump, its cratered on the news.
That is curious. The market must not have faith in their ability to execute on their plans
The market wants them to sell the $40k cars asap. All the other side quests are distractions. When they spun off their electric bike side project, the stock went up.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#13Can anyone explain why RIVN is down 8% after this announcement? Were investors expecting hands free handjobs or something?
“Buy the rumors and sell the news.” Just typical market stuff.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#14Where I live I am often surrounded by Waymo vehicles... is Lidar 100% safe for people to be around? I ask because I read an article about how Lidar on one of the new Volvos could destroy your phone camera if you pointed it at it? If Lidar can do that to a phone camera, can it hurt your eyes?
In terms of plain wattage, it cannot be dangerous. Unless, of course, you were to stand with your eye up against the sensor and maybe stare at it for a few minutes.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#15Where I live I am often surrounded by Waymo vehicles... is Lidar 100% safe for people to be around? I ask because I read an article about how Lidar on one of the new Volvos could destroy your phone camera if you pointed it at it? If Lidar can do that to a phone camera, can it hurt your eyes?
Depends on the type of LIDAR. LIDAR rated for vehicle use is at a wavelength opaque to the eyes so it hits the surface and fluid of your eye and reflects back rather than going through to your cones and rods. It isn't however opaque for optical glass (since the LIDAR has to shine through optical glass in the first place) so it hits your camera lens, goes straight through, and slams the sensor.
During the presentation, Rivian speaker specifically said it is safe for your camera sensors. Check the youtube video of their presentation
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#16Where I live I am often surrounded by Waymo vehicles... is Lidar 100% safe for people to be around? I ask because I read an article about how Lidar on one of the new Volvos could destroy your phone camera if you pointed it at it? If Lidar can do that to a phone camera, can it hurt your eyes?
I watched the livestream and they said their hardware is "Camera Safe". I am not sure if camera safe and eye safe are correlated, but I would hope/expect that they would not release something that isn't known to be eye safe. I guess it's possible that the long term effects could prove bad, and we will all end up getting "Lidar Eye" dead spots in our vision.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#17Where I live I am often surrounded by Waymo vehicles... is Lidar 100% safe for people to be around? I ask because I read an article about how Lidar on one of the new Volvos could destroy your phone camera if you pointed it at it? If Lidar can do that to a phone camera, can it hurt your eyes?
I watched the livestream and they said their hardware is "Camera Safe". I am not sure if camera safe and eye safe are correlated, but I would hope/expect that they would not release something that isn't known to be eye safe. I guess it's possible that the long term effects could prove bad, and we will all end up getting "Lidar Eye" dead spots in our vision.
Digital camera sensors are much more sensitive than eyeballs, so it's not out of the realm of possibility that it won't leave a permanent line across your eyeball like it can to a camera sensor
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#18Autonomy subscriptions are how things are going to go, I called this a long time ago. It makes too much sense in terms of continuous development and operations/support to not have a subscription -- and subscriptions will likely double as insurance at some point in the future (once the car is driving itself 100% of the time, and liability is always with the self driving stack anyway).
Of course, people won't like this, I'm not exactly enthused either, but the alternative would be a corporation constantly providing -- for free -- updates and even support if your car gets into an accident or stuck. That doesn't really make sense from a business perspective.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#19Can anyone explain why RIVN is down 8% after this announcement? Were investors expecting hands free handjobs or something?
Maybe they think custom silicon is biting off more than they can chew, coming at a time when they need to focus on R2 production and scale-up.
Re: Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Universal Hands Free
#20Can anyone explain why RIVN is down 8% after this announcement? Were investors expecting hands free handjobs or something?
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