👋 Hunters!
There's an official press release going out at 7am today, and Ohmni is only available to product hunters (email @vnguard at contact@ohmnilabs.com and use PH213 in your subject line). Full scale shipping is expected by October 2017.
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We all have people we love that live far away. Maybe it's your spouse, parents, or grandparents. When life takes us apart we all miss the closeness of hanging out in person. However it's usually hard to find time to visit. And Facetime or Skype isn't usually satisfying for keeping in touch.
Communication could get much better through robotics. Ohmni is a robot that gives you the freedom and control that's missing in today video calls. You can drive and look around in the home, and the other side doesn't have to lift a finger. This enables all sorts of new experiences such as watching the Warriors game with dad, checking to see if grandma took the right medications, or even learning to cook with friends.
How Ohmni is different: Set up is effortless: just unbox and turn on. The moving neck makes the robot a lot more emotive and human. Given the specs, their price is quite reasonable. All the attention to product details really helps the robot stand out, and gives users a much more polished experience compared to other telepresence robots.
Check out the videos and stories on their Indiegogo page in the "Get It" link. Their beta users love their robots and they already saved one life. This product changes my point of view about telepresence robots. If it's done right, it could really transform how families stay connected.
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@nassaraf@vnguard@ohmnilabs How loud is the speaker? So PH users can buy one right now? And what is the cost?
@thomas_tomhawk_burningham The speaker is a Jabra SPEAK 410 with built-in omnidirectional mic. So it can get quite loud. Our beta users have no troubles hearing or being heard in a one or two bed room apartment. PH users can buy one right now starting at $1399 and we will ship to you in 2-4 weeks (depending on demand).
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@vnguard thanks for the reply! I really like the 'neck' idea. Also is the tablet included in the price? (Vs double robotics requiring a purchase of an iPad)
@thomas_tomhawk_burningham We're very glad you like the neck! We found that it made a huge difference to our user experience compared to other products. They said Ohmni felt more human and natural. And we does include everything as Mark said. We want to make sure it's super easy for user to set up. No need to worry about hooking up and installing app on the tablet before use.
Yess!! This is exactly what I have been looking for. My whole family lives in Houston, and I live in San Francisco. I always feel so isolated, especially during holidays, when there is family gathering. I can't wait to get my new Ohmni robots for my upcoming Xmas celebration!
@elsa_now Yeah, we actually had users using Ohmni for Christmas gathering last year :)) We need to start dressing our robots as Santa for this occasion.
@johnsteerfowler Haha we got that before, but the difference is you can reserve Ohmni today and enjoy it with your family soon.
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What a wonderful idea. I can see getting this for my parents so that their children and grandchildren will never be too far away. Just in time for the retiring baby boom generation.
@vhunter Definitely Vinh! Through our user testing, we found that Ohmni was especially useful for families with aging parents and grandparents. We heard stories of seniors who had a fall, couldn't get up, and no one knew for hours or even days :( We met some people of sandwich generation who were financially stressed and physically exhausted because they had to drop everything and fly or drive for hours to check in with their seniors. Our robots can definitely give the families their peace of mind, while give the seniors the emotional support and companionship that they need and deserve.
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Does the bot require/necessitate one of the parties being at a computer/phone? Or does it work just as well in pairs? I *love* the idea of spending the with family remotely but if one person has to be on skype at a computer the whole time it's gonna be kinda sucky for them.
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i'm in.
I've had ALS/MND for 12 years and i run everything from an eyetracker.
So I have a _hundred_ questions:
I'm running off a desktop system, most units of this sort are controlled by cellphone - is that any problem?
Do you have any plans for integrating control from VR headsets, indeed any that eventually have eyetracking...
Do you have a stereoscopic kit - of course not - but imagine it.
Can you imagine a scenario where you could get more clearance and drive it outdoors?
Can the face-cam be bypassed (I'm not very expressive) and an avatar or prerecorded video be shown?
I'll be using a synthetic voice, so I'll have to trick the mic input.
You can see where I'm going with this...
oh, where can I test drive one - from here
What an interesting product! I can see a lot of useful cases for Ohmni. For example, I have three puppies in Vietnam, i can buy one and I can watch my dogs' activities while I am living USA, so my mom does not have to carry the Ipad around the house to show me what the dogs are doing haha And yes, I can use Ohmni to talk to my mom when she is cooking, reading, or watching movies ... Simply speaking, Ohmni makes I feel closer to my love ones even though we are thousands miles apart. Congrats =)
@lynn_hoang Hi Lynn. YES. I didn't think of that before. But you're right- the difference between any regular video camera vs Ohmni, is its ability to be mobile. So if your pups wander off into a different room, Ohmni will follow them. Cool use case.
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