OpenCV AI Kit - Lite (and Tiny)

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Spatial AI Made Tiny (and Affordable) From the Biggest Name in Computer Vision
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Funded: $1,028,289 of $20,000
Dates: Sep 15th -> Oct 16th (31 days)
Project By: OpenCV
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The Final Countdown & How We Can Get to the $1 Million Stretch Goals!

October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers! TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO GET 40% OFF OAK-D-LITE!  Rolf Magnus Joakim Larsson delivers it way better than we can: How We Can Get to the $1 Million Stretch Goals Today! As of this writing we have $70,948 to go to reach the TWO additional... (Read More)

Call To Action - Share This Update - Only 1 Full Day Left!

October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! The whole purpose of the OAK series is to allow anyone to use Spatial AI - to give devices human-like understanding of the world.  To make things that can interact with the world like we can. Whether a student learning how to code.  Or... (Read More)

OAK-D-Lite T1 Tooling Samples Are In. And First Finished OAK-D-Lite with Fixed Focus!

October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers!  67 Hours Left!  After that, this one-time-only price will be gone.   So let anyone/everyone you know who may be interested in this campaign that it is ending soon!  Which will help us make your units more useful/powerful! We think we... (Read More)

Bonus $1 Million Stretch Goal - Custom Training Crash Course for OAK-D-Lite + Roboflow

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! If you haven't checked out the accessories, see the graphic at the end of this campaign update. 3 Days left!  $1 Million Stretch Goal - More Goodness! We're SO close!  As a reminder, if we hit $1 Million funding before the campaign... (Read More)

Stereo Neural Inference

October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers, Today we'd like to share with you a feature that - to our knowledge - is only possible on OAK devices.   But first, as a reminder the accessories/Add-ons are live.  Details here.  Only 4 days left! Stereo Neural Inference - What Our... (Read More)

Teaching Your Robot to Recognize You

October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Sunday Backers! Only 5 days left!  Today we're covering training face-recognition in minutes.  But before we jump into today's update, we know that many would be bummed if they missed out on the Add-Ons/Accessories while they are at a massive... (Read More)

Expert Mode - Advanced Ways of Accessing OAK-D-Lite - Saturday Share Day

October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! First off, if you haven't gone and checked out the new accessories and other Add-Ons we just added to the campaign, go do so here.  You'll probably want some.  And there are limited quantities - and these discounts are only for... (Read More)

ACCESSORIES Update!

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, The time has come.  It's time to talk about ACCESSORIES.  The whole premise of OAK-D-Lite is minimalism.  To make the unit only as small, simple and clean as possible.   Which Means There's Plenty of Room for Add-Ons And we just... (Read More)

Our Next Stretch Goal: Official Web Cam Support for OAK-D-Lite

October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers! Thanks for helping us crush our $750k stretch goal.  Today we're excited to share our next stretch goal, by popular request: $1 Million Stretch Goal: Official Web Cam Support In preparation for this stretch goal, we've researched what is... (Read More)

$750k - Plug & Play Unity Support Unlocked, Community Survey: Carrying Case, and DepthAI Downloads

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you, Backers!  $750,000 of backing, which means: Unity Plug and Play! With this, we are now heads-down on making plug-and-play Unity support for OAK-D-Lite (and the whole OAK series).  We'll have some more exciting updates on that after the... (Read More)

Detecting Objects of Any Kind (Class Agnostic Object Detector)

October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Good Day Backers! Today we'd like to share something we've pondered on for quite a while: Would it be possible to make an object detector that works on any object?  We've been curious about this for quite a while.  As it would be so useful (more on... (Read More)

Windows Installation and `Discoverability`

October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, Today's update is about installation on Windows.  Why are we covering Windows?  Well actually specifically because it was traditionally OAK's worst installation experience. Now, it's buttery smooth.  3 button clicks and you're up and... (Read More)

Important Campaign Update - 3 October 2021

October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers! You guys have officially bought up all OAK-D-Lite that can ship in December.  (Thank you!) So all new pledges will ship in April (and say so on the pledge) All pledges prior to today will ship in December. How do I know when my pledge... (Read More)

OAK-D-Lite Tear-Down + Torture Test - Saturday ShareDay

October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Saturday, Backers! What we are doing?  Working on OAK-D-Lite of course!  More specifically, torturing OAK-D-Lite (more on that at the end of the update). But First, the Tear-Down It's a block of aluminum.  Star Trek-level transparent... (Read More)

Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality Special

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, By popular demand (we do read all the comments; or an AI does - you'll never know).  So here is our everything-reality update.  Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual.   Multi-Player Virtual Reality - Laser Tag From 2021  Instead of 1981.... (Read More)

Training Custom AI Models - Datasets, Datasets, Datasets - Roboflow

October 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, Today's update is about custom training.   The breakthrough, the big thing that makes OAK-D-Lite so powerful - is deep learning.  What does that mean? Instead of having to program computers or devices to do things - you can train them.... (Read More)

You Can Buy The Cute Dog Now! Mini-Pupper KickStarter is Live!

September 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello D-Lite-ful bunch!  So in one of our previous updates we brought up a neat, open-source robotic dog that has plug-and-play OAK-D-Lite Support: Well, it gets better.  Now if you don't want to 3D print all this yourself, you can just buy it as a... (Read More)

Why It All Started. Keeping People Safe.

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone! Today's update is on our origin story.  Keeping people safe.   We've had a lot of folks reach out after having built an automated safety system with the OAK line and say: "This thing is perfect for health/safety applications." That's... (Read More)

Update on Auto Focus and Fixed Focus - The Community Has Spoken

September 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi OAK-D-Lite Backers! This update is focused (no pun intended) on listening to customer feedback.  We believe that our customers are the best people to design our products.  As you know how you will be using them.   So with that: By popular... (Read More)

DepthAI API and the Release of the Higher-Level DepthAI SDK

September 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello OAK Community! Today we're excited to share some additional work that is in progress to make working with your OpenCV AI Kit even easier.  In our continuing mission to make using OAK as easy and simple as possible, we released the DepthAI SDK.... (Read More)

Open Source Hardware Overview - Saturday Share Day!

September 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, One thing that you might not know about OAK is that there's open-source hardware for everything, including OAK-D-Lite.  And to make it so that you don't have to have previously designed an iPhone to be able to build off of OAK - we have... (Read More)

If Kids Can Build Such Cool Things - What Can Pros Do?

September 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Friday Backers! In our last update we covered how even 12-year-olds can build things that were like science fiction a decade ago.  Which begs the question:  If kids can build that, what can professionals build? That's what we'd like to show... (Read More)

K-12 Education and OAK-D-Lite - Scratch, Cortic Technology, and Giving the Gift of Learning

September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi D-Lite-ful backers! Today's update is about getting these tools into the hands of the next generation.  (We're so jealous of what 12-year-olds can build now.) Getting Your First Win One of the biggest challenges in anything technical is the... (Read More)

FCC and CE Testing: "This thing is bad[something]"

September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, Today we take a break from the inundation of all the things you can do with OAK-D-Lite and dive a bit into what goes into making OAK-D-Lite - focusing on compliance testing (this time; more updates on the design effort to come in future... (Read More)

$500k+ | Unity Plug & Play Unlocked | Raspberry Pi Plug & Play

September 21st - via: kickstarter.com
D-Lite-full Day to Everyone! We've had so much exciting stuff happening that we didn't even get to do a celebratory post yet that we passed $500k and unlocked Unity Plug & Play Support!   But don't worry, OAK-D-Lite didn't let us forget.  In... (Read More)

Neural Depth Unlocked! Plug & Play Unity Support with Synthetic Data Training Tutorial Here We Come!

September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, Thank you all for the tremendous backing so far!  We have now passed $500,000 funding in 5 days! With your support - we have unlocked the Official Neural Depth Support Stretch Goal.  And in fact, we're so excited about it - that we... (Read More)

Drones! ArduPilot, Vibration, and Proposed Auto Focus -> Fixed Focus Change

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi backers, We know you've been anxiously awaiting our next update.   This one is about drones - and an important subject on whether the standard OAK-D-Lite should be auto-focus or fixed focus for the color (RGB) camera.  We're leaning towards... (Read More)

Depth Processing on OAK-D-Lite

September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, OAK-D-Lite provides world-class disparity depth processing capabilities.  To the point where if you wanted to close your eyes and pretend OAK-D-Lite couldn't do _anything_ else - it would still be quite a useful thing with its stereo... (Read More)

Unity, Gaming, OpenGL and Open Source Awesomeness

September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi OpenCV AI Kit Backers! Today we’d like to share what OAK-D-Lite can be used for in Unity, Gaming, OpenGL and 3D Manipulation in general. You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00... (Read More)

Cute Camera. Cute Dog. Border-Collie Capabilities Here We Come!

September 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Backers, THANK YOU for an AWESOME START!  We are incredibly grateful.  Our objective is to enable you all to build things easier, faster - and w/out having to mortgage your house - to do so. And to that end, for anyone who is interested in... (Read More)

Shipping and Taxes Clarification

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everyone, TL;DR: Shipping is not free.  And taxes are not included in your pledge. Both will be charged after the campaign - where you will have an option to choose between the couriers available to your destination - and also whether to prepay... (Read More)

2nd Stretch Goal completed at $250k, and the $500,000 goal is revealed!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW! You did it again! Hot on the heels of unlocking YOLO v5, we’ve crushed the $250,000 mark, and unlocked Android support! Thanks especially to those of you upping your pledges already! We’ll have details for you on Android in the future.... (Read More)

1st Stretch Goal achieved, the next revealed! $225,000 in 3 hours! Some early press…

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
 The community annihilated the first stretch goal, which means we’ll be producing some official YOLO v5 materials including a Google Colab notebook for training your own version. Stay tuned for details on that. We’re raised *check notes*... (Read More)

Hello Again, World! $50k in 4 minutes!

September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, that was even faster than we could have guessed! For a moment, Kickstarter wasn't letting some backers in, due to too many backers at once! Thanks to you we passed $50,000 in pledges in under 5 minutes! I could write about last year’s... (Read More)

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