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There is a pretty high barrier to entry here with a required $3,000 per-person training program. I'm not sure why that is necessary, unless it's really difficu

• forrestthewoods 10y ago
  Probably because its not ready for mass hobbyists. If it was cheap their manufacturing wouldn't be able to keep up and Reddit would be super pissed their pre-order took 6 months and the SDK was janky as hell.
• carlosdp 10y ago
  They don't want a bunch of people making bad hardware. They would rather put safeguards in place to help ensure that early builders actually implement the tracking well rather than have a bunch of devices that do it poorly and reviews saying it's the tracking tech that is bad. It also reduces cost of support as, theoretically, each company should have at least 1 person who is well versed in the technology for troubleshooting.
• jestar_jokin 10y ago
  Not to mention, it's in-person training, so anyone outside the US is effectively excluded.
  • wavefunction 10y ago
    I am sure you can come visit and take the training, though perhaps you mean it's more expensive for non-residents of the US to attend. It's more expensive for people living in other countries, certainly, but perhaps you could work out a deal where you become a certified trainer yourself and go back to your country to offer discounted officially-sanctioned training to folks in your region. Look for opportunities rather than problems.