Loona software releases delayed due to Covid
There just was an announcement in the official Loona Facebook group: the chinese KEYi Tech division is struggling with Covid and that will delay development.
Expand Vector functionality on Wire-Pod with vectorx
vectorx is a new project by fforchino on Github to add new functionality to 1st generation Vectors tethered to a Wire-Pod.
Loona Christmas Delivery: Look into Pledgebox for tracking numbers!
It was stated by KEYi Tech that you will get a tracking number for the xmas deliveries. From what I could see today that may or may not be so, since in Pledgebox I could already see tracking informations, but I did not get anything via email.
Digital Dream Labs: Be careful when sending in your robot for repair – plus: OSKR gone
I saw multiple people complaining online in different places that they have sent in their 1st generation vectors to SSL’s “official” repair center in the USA and now there is no feedback
“Cooperation” between DDL and KEYi?
We all remember the repeated copyright trolling by Digital Dream Labs against KEYi Technology, the company behind Loona the Petbot. DDL took down the Loona campaign on Kickstarter two times with very questionable “reasons” that …
At last: DDL admits something is wrong
At last, weeks later and after a long time of denial, radio silence and false information there is a first small post on Discord where a DDL representative admits that something is wrong and they are trying to fix it.
Digital Dream Labs still denies the account server issues
It’s now weeks after the first reported account server problems problems and not only is there still no official statement about the those problems (only a misleading email by Hanchar), there are more and more people reporting them
Petition against Digital Dream Labs on change.org
I just wanted to inform you there is a petition angainst Digital Dream Labs and their questionable business practices on change org.
Wire just released a first basic plugin system for Wire-Pod
Wire posted the following on Discord a few hours ago
KEYi Tech shows Loona eye animation and emotion in a Facebook video
Recently KEYi Technology shared a video on Facebook that shows how they animate the face of Loona the robot pet.
Interface with Vector using Node-RED
Two years ago Daryl Stultz created a contribution for Node-RED to interface with Vector. For those that are unfamiliar with Node-RED: It is a node.js based workflow solution that is able to interface lots of sources together to create workflow, mostly used for example in home automation, but also in industrial production workflows.
The Further Deterioration Of Digital Dream Labs
Now it’s a week since the problems with their cloud service regarding voice commands with Vector became obvious because of more and more posts by users that no longer have a lifetime or subscription, and still there is no official statement on that
Loona Kickstarter campaign is online again
A few minutes ago I’ve got an email from the Kickstrater team. It reads als follows:
Digital Dream Labs: If in doubt, blame “the cloud”
While there still is no official statement on DDL’s ongoing Vector service outages and the account mixups, one user got an email by DDL CEO Jacob Hanchar.
Digital Dream Labs server botch: To lifetime or not to lifetime?
Still nothing official on the server problems, but it look more and more as if something serious has happened.
Confirmed: Looks like Digital Dream Labs botched their subscription system
A followup to my report about cloud service outages at Digital Dream Labs, that leads to Vectors no longer being able to react to voice commands. At the time I write this text (monday, november …
Vector cloud service outages
Since the day before yesterday a lot of users report that some of their Vector robots no longer react to voice commands. At first it looked as if every robot was affected, but then we …
New Docking Station for Emo the desktop pet (update: video)
One of the major drawbacks of Emo The Desktop Pet was his charger
Node RED controls Vector via Python SDK on Wire-Pod
I have a small Linux box in NUC style that works as my Wire-Pod but idles most of the time, since it is way more powerful than a RasPi.