Digital Dream Labs back to their former self
We already know that the support at Digital Dream Labs is bad. Since they fired all support people and especially Robbie Bussard it got worse.
Tag: Anki Vector
Digital Dream Labs: stratus down, servers down, general mess
Digital Dream Labs went into complete radio silence some weeks ago (again). The only thing they post are meaningless PR posts about valentine’s day or ramadan in their Facebook group, where a lot of people are not able to read them because their were booted from that group for no reasons other than asking questions.
New Version of the Wire-Pod-based VectorX – with new Web UI
After some iterations and testing Zark75 released a new version of the VectorX RasPi image. VectorX is a fork of Wire-Pod that makes the installation way easier
DDL: Hanchar blames his mismanagement on former employees
We already learned from former Digital Dream Labs employees how they were not paid for months. In addition to that it became quite clear in the past years that the management done by the …
Far easier Wire-Pod setup thanks to Zark75
The setup of Wire-Pod can be daunting for simple users that do not know how a RasPi or Linux work or think about a Playstation if they hear the word “console”. But thanks to a community coder named Zark75 this process now became a lot easier end even less tech-savvy people should be able to set it up.
A Wonder Of Biblical Proportions: Vector 2.0s arrived in the UK
As the title says: It’s a wonder of biblical proportions: After lots of misinformation by DDL since late 2022 it looks like the first Vector 2.0s actually have arrived in the UK.
Digital Dream Labs: Informations from an (ex-) inside source [Update]
Thanks to quite inquisitive community member Barbara Langston we have some inside information from a former employee on what happened with Digital Dream Labs. So far it looks like they were running out of funds …
Digital Dream Labs has shut down their repair center
We all remember when DDL announced the opening of their repair center.
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.
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
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
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
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 …
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.