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	Hello everyone! The MP2SV.com service that you may have read about in the recent We Get Around Forum Newsletter is now closed. The website remains up to show a proof of concept of how incredible it would be if we could use our Matterport Cameras for Google Street View. I have spoken with representatives at different levels at Matterport and they are enthusiastic about the idea of providing Google Street View directly through their platform for MSPs. At this time, however, this is not a service that Matterport are providing. If the service becomes available, it will be exclusively offered through Matterport and not through 3rd party providers. It is my understanding based upon the Terms of Service for Workshop that Matterport is granted exclusive license to our panoramas when we upload them from our camera to their platform. It is also my understanding from the Terms of Service for our cameras that it is a terms of service violation to extract images directly from the camera to repurpose. Matterport is very enthusiastic on building a community of fanatics and fueling the energy of 3rd party developers. I remain committed to the Matterport Platform and enthusiastic about the future. I'm sad to see several projects such as mine and howner.com interrupted but have faith that we will have more opportunities in the future. As Matterport has shut down the potential of many 3rd parties at this time, there will be a natural shift to look harder at other solutions such as the Ricoh Theta (hopefully a future version will satisfy my image quality needs). I am hoping that Ricoh will develop an app similar to Matterport Capture that will visually show where scans have occurred to assist in creating spaces similar to Matterport. Everyone benefits when companies compete and I do feel that Matterport will need to fill the void that they have created to hedge out competition. I feel that Matterport as a company is more than capable of doing this and it is my hope that our conceptual ideas such as the Howner platform, MP2SV.com, MP2SQFT etc and MP2VR will fuel Matterport with the energy to quickly bring these services to us through their own platform in a manner that is advantageous to all parties. It is my hope to be one of the first developers to use Matterport's official API when it is finally released and it is my hope to work with Matterport in any capacity that I can to foster new ideas for this community and the entire user base of their products.
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I hate to date myself but this sounds so similar to a small company that came up with a great product but because they were so inclusive it flopped. The small company was "Sony" they developed a BETA VCR(video cassette recorder) their product and version was cutting edge and best on the market at the time. They were very inclusive at the time and had the best product on the market.

Because they stayed so inclusive at the time, even though the product was the best but did not embrace the concept to develop their idea as a product that could be produced by several companies. So because of that VHS was developed and exploded. That was the doom for Beta VCR's.

Even though they had the best product on the market it did not devolve into a user friendly product. VHS far exceeded Sony's product, at first Sony would not even build or support VHS style players. In the end Sony built and marketed VHS players, where only a small handful of companies built BETA. This occurred with VHS being a substandard product in a side to side comparison. VHS players were mass produced up to this year, BETA long gone.

I hope we are not holding on to a product that because of their inclusive business model are not caught up with a product that is doomed. I hear everybody's support and Matterport's continued promise to produce, but I do not see them doing this. They are having a hard time producing the products they advertised. These were their ideas for 3D modeling of the OBJ files, Mattertags with URL links. We have user developing products at lighting speed not to be a competitor of Matterport but to support their product. Especially if they cannot produce. It is not a down fall to admit you cannot do something, but embrace the vision of all. At this time Matterport has a good product, I will no longer say great because I see so many things it could be. Again I hope this is not a doomed product that we support.

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	I hope matterport will wake up and take hands with 3rd party developers and create opportunities and a better business model
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13	13 Chris private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 1
	Lots of "hope" in the above comments. Lol
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	I am very disappointed in Matterport. If their platform is ever going to be more than just an expensive real estate showcase, it is going to have to open up and reward people who put in the time and effort to expand the vision.
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3.48K	3.48K ron0987 private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 4
	I hate to date myself but this sounds so similar to a small company that came up with a great product but because they were so inclusive it flopped. The small company was "Sony" they developed a BETA VCR(video cassette recorder) their product and version was cutting edge and best on the market at the time. They were very inclusive at the time and had the best product on the market. Because they stayed so inclusive at the time, even though the product was the best but did not embrace the concept to develop their idea as a product that could be produced by several companies. So because of that VHS was developed and exploded. That was the doom for Beta VCR's. Even though they had the best product on the market it did not devolve into a user friendly product. VHS far exceeded Sony's product, at first Sony would not even build or support VHS style players. In the end Sony built and marketed VHS players, where only a small handful of companies built BETA. This occurred with VHS being a substandard product in a side to side comparison. VHS players were mass produced up to this year, BETA long gone. I hope we are not holding on to a product that because of their inclusive business model are not caught up with a product that is doomed. I hear everybody's support and Matterport's continued promise to produce, but I do not see them doing this. They are having a hard time producing the products they advertised. These were their ideas for 3D modeling of the OBJ files, Mattertags with URL links. We have user developing products at lighting speed not to be a competitor of Matterport but to support their product. Especially if they cannot produce. It is not a down fall to admit you cannot do something, but embrace the vision of all. At this time Matterport has a good product, I will no longer say great because I see so many things it could be. Again I hope this is not a doomed product that we support.
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WGAN Basic Member 639 Website New Brighton, PA Facebook YouTube Matterport Service Partner Google Street View Trusted Photographer We Get Around Network Member	639 frstbubble private msg quote post Address this user	plus 1 plus 1 plus 1 0
	Sorry but I just see it as Matterport being heavy handed with nothing to back up their TOS which could possibly violate U.S. copyright laws. I feel they are just going to try and get us for every cent they can! Cannot wait for a product to enter the market that is close to the quality and convenience of the MP camera. We have to offer this product in our business. We need to provide options to stay competitive. MP is the only one that meets our standards but as soon as there is another kid on the block things will change.
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