While this is a ~80% discount on other 128 beam sensors, it's unfortunately still out of reach for the hacker community. We absolutely plan to get prices down to an affordable level for individuals in well under 5 years!
Also, Ouster runs a sponsorship program that gives deeply discounted or free sensors to cool projects. If you have a cool idea, shoot me an email: derek.frome at ouster dot io
Might be interesting to add the Ouster sensor to our sensor simulation [1] to give people the ability to play around with the data even if it's outside the price range?
Oh, this is interesting! I've been putting together a 6-Kinect rig to take a 3D scan of my body as I go on hormone treatment and an exercise routine, monitoring subtle changes over time.
Does it support Kinect v1 and changing the orientation using the built-in motors?
I also have a few projects using photogrammetry reconstruction of convention booths using 2D images. I've been interested in adding in lidar/pointcloud cameras...
Also, Ouster runs a sponsorship program that gives deeply discounted or free sensors to cool projects. If you have a cool idea, shoot me an email: derek.frome at ouster dot io