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Re:“Just walk out” technology by Amazon by aguyfromnb on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:34PM (#22529463)
>And where is the competition? Is there anyone at all who can provide something like this?

Isn't the better question, "where is the product"? Is it a gimmick?

This looks awesome, but until I see it in action, working flawlessly, outside of the Seattle/Silicon Valley nexus, I'm not sure there will be (or needs to be) any competition.

Re:“Just walk out” technology by Amazon by npo9 on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:45PM (#22529576)
I moved from Seattle to the midwest.

I’ve seen a lot of very intolerable lines in the suburbs. It’s not unusual for me to wait 15 minutes to checkout at Target or Costco and last December I remember a 25 minute line.

I think this is a product. There’s about six different grocery store within a fifteen minute drive from my house. I’ll switch to the first one to implement this system.

Re:“Just walk out” technology by Amazon by lm28469 on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @08:29AM (#22534820)
What about self checkout or just adding more lanes ?

This really doens't sound like a problem that needs amazon and "technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning"