Hi gotz07 ,
It's mostly the AI performance - for most models, it's slower than the RVC2, and there are more limitations on the layers/operations supported. We will be updating the Percept to have newer SOC (RVC4 instead of RVC3), but that means it will also be delayed (sometime in 2024). Thoughts?

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      VirtualPierogi

      erik explained about RVC4 in this OpenCV Ep 108 :

      I am also dying to know more about it, but wait will worth it.

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            Hi erik ,

            I am curious about that whether there is a custom Yocoto project or buildroot package for RCV4?

            I hope I can rebuild the customized image and integrate some sensors into my project.

            Any Idea?

                Thank You erik for being open about shortcomings of rvc3, its not often that international hardware company admits that something has to be scrapped because the development went in unexpected ways. (like intel)

                Also looking at the specs of rvc and the proposed new features im assuming that the price of the whole unit will be much higher than the original oakd. Is there any proposed price range for new rvc4 based devices?

                  Hi edxian ,
                  It's based on Yocto. We are not yet sure about all the licenses and/or the ability for us to sublicense/share BSP, but we do hope it will be possible so "power users" like yourself will be able to add drivers for custom sensors. I think we'll have a clearer picture of this in the coming months. We'll most likely notify folks via rvc4 email newsletter when we know the whole process for sure.

                    Hi @VirtualPierogi ,
                    It's not exactly being scrapped (at least of now) as we have released RAE and we need to get it to a point where it's stable/useful. But since there are major limitations, we are focusing more on the future.

                    Regarding price - you are correct that's it's quite more expensive (soc), but we plan/hope that we'll be able to offer rvc4-based devices at/around current OAK POE prices ($399-$599). "Series 4" devices will also have M12 (POE), M8 (aux) and USB-C connectors, so there will be no "USB-only models".
                    Thoughts?

                    Will there be anything new in the price range 149 - 300 usd ?

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                      VirtualPierogi I doubt we will be able to offer RVC4-based device below $350 as of now, perhaps in the future if we release a new version with a less powerful (and less expensive) chip.

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                          erik Could you please let us know the bench mark results of models on RVC4 are done with INT8 or FP16?

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