Proto will halve the price of its flagship ProtoEpic device within months.
David Nussbaum · “Beaming” people anywhere in the world with David Nussbaum of Proto · Mar 28, 2024 · at 24:41
David Nussbaum, founder and CEO of hologram device company Proto, discusses manufacturing scaling and hardware pricing for the enterprise ProtoEpic unit.
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“In the next several months, I will be able to cut that price in half.”
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