Meet Vex: Your Pet’s New Cinematic Companion

For years, technology businesses have offered pet cameras as a solution for curious pet owners wanting to monitor their furry companions' antics when left alone. Enter Vex, unveiled at the recent CES event—a revolutionary robotic friend that takes things up a notch. Not only does this device trail your pet, capturing video footage along the way, but it also employs artificial intelligence to piece together a seamless movie from the recordings.

Vex is a petite device, characterized by its white, spherical form and adorable short limbs, ears, along with various colorful accessories. It is small enough to fit comfortably in your hand, indicating that it’s likely more compact than the pet it's designed to film.

Beyond the ordinary: How Vex revolutionizes pet monitoring

Independently traversing your home, Vex not only follows but interacts with your cat or dog. It employs visual recognition to identify and keep track of specific animals. While on its journey, it captures low-angle shots that mimic your pet’s viewpoint, crafting a daily collection of

engaging stories and shareable moments.

Although the creators at FrontierX have yet to demonstrate examples of these edited narratives, these showcases will ultimately determine the product's value.

Expanding the horizon: Vex and beyond

Vex is accompanied by another innovation—Aura, a larger spherical robot equipped with a circular display that serves as its face. Unlike Vex's pet-centric design, Aura is intended to interact with humans by interpreting body gestures and facial cues to gauge emotions. Similar to Vex, it can accompany you throughout your home and engage in conversation via advanced language models.

Both Vex and Aura are still in their developmental phases. FrontierX, the company behind these innovations, is so nascent that it’s yet to launch a formal website. Nonetheless, they project that preorders will open within six months, without having disclosed pricing details for either gadget.