APX Labs was one of the first companies into the enterprise wearables market with its Skylight AR middleware. After more than six years in business, the company is changing its name. From here on out, call it Upskill. The idea, CEO Brian Ballard said in an email and blog post, is that industrial augmented reality enhances a worker's skill, helping them perform complex tasks … [Read more...]
Epson Unveils Moverio BT-300 AR Visor at Mobile World Congress
Epson, which makes the most successful binocular augmented reality visor, today announced its newest model, the Moverio BT-300. The company says it is the lightest AR glasses on the market. Designed as a lighter follow-on to the BT-200, the BT-300 and meant for the commercial market, as opposed to the heavier duty industrial market. Asked which markets had expressed the most … [Read more...]
Virtual Arms Race
There are all kinds of useful wearable tech that replace or supplement stay-at-home gear. Now NEC has ARmKeyboard, a device that isn’t even corporeal; it’s a virtual keyboard that runs up your arm. The keyboard/software coordinates glasses with a camera display and smart watches. Wearing the glasses and looking at the watch gives the software the coordinates of the devices; … [Read more...]
Boeing Study Validates Cost Savings of Augmented Reality
Any new technology application will meet justified skepticism, and virtual/augmented reality is certainly no exception. Aerospace giant Boeing has concluded a study that strongly indicates significant cost savings of augmented reality in complex factory floor environments. Paul Davies, of Boeing's Research & Technology Group, told the Augmented World Expo that his … [Read more...]
12 Million Augmented Reality Glasses Will Ship by 2020, Says Tractica
The market research firm Tractica estimates that 12 million units of "smart augmented reality glasses" will ship in the next five years. The company counts everything from Google Glass to Oculus Rift and Magic Leap, so they don't seem to be making much of a distinction based on use case. Nonetheless, Tractica estimates that 114,000 units of AR glasses will ship this year, … [Read more...]