AR Smart Glasses at CES 2017
Augmented Reality Headsets seemed to be a running theme at CES Las Vegas this year with many companies introducing headsets, designed for business and industrial use, reports PC Mag.
Firstly the Lenovo New Glass C200, available in June, which combines AR and artificial intelligence for enterprise, while Vuzix added a new item, M3000 Smart Glasses, adding to their enterprise headset line.
Osterhout Design Group had paired up with Vuforia to develop 2 new products: the R-8 which is consumer based and the R-9 Glasses which are enterprise focused. They are both set to support other creations of augmented reality applications with the R-9 already running Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 835 processor.
Augmented reality is being explored through a number of enterprises already from Smartphone and tablet-based AR apps to head-mounted experiences. ODG, Vuzix and Lenovo are only a small section of businesses developing business-focused AR glasses. In the larger hardware industry, many are focusing on the enterprise of AR with companies developing 2 types of headsets:the binocular and the monocular.
Binocular Smart Glasses allow users to see 3D content aligned with the physical world, displaying in both eyes. However these type of smart glasses, allowing AR experiences, are known to be very difficult to create.
Monocular glasses, like the Lenovo and Vuzix headsets mentioned earlier, allow users to view content just outside of your field of view. This allows you to see information on objects you are looking at however they are not aligned with the underlying world.