ODG Smartglasses and Enterprise AR Adoption
The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas saw Osterhout Design Group (ODG) unveil their new R-8 and R-9 glasses (source post on techrepublic.com.) Acting as a complement to user’s mobile devices, the R-8 glasses are intended as a consumer device, whereas the R-9 glasses target prosumer and light enterprise AR users. A press release from ODG states that existing customers belong to the logistics, medicine, energy and aerospace industries.
Described by COO of Osterhout Design Group, Pete Jameson, as “slightly oversized sunglasses that you wear” with “two stereoscopics HD displays”, the glasses are intended to be used as needed for specific experiences, as opposed to long periods of time.
Jameson states that he expects the R-9 glasses (built on ODG’s Project Horizon platform, winner of three CES 2017 Innovation awards) to bridge the commercial and consumer markets. In terms of enterprise use cases, the largest opportunity for ODG is healthcare, but their smart glasses may also be used for assisted-reality, maintenance and repair, surgery, remote help, telepresence and training, according to the company’s COO.
The reveal of the new smart glasses comes after ODG’S recent announcement of its $58 million Series A round of venture capital funding; the largest in history of both Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality.
The R-8 and R-9 glasses boast equally impressive features, details of which can be found in the original article.