Vuzix® Corporation, a leading supplier of Video Eyewear and Smart Glasses products in the consumer, commercial and entertainment markets, announced that the logistics automation firm, PCData, has integrated Smartpick AR into its PCData’s Distrib XE Module and branded it as Distrib AR for use in the baking industry
Five new partners (Augmate, GuidiGo, Interapt, Pristine and Ubimax) have joined the original Glass At Work founders APX Labs, Augmedix, CrowdOptic, and Wearable Intelligence. This expansion in scope will provide enterprises more diversity when choosing a development partner. Read this blog post to learn more about the program and the new partners.
Carved from an Arctic pine forest along Sweden’s fjord-studded eastern coast, Ornskoldsvik is about to become the world’s first remotely controlled airport using real time video from aircraft. In the future, this technology will be used in the cockpit by pilots. Visit the New York Times post to learn more about the use of video from live cameras in new ways.
An interview with AREA executive director Christine Perey about the InsideAR 2014 event and her vision for the future of Augmented Reality is published on Metaio’s blog.
zLense is a new depth-mapping camera system that can capture 3D data and scenery from what it’s pointed at in real-time – and use this to add CG elements to the footage.
Aimed primarily at broadcasters and film productions, the technology processes the 3D space information of what’s in front of the camera – enabling production teams to create 3D effects and use CG in live TV or pre-recorded transmissions. Technically, this isn’t “true” Augmented Reality, but the same technology could be applied for different use cases if it proves successful and cost-effective.
Developed by Zinemath, the zLense Virtual Production platform combines depth-sensing technology and image-processing in a standalone camera rig that captures the 3D scene and camera movement. You can see it in action in Zinemath’s video below.
In an interview with AREA member NGRAIN published on Metaio’s blog about the InsideAR event, Carl Byers shares his goals for Augmented Reality.
EON Reality upgrades EON Mobile’s Augmented Reality capabilities and adds support for hands-free Augmented Reality display systems like Epson’s Moverio BT-200 and next generation Android and iOS phones such as Apple’s iPhone 6, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4, and Samsung’s Galaxy S5.
The ETC (Emerging Technology Centers), Baltimore City’s award-winning technology innovation centers, announced today that Juxtopia, a successful ETC resident company, has been awarded one of three available grants from The Center for the Advancement of Science (CASIS) in Space. CASIS is the nonprofit organization managing research onboard the ISS U.S. National Laboratory. The grants will fund projects focused on enabling technologies for the International Space Station (ISS). Dr. Jayfus Doswell, C.E.O. of Juxtopia, LLC (Baltimore, MD), will develop and evaluate a custom tailored augmented reality (AR) goggle/software system for use onboard ISS, the Juxtopia® Context-Aware Mobile Mixed Assistive Device™ (CAMMRAD). The Juxtopia® CAMMRAD is manufactured from the Juxtopia® Context-Aware Augmented Reality System (CAARS) Platform, which was originally funded by the National Science Foundation in 2005.
“These AR goggles will provide virtual assistance that will improve the speed and accuracy with which astronauts perform ISS National Lab science experiments,” said Doswell. “Moreover, Earth-based markets for this product exist in emergency organizations that employ first responders who work in austere and extreme environments.” On an October 15, 2014 press release by CASIS, the Center stated that these awards stemmed from its Request for Proposal (RFP) “Enabling Technology to Support Science in Space for Life on Earth.” The purpose of this RFP, the press release stated, was to identify and support technology development projects that would enable increased use of ISS for Earth benefits—for example, improvements in hardware/capabilities or methods to improve bandwidth, throughput, or quality of future research projects.
“We wish to congratulate Dr. Doswell in this great accomplishment,” said Deb Tillett, ETC’s President. “The work that Juxtopia and other ETC resident companies are doing is awe-inspiring and continues to position Baltimore as a global leader in innovation and technology,” she added. Other grant winners included Dr. Scott Green from Controlled Dynamics of Huntington Beach, CA who seeks to develop an insert for existing ISS hardware that will provide research payloads with a “controlled dynamic acceleration environment” that would lessen fluctuations/disturbances in the microgravity environment that occur onboard the moving spacecraft; and Dr. Mason Peck from Cornell University (in coordination with NanoRacks, LLC) who seeks to adapt a spacecraft-on-a-chip experimental platform called “Sprite” to eventually be programmed in place and deployed from ISS, providing a very low-cost small-satellite platform for science and technology development.
“Juxtopia looks forward to improving human performance® on Earth, equipping first response workers with the Juxtopia® Augmented Reality Goggle system. The Juxtopia® wearable AR Goggle/software platform has true capabilities to augment natural human capabilities assisting astronauts perform tasks faster and with improved accuracy,” concluded Dr. Doswell.
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SAP’s new “AR Operator Rounds” application enables a workforce to conduct operator rounds and perform inspections of their equipment and facilities while using the Vuzix M100 Smart Glasses. This press release provides information about the benefits of the application.
Metaio unveiled a few new details about the Metaio SDK 6 – support for 3D depth-sensing camera systems.