Those threats include concealed weapons, suspicious persons, and even active shooters. SWORD features a camera that allows it to make facial recognition scans, as well as a thermal imaging sensor that can detect explosives and concealed weapons. If a situation escalates, it also boasts the ability to triangulate the location of gunfire.

All of the information is displayed on the Vuzix smart glasses to create a highly mobile and adaptable perimeter solution.

“Vuzix Blade provides a see-through display that not only allows our customers to stay connected with the real world, but also be connected to the digital world to receive critical alerts related to safety threats from our SWORD solution,” said SWORD Founder and CEO Barry Oberholzer.

According to Oberholzer, SWORD has already received more than 88,000 pre-orders, with production expected to begin in earnest in Q3 2019. Vuzix previously integrated Sensory’s TrulyHandsFree voice recognition tech into its M300 smart glasses. More recently, it was one of several device manufacturers that lent support to Qualcomm’s new XR1 chip platform.

The integration will enable robot-assisted processes to achieve a level of complexity and scale that rivals traditional fixed automation, at a lower cost and with never-before-seen flexibility.

“We intend to change the narrative around how robots will impact the logistics industry,” says Seth Patin, CEO of LogistiVIEW. “It’s not about replacing humans.  Rather, robots represent an opportunity to completely rethink automation with a focus on cost-effective and flexible alternatives to expensive fixed assets.

With Fetch technology, LogistiVIEW is expanding its Flexible Automation Platform offerings to replace full conveyor systems with software-defined automation.  In the not-so-distant future, the only steel bolted to the floor will be structural and movement of robots, people, and products will be dynamically orchestrated by AI.  We’re excited to take this significant step forward in that journey with this partnership.”

The objective of the partnership is to allow warehouses to automate in a more flexible way, based on AI-enabled interactions between workers and the robotic solutions used in distribution centers.  For many years, expensive, fixed automation has been the only option for scaling product movement.  Now, LogistiVIEW is connecting workers with robotics through AI to enable enhanced coordination of people, process, and technology. As a result, warehouses will be able to move more product, with greater complexity, to achieved scaled flexible automation.

LogistiVIEW demonstrated its Connected Worker Platform technology at the 10^th annual AWE 2019 conference in Santa Clara, CA.

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They announced on Twitter “We are so excited and grateful to entire team, all of our fantastic customers and the many followers who voted for us. Thank you!!”

This was announced during Augmented World Expo held May 29-31 in Santa Clara, California.

Congratulations also go to AREA member RealWear Inc (above) who were voted “Best Headworn Device” for their HMT-1 helmet for use in industrial rugged environments.

Fantastic recognition for teams that work so hard in the enterprise AR industry.  Well done to all!

Read about our members on their profiles: Atheer and RealWear 

The two companies have made it possible for somebody to drive a real car while wearing an augmented reality headset, seamlessly adding virtual elements that seem real to not just the driver, but the car’s sensors too. Their latest invention is called the Varjo XR-1, and it’s pretty impressive.

“With this mixed-reality approach, we can start evaluating designs and technologies while they are literally still on the drawing board,” said Volvo CTO, Henrik Green. “Instead of the usual static way of evaluating new products and ideas, we can test concepts on the road immediately. This approach offers considerable potential cost savings by identifiying priorities and clearing bottlenecks much earlier in the design and development process.”

The XR-1 also boasts highly accurate eye-tracking technology, making it easy to assess how drivers use a new functionality and whether or not they are distracted by the new features.

“From the very beginning, our vision has been to create a product that can seamlessly merge the real and the virtual together,” said Niko Eiden, founder and CEO of Varjo. “The incredibly advanced ways in which Volvo Cars uses the XR-1 show that Varjo’s technology enables things that have been previously impossible. Together with Volvo we have started a new era in professional mixed reality.”

Volvo will demonstrate the Varjo XR-1 headset at the Augmented Reality World Expo in Santa Clara, California, while a patent has already been filed for the technology.

Field technicians using the WorkLink platform wear AR glasses that can broadcast what the worker is seeing to an expert, who can then speak audibly and draw over the workers’ vision.

This is a fundamental capability of augmented reality, which can use smart glasses or the camera on a mobile device, to add “holographic” objects to the world. Using AR, it is possible to project objects, lines, arrows and other drawings onto the real world that can attach to real world things. That makes it possible for remote experts to provide visual instruction and knowledge without needing to go out to the field themselves.

The upgrades to WorkLink add the ability capture and retain knowledge through recorded sessions that can be played back in the future. This can be useful for types of work that are rote and repetitive, thus meaning the recorded experience of one worker can be useful to another in the same situation and perhaps with the same equipment.

Scope AR has also announced a new enterprise customer, medical device manufacturer Becton, Dickinson and Co., as well as an expansion of its AR platform with aerospace and defense outfit Lockheed Martin Corp.

“With the latest WorkLink platform, we’ve added even more ways for workers to collaborate and quickly get the knowledge they need to successfully do their jobs,” said Scott Montgomerie, chief executive of Scope AR. “With the addition of session recording, businesses can now better capture and retain knowledge for future use and training purposes, while taking compliance, quality assurance and accuracy to the next level.”

The updated WorkLink platform brings a greater number of functions and is customizable to the needs of the business in question. It’s designed to be deployed across all major platforms, including the HoloLens and the RealWear’s HMT-1, as well as many mobile devices allowing enterprise interests to use whatever equipment is on hand.

The new Session Recording function can capture important information delivered during a live session between a technician and an expert. That allows it to be replayed later and shared so it can be examined for insights into training needs and the process can be improved.

The formerly standalone product Remote AR, now WorkLink Assist, continues to deliver the same remote expert assistance as described above. And WorkLink Create provides the tools to produce AR content seamlessly for step-by-step instructions.

Using the service, Lockheed Martin has been able to make increasingly good use of AR to help its workers get jobs done more efficiently. This has been especially helpful in the firm’s space aerospace engineering division.

“Creating AR work instructions with WorkLink has enabled our Space team to reach unprecedented levels of efficiency and accuracy, as well as reduced manufacturing training and activity ramp-up time by 85%,” said Shelley Peterson, lead of Lockheed Martin’s Emerging Technologies division. “Scope AR’s platform has proven to be so valuable that we have expanded our AR adoption into even more manufacturing applications within the Space division, as well as leveraging the technology in other areas of the business.”

The ABOM P3 Goggle design integrates display technology that feature stereoscopic dual displays with ultra-high brightness output with adjustable control and 1080p output. The P3 AR solution features 3D spatial mapping and tracking, extremely accurate tracking of orientation, velocity and positioning using IMU/GPS-GNSS/INS capability. ABOM also introduces the first augmented reality display solution optimized with Military Ballistics rated Lens (MIL-PRF 32432A) to the MCEP compliance meeting many challenging elements of the US ARMY’s IVAS specification (HUD 3.0). ABOM P3 features also include advanced thermal image sensors, advanced image and visual processing, and extremely accurate tracking capability of orientation, velocity and positioning using embedded GPS/GNSS/INS receiver technology. Embedded within the Goggle Chassis is an ultra-high performance Depth Camera supported by two Infrared (IR) cameras optimized for low-light conditions up to 10 meters. ABOM P3 AR goggle is field-use ready and designed for extreme environmental durability and cold-weather climate conditions where demanding ruggedized performance is critical. The P3 for Industrial applications also meets ANSI Z87.1+ high mass impact rating and IP-55 Ingress Protection for water and dust protection, which opens the door for supporting the National Safety Council technology initiatives and requirements for meeting extreme IP-67 rating compliance.

“ABOM P3 AR goggle solution is a purpose-built Augmented Reality eyewear system that incorporates ABOM’s patented ultra-low power thin-film technology, making it impossible for fog to survive on the inner surface of the eyewear,” said Kyle Cherry, CEO of VX Inc.

“ABOM’s award-winning heated goggle technology, now Military approved, has made integration and optimization with immersive, augmented reality display technology the perfect solution for highly ruggedized extreme use-cases that exceed industry standards for both quality and performance.

ABOM’s development partner for the P3 Goggle, VX Inc., has pushed the limits of mechanical and electrical engineering design performance,” said Jack Cornelius, ABOM CEO. “We are thrilled to have achieved this level of advanced embedded electronics and application integration based on ABOM’s goggle form factor requirement and ABOM’s goal to meet the majority of the challenging US ARMY IVAS HUD 3.0 specification.

This new level of advanced AR design and integration brings a vast amount of exciting new functionality, capability and applications for safety, industrial and military markets.

THE ABOM P3 will be demonstrated at AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO (AWE) 2019, SANTA CLARA, CA, BOOTH #814

AREA member, Atheer Inc, announced during the Augmented World Expo 2019 conference, the availability of new capabilities in its leading AR Management Platform designed to support warranty approval and management processes.

Warranty approval and management processes play a crucial role in many industries but none more so that in the automotive and equipment manufacturing sectors. As these sectors release increasingly complex products at an accelerating velocity, effective warranty approval and management is a major source of cost savings, but also be the source of improved brand integrity, customer experience and loyalty.

“Warranty approval and management is an enormous issue, and cost, for the automotive industry. Automotive manufacturers can spend huge amounts of money annually in warranty costs. If you can reduce that amount by even 1 percent, you are saving millions of dollars across the value chain,” said Salim Murr, who formerly led, in succession, the Technical Service Department, the Warranties Department and the Logistics Department at BMW North America. Salim, who is also a newly-appointed advisor to Atheer, suggested that Augmented Reality can provide a way for the industry to tackle this vital issue.

“By processing warranty claims faster and with more accuracy, dealers can get their customers back into their cars faster while improving their operating margins and manufacturers can achieve significant cost savings in terms of processing costs and inaccurate claims,” he added. “By augmenting the warranty approval and management workflow with inspections, contextual information and real time collaboration Atheer has the power to radically transform this critical aspect of the automotive industry.”

“Our mission is to augment the core business processes of industrial enterprises. The automotive and manufacturing customers that we work with told us that, as the complexity and number of their products has increased, they face challenges with their warranty approval and management processes” said Atheer CEO Amar Dhaliwal. “With the latest release of the Atheer AR platform, warranty approval and management is now a supported use case. The potential for improved efficiency, cost savings, and a better customer experience is very significant. We’re looking forward to debuting this exciting new capability at AWE.”

This makes XTAL the most advanced mixed reality (MR) system ever created, and the only enterprise-grade MR system capable of total immersion.

Weighing in at only 42 grams, VRgineers’ new augmented reality module features high-quality camera sensors with wide lenses for a natural and immersive field-of-view, and adds hand tracking, inside out tracking, and virtual and augmented reality switching to XTAL’s broad list of capabilities.

The first market segments to benefit from the new AR module, are automotive and aerospace. “The fascinating thing is that we are building the software system that allows you to combine the best functions and capabilities of AR with the VR world,” said Marek Polcak, VRgineers Co-Founder. “With our new module and SDK, AR and VR developers will be able to flawlessly combine real physical objects, including their own hands, with virtual reality.”

Currently, XTAL utilizes state-of-the-art LEAP Motion tracking that allows customers to utilize gesture control and hand tracking in their VR applications. VRgineers’ new module maintains the benefits afforded by the LEAP Motion system for purely VR applications, but expands upon those features for mixed reality applications by combining elements of the physical and virtual world into an immersive, natural experience. With VRgineers’ new AR module, XTAL users will be able to experience natural hands-on interaction with real-world things, like fighter jet cockpits or vehicle dashboard prototypes, while a realistic virtual world is created around them and the physical objects.

One of the most unique features afforded by the new AR module prototype for XTAL is inside out tracking, which is a method of positional tracking commonly used in virtual reality technologies, specifically for tracking the position of head-mounted displays (HMDs) and motion controller accessories. It differentiates itself from outside-in tracking by the location of the cameras and other sensors that are used to determine objects’ positions in space. With inside-out positional tracking, the sensors are located on the device being tracked, whereas outside-in tracking places the sensors at stationary external locations.

The Boulder, Colorado-based Company is launching its Fusion AR with WorkLogic product this week at the 10^th Annual Augmented World Expo (AWE), being held May 29-31 at the Convention Center in Santa Clara, California.

Through an augmented reality interface, Fusion AR provides quick access to IoT enabled equipment information and immediate guidance to address operational issue resolution. WorkLogic is an open API component working within Fusion AR to deliver digital work instructions and checklists to smart headsets, tablets, and smartphones. It allows for improved productivity by giving remote technicians step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting decision trees, and hands-free control.

“We are excited to introduce Fusion AR with WorkLogic into our lineup of products that are designed to help companies be more productive, agile, and compliant. Our customers now have access to customizable AR applications and solutions that will make their engineering and technician team more effective with instant training,” said Rafael Gutierrez, chief executive officer of Jujotech.

Fusion AR with WorkLogic, in conjunction with Jujotech’s Fusion Remote, give connected workers a complete set of just-in-time actionable digital applications. Rich media content may be triggered by Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) analytics, or by image target recognition in the field.

Jujotech introduced Fusion Remote last year as a remote assist solution compatible with Microsoft Skype for Business on smart headsets. In industrial settings, the combination of Fusion AR and Fusion Remote, with the instructional workflow processes of WorkLogic, allows for seamless collaboration between technicians in the field and experts in other locations.

RealWear (AREA Member) a leading manufacturer of wearable technology for industrial settings, is adopting Jujotech applications for its products, including HMT-1Z1, the first ruggedized head-mounted wearable Android-class tablet computer that frees a worker’s hands for dangerous jobs.

“We are thrilled to partner with Jujotech on this solution as they will be a key partner as we scale HMT-and HMT-1Z1 in the industrial world. Innovative solutions like these will allow our partners to further refine critical KPIs to solve real world problems as we focus collectively on the next generation or computing focused on productivity and safety in the field and factory,” said Brian Hamilton, RealWear Cofounder and Chief Business Officer.

“Collectively we are defining the next generation of computing and it is critical to have innovative solutions which focus on solving real world problems and further refine customer KPIs as we embark on this next evolution of increased productivity and safety in the field and factory driven at the edge,” he added.

For more information about Jujotech, WorkLogic, and its full suite of mixed reality applications and solutions, stop by Booth #925 at AWE USA 2019 or visit Jujotech.com.

Hybrid rendering combines on-device processing for local XR interaction with remote edge, or cloud-based GPU rendering for highly detailed visualization of complex 3D models and massive LIDAR point clouds widely used in industries such as AEC, Energy, Manufacturing, Engineering, Mining and Utilities.

The advent of 5G and low latency wireless networks enables new multi-user augmented and mixed reality experiences on untethered XR viewers and headsets. Using Arvizio’s MR Studio platform, 3D models with hundreds of millions of polygons and point clouds with billions of points may be processed on high performance CPUs and GPUs located at the edge or in the cloud and streamed into XR headset devices.

Consolidation of hybrid rendering and integration of IoT data creates digital twins that allow Microsoft HoloLens, Magic Leap and mobile AR device users to view and interact with a 3D model of a building, complex machinery, LiDAR scan or 3D CAD models with associated real-time IoT data to accurately monitor operating conditions.

The newly announced Arvizio IoT Gateway feature connects the MR Studio platform to multiple IoT frameworks allowing telemetry and sensor data to be displayed within the XR experience. The convergence of streamed, hybrid-rendered, large scale 3D models and real-time IoT data allows real world assets to be visualized at scale and augmented with real-time sensor data.

“The combination of hybrid edge rendering, IoT data integration and XR digital twins will revolutionize many enterprise experiences,” said Jonathan Reeves, Arvizio’s CEO. “We are excited to introduce our new hybrid rendering platform for large scale model visualization and the incorporation of real-time sensor data that can be associated with 3D models provides our customers with seamless and highly functional XR experiences.”

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