See the photos of the Appearition team at the event on LinkedIn.
Congratulations to the Appearition team on what is a fantastic venture and what looks like an incredible day out too!
In a press release dated 26 February 2019 an ongoing negotiation was revealed with a US defense group for an order worth approximately SEK 1.5 million. The negotiations have now been completed and XMReality has received an order covering subscriptions for the initial 12-month period. The order allows the customer to use a limited number of licenses within all five business areas of the group’s international operations.
Defense preparedness is today a very high-tech business. Defense industries are quick to adopt the latest advanced technology in their products. This means that the need for qualified service and maintenance of defense materiel is increasing significantly in both Sweden and globally. Costs and training needs in defense-related service and maintenance are constantly growing.
“It is gratifying to see how our software is coming into use in sector after sector. We see great potential in being able to make field service work more efficient in many of the world’s largest companies,” says Johan Castevall, XMReality’s CEO.
The order revenues will be allocated over a 12-month period.
About XMReality Remote Guidance™
XMReality Remote Guidance is an AR-enabled knowledge sharing tool that lets you communicate with someone in a completely different place using speech, gestures, pointers and still images. It includes:
A unique hands-overlay technology that lets you guide someone else’s hands – as if you were there A web portal to manage teams and users and measure usage Integration through client-side open APIs
Read XMReality’s AREA member profile and visit their website.
About 15 days each year, air traffic controllers working inside London Heathrow’s 286-foot control tower experience essentially IFR conditions when low clouds surround the tower cab, often while ground visibility is just fine. ATC delays occur during these conditions because controllers cannot verify whether arrivals and departures have cleared the runway.
The U.K.’s ATC provider, NATS, says those delays can reduce airport capacity by as much as 20 percent. Enter new technology capable of blending Heathrow’s 4K digital equipment with ADS-B and radar systems thanks to data from 20 ultra HD cameras located just beneath the tower cab.
NATS recently agreed to participate in the trial of a new augmented reality technology at the organization’s digital tower laboratory located beneath the current control tower. The tower cab displays during the test will blend all necessary data to create unprecedented situational awareness for controllers.
The testing technology will offer controllers customizable tags for aircraft and vehicles even if those vehicles are hidden by poor visibility or buildings on the airport. The airport’s 4K cameras reportedly provide better visibility around the airport at night than humans are capable of viewing with their eyes.
Sources at Heathrow claim this new augmented reality is already a step up in sophistication from the remote tower facilities already in operation at nearby London City Airport. If the test is successful, NATS hopes to roll out its first live airport test of an augmented reality facility at Singapore’s Changi Airport.
Nasdaq First North-listed Crunchfish entered a partnership with the Chinese company Nibiru in 2018, where they will re-sell Crunchfish’s gesture control technology as an integrated part of their system for AR and VR. Nibiru has now signed agreement with Chinese based Shenzhen ARTS-STAR Technology for a Polaroid branded all-in-one AR-HMD.
The Polaroid AR-HMD is initially for the Chinese market but target a global market as a next step. The AR-HMD has a consumer profile but will also target other areas like museums and education.
“The collaboration between Nibiru and Crunchfish enhance the interactive ability of Nibiru AR- system. The convenient and lightweight gesture interaction adds more usage scenarios of XR. Nibiru and Crunchfish mutually benefit from their cooperation and work together to provide more user-operation friendly AR/VR interactive technology”, says Nibiru VP Peter Liu.
“On the basis of not increasing any hardware cost, we make our devices and interaction more convenient and user-operation friendly. As for our products, product strength and market competitiveness have been improved. Nibiru and Crunchfish provide us with an integrated solution that allows us to focus only on production” says Polaroid General Manager Jeff Zou.
“We are very happy to be part of Nibiru’s successful roll-out of their AR-system. Polaroid is a strong brand and will play an important role in the marketing of our joint offer with Nibiru”, says Crunchfish CEO Joakim Nydemark.
The cooperation with Nibiru strengthens Crunchfish’s position further as one of the leading suppliers of gesture control for smart AR-glasses. Over the last year, Crunchfish has entered several strategic partnerships with major global players, which is a key factor for success in a growing market.
For more information, please contact:
Joakim Nydemark, CEO,
+46 706 351 609,
joakim.nydemark@crunchfish.com
Per the agreement, Verizon Sourcing, the subsidiary that handles procurement of the inventory that Verizon sells, will offer the Vuzix Blade, M300XL, and M-Series smartglasses and accessories, as well as the Vuzix Basics Video software.
Vuzix will deliver inventory to Verizon based on purchase orders, with the initial agreement set for a three-year term. The filing states that orders are expected to commence in the second quarter of 2019.
While AT&T’s strategic partnership with Magic Leap is consumer-facing, Verizon Sourcing’s agreement with Vuzix targets the enterprise sector.
“The initial focus is on business, government, and education to deliver a turnkey solution to Verizon’s largest enterprise customers,” said Paul Travers, CEO of Vuzix, in a statement to Next Reality. “There is a tremendous amount of value that could be delivered through 5G connectivity and smart glasses and as we could see how this relationship could expand to consumers and across the board with 5G.”
So, while augmented reality remains entrenched in the enterprise arena, hardware makers and the mobile carriers who stand to benefit from delivering 3D content and AR experiences to users have their eyes set on the potentially more lucrative consumer realm.
Component inspections
Customers of a large industrial equipment distributor have to make regular trips to the service center for component inspection of their equipment. These visits often require long drives to, and wait times at, the service center which increases downtime of the equipment. Using Remote AR, customers can call in to the service center and do the component inspection without leaving their office, saving time and money, and enhancing component failure discussions and analysis.
Expert diagnosis and guidance
Broken parts are shipped into a repair center for a manufacturing equipment supplier. Often, the technicians onsite are not capable of diagnosing and fixing the problem, requiring an expert to come in to do the repair. Using Remote AR, the technician now calls the expert to diagnose and provide guidance on the problem, even if it is afterhours, saving the company travel costs and labor time of the expert, and significantly decreasing repair downtime for customers.
Industrial HVAC Maintenance
Field service technicians for an industrial HVAC manufacturer are inexperienced and costly to train. Using WorkLink, the company can train the technicians on the job by having them follow smart instructions for regularly scheduled maintenance procedures. In addition, they can use Remote AR to call an expert for help whenever they run into a new or complex problem, decreasing mean time to resolution and minimizing repeat service visits.
Read more on Scope AR’s website and member profile.
In a recently executed field study it has been confirmed that 84% of users prefer the XMReality AR- solution compared to standard video chats when problem solving.
“We want to enable communication, not restrict it”
The system enables immediate service so that companies can save both time and resources and initiate new revenue streams. The hardware independent system can be used both through a downloaded application or by a direct link, not requiring any pre-installation.
The functional design can easily be applied on B2B, B2C and B2BC. It doesn’t matter if you have the world’s best tools to solve problems if it can’t be integrated with the process stream as a whole. Our system is not dependent on our costumers having a certain infrastructure or using a certain type of hardware. “It works everywhere”, says Marcin Szymanski, Chief Sales Officer at XMReality.
The unique system has had a great impact on some of the world’s largest companies such as ABB, Siemens and the Haas Group, where simplicity and availability play an important role in service, maintenance, practice and documentation.
Simplicity is one of the major factors when choosing a system for remote guidance. Instead of getting help through a video chat, the user is are shuttled through our system straight through the eyes of the expert who can see how the problem should be solved. “It’s just like having an expert next to you”, says Marcin Szymanski.
XMReality takes the lead when it comes to adapting a new approach in the Swedish industry. It changes the line of business and the way we look at how different actors are dependent on each other’s competence and technology to have a well-operating process stream.
“The technological possibilities are many, but first you have to dare to improve and realise the value of the technology, not just follow it. By accepting that we can improve the technological innovation, we will achieve a smarter and more efficient industry through creating integration and collaborating with each other. We are a small piece of a greater context”, says Marcin Szymanski.
Heather Humphreys, the enterprise minister, is launching the plan at Dogpatch Labs in the CHQ Building in Dublin’s docklands today, alongside the taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the finance minister Paschal Donohoe.
The new multi-year strategy is designed to ensure Irish businesses are prepared for emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented reality, autonomous vehicles and advanced manufacturing.
For further information about growth in Ireland and how emerging technology is playing a part in the Irish economy see:
While that primary objective doesn’t change much year to year, digital transformation.
Digital transformation is the encompassing term for the implementation of these new technologies, systems, processes, and talent, and it’s enabling factories to innovate ahead of competitors and meet increasing customer demands.
The author goes on to explore five digital transformation trends PTC sees taking hold in the factory – and taking off – in 2019. These are only included in summary detail here but the full original article can be accessed on the PTC website.
Section 1 includes the following details:
Augmented reality remote assistance: Workers can troubleshoot and receive real-time guidance from off-site experts to reduce asset downtime or potential errors.
Contextualized Digital Work Instructions: Workers use role/task-based 3D, augmented reality and/or mixed reality for more effective step-by-step to improve efficiency and product quality while bridging both IT & OT.
Digital shift handovers: Factories can improve safety and drive operational efficiency by capturing key data points and insights necessary for a smooth shift transition.
Real-time workforce performance monitoring: With IIoT-connected devices and software, manufacturers are beginning to harness real-time information that can be used to optimize workflows and processes, as well as make proactive business decisions.
The company reports that the new UX/UI design for smart glass Tandem sessions is more intuitive, with redesigned screens, text, and icons for improved navigation. Customized user menus have been incorporated, and voice commands have been leveraged to better guide users through processes. In addition, users receive application feedback during critical interactions.
Interactions are enhanced with new capabilities in the company’s ARKit solution. For example, single- or multi-user drawing annotations can now be made on a captured image. For direct, live support, remote experts can use a laser pointer to assist users as they complete a task. Remote experts can also bring attention to a specific area or a part of machinery by dropping 3D augmented reality arrows in an operator’s real-world environment. Tandem sessions can be conducted between operators and subject matter experts across any device. Depending on an individual’s comfort level or work-flow, users can stream sessions from iOS, phones, or tablets.