Epson AR Glasses Application Scenario: Cases in eight fields are here

The long-awaited Epson AR smart glasses BT-350 and BT300 were officially put on sale in April.

Last November, Epson attended the Beijing International Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Expo (VRSD), where it unveiled its two latest AR glasses, the Moverio BT-350 and BT-300, and announced its plans to find Chinese partners.

At the Expo site, immersion editor experienced two types of glasses, consumer AR glasses BT-300 with a good movie experience, comparable to a small projector; A number of developers were on hand to show off the industry solutions they have collaborated with the BT-350. At the time, there were several AR glasses on the market, but everyone was still trying to figure out where to apply them.

Half a year later, Epson AR glasses have been sold in China, and their applications in many fields have been mature, and they have penetrated into dozens of industries, including: security and fire protection, industry, education, cultural tourism, logistics, aviation, retail, etc. In this article, we will introduce in detail the application of Epson AR glasses in many different fields.

First, let's review the parameters and performance of Epson AR glasses.

Both BT-350 and BT-300 are binocular split glasses, including glasses part and a computing unit. They use Intel Atom X5 processor, Android 5.1 system, and have a maximum battery life of 6 hours in video mode. Both glasses adopt Epson's newly developed silicon OLED optical display technology. The binocular perspective lens has a display resolution of 1,280*720 and a contrast ratio of up to 100:1, which enables the AR image to be displayed without frames. The scene experience picture is clear and the brightness is higher.

(The contrast ratio of 100:1 makes AR images display without borders)

The consumer AR glasses, BT-300, are mainly aimed at individual consumers and are designed to be lighter, with the body of the glasses reduced to 69G. The BT-300's current usage scenarios are mostly personal entertainment videos and drones.

（BT-300）

The BT-300 is a great tool for watching movies. It provides the equivalent of an 80-inch screen at 5 meters. With the BT-300, you can watch a big-screen movie whenever you are waiting for a bus, a subway, a train or a plane. The high-brightness environment has little effect on the image of the BT-300, which can be said to be a good tool for watching movies.

In addition, another interesting and market application of BT-300 is the combination of UAV, also launched an AR UAV simulation flight application, UAV users can wear BT-300 to operate virtual UAV, help UAV flight enthusiasts skilled in advance flight technology. The BT-300 can also be integrated with a real drone, allowing users to experience first-person humanity through a camera mounted on the drone while visually observing its flight status, which greatly improves the safety of drone flight.

Google had been very optimistic about consumer AR glasses and launched Google Glass for individual consumers, but it ran aground due to immature hardware and failed to find suitable application scenarios. With the accumulation of display and projection technology, BT-300 has opened up the scene of AR glasses used for personal video entertainment. The combination of BT-300 and UAV is also an innovation in the subdivision field, which can bring more possibilities for the application scene of AR glasses.

Having said the BT-300, let's take a look at the BT-350.

(Epson BT-350)

BT-350 focuses on industrial and commercial scenarios, and can be used for enterprise equipment maintenance, museums and tourist attractions, etc. Adopt adjustable mirror leg, suitable for various head size of different people; And durability and waterproof life is good, wear up more comfortable. In addition, the BT-350 comes with an option of five controller docks, four of which can charge up to 20 devices simultaneously, upgrade systems or install software.

Several developers told Immersion that the Epson BT-350's strengths -- its optical display and ease of wearing -- would make it an early adopter in a variety of applications.

No.1 Security and fire industry process virtual simulation training

In the field of security and fire protection, Epson presented two distinct cases: "a firefighter training program in the United States" and "a disaster prevention and response system in Japan". In these cases, the Epson AR smart glasses are mainly used for training, which can make the complex instructions for using the machine visible, directly replacing the boring paper instructions. Another important function is to provide a panoramic first view. For example, during firefighter training, Epson AR smart glasses can be used in conjunction with drones. Firefighters can watch the fire of a target house from a high-altitude perspective, or find a suitable escape route. Similarly, when preventing natural disasters, Epson AR smart glasses can accurately transmit on-site disasters to relevant departments for real-time control and reduce dangerous damage by connecting with unmanned aerial vehicles and ground control base stations. Obviously, in the field of security, the successful cooperation between Epson AR smart glasses and UAVs will be widely used.

(Assist in rescue at the scene of fire)

For this wave of 666 operations, epson product manager again to do a detailed explanation: "we put the epson BT - 300 intelligent glasses and unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) connection, can avoid the operator frequent bowed their heads and look up, can directly see in AR glasses uav real-time image, and can be determined by the naked eye position of unmanned aerial vehicle (uav) flight, greatly improving the flight safety; In addition, compared with the existing UAV control through mobile phone and tablet PAD, the control of Epson AR smart glasses is more direct and convenient, and the ease of use is greatly enhanced. "This seamless collaboration is an important breakthrough for Epson in augmented reality applications."

No.2 Industrial scene

Due to the rise of concepts such as smart factory and Industry 4.0, industrial scene can be said to be the most common application field of AR glasses at present. Epson has successfully explored many industrial scenarios, including: automotive maintenance guidance of an automotive company, training department of a well-known automotive group and other application cases. It is because of the successful entry of Epson AR smart glasses that it can help enterprise users to greatly improve the work efficiency and safety of staff, reduce failures and losses, and reduce enterprise costs.

As can be learned from the remote maintenance guidance case of a telecom customer's cabinet cable, Epson AR smart glasses are mainly used for equipment or on-site maintenance. With it, the maintenance staff only need two, one to the scene for field operation, epson AR can intelligent glasses equipment related labels, accurate, another computer remote monitoring and guidance, remote operator by monitoring terminal, can be on the scene epson AR intelligent glasses transmit to audio editing, will return to overlap to guide the operation on the equipment of the corresponding position. Greatly reduce the high risk in the work, improve work efficiency, save space and time costs.

No.3 logistics

In our daily life, we may have more frequent contact with various express and parcel, but for the work process of large logistics distribution center, I'm afraid it is little known. Because of the particularity and special needs of the logistics industry, we will talk about it separately, taking the intelligent logistics scheme of an automobile company as an example. In the general logistics center warehouse, many drivers rely on the familiarity of the environment and naked eye observation to determine the location of the lift truck heading, often there will be large or small deviation, but if there are more clear information guidance, drivers can work more efficiently and more safely.

In this logistics center, when faced with tens of thousands of warehousing goods or mail, in order to ensure that all the information in the warehouse can be notified to the driver at any time, the company uses Epson AR smart glasses solution to provide the driver with accurate route and shelf information. In addition, while wearing Epson AR smart glasses to look straight ahead, the route and road condition information is received. Finally, through glasses to identify the target shelf, quickly find the corresponding goods, reduce the search time, greatly improve work efficiency and safety. In fact, Epson AR smart glasses can also be a good helper in the logistics industry.

NO.4Cultural tourism

With the gradual improvement of people's living standards, there is an increasing demand for spiritual and cultural aspects, which mainly focuses on cultural tourism. From the perspective of the industry itself, the tourism industry has broken through the traditional category and gradually evolved into a multi-dimensional, multi-level and multi-dimensional comprehensive industry. The "sightseeing tour" has been transformed into "cultural in-depth tour", among which, "heritage tour" has already become a popular project in the world tourism industry, which not only enhances tourists' sense of cultural experience, but also becomes a new fashion in people's pursuit of life.

In terms of cultural tourism, Epson also has many cases of successful cooperation with museums and tourism organizations around the world.

(Application of Epson AR Glasses in Museum of Brescia)

The famous town of Brescia, known as Brixia in ancient Roman times, is located in the largest archaeological area in northern Italy. Here, the important mission of Epson AR smart glasses is to restore the 3D original appearance of scenic spots through images and sounds, and at the same time to provide tourists with road map guide and voice explanation, which can not only make tourists deeply contact with the original culture, double the sense of immersive experience, but also prevent tourists from getting lost. At the Interactive Film Museum in Milan, visitors can bring old movies of the past to life with the help of Epson AR smart glasses and experience new interactive experiences. What's more, visitors only need to scan a QR code near the exhibits, and the video and audio content of the historical film in QHD or 3D format will be triggered and projected in front of the audience, which is an exciting piece of black technology. When the weather is clear, wear Epson AR smart glasses for a trip without delay.

No.5The new retail

Recently, the new retail concept is hot, and the Internet e-commerce companies are actively turning to the offline market. Epson AR smart glasses can be said to be a good tool for the integration of online and offline. Online, customers want transparent pricing and access to product information without leaving their homes. Offline, customers want to be able to see the same physical products as advertised, feel better store experience. For the retail industry, Epson's highlight cases include: online retail experience, automotive interior identification and display scheme.

Through the use of epson AR intelligent glasses, retail store salesperson can through their own professional products, video grab and uploaded to the network, and support two-way voice calls, to attract more consumers to watch and listen, to promote a large number of online customers into the store to buy, help enterprises to enhance competitiveness and sales. In the field of auto interior sales, Epson AR smart glasses can provide consumers with the first perspective to observe the interior accessories, so that consumers can feel as if they are in the car no matter where they are, so that they can better choose the interior decoration and make purchases.

No.6 education

As the saying goes, interest is the best teacher, how to make ordinary class more interesting and appealing, so that students can accumulate knowledge in the process of learning and playing, this is of great importance. Traditional classroom teaching is usually carried out by indoctrination, and there are no novel and interesting supporting courseware or auxiliary tools. Students are easy to lose their concentration in the boring learning process. In recent years, with the innovation and reform of the education industry, colleges and universities advocate innovative teaching, enhance the interactive experience between students and the classroom, and actively carry out various forms of practical activities to cultivate the innovative consciousness and ability of college students.

In the field of education, Epson AR smart glasses has made a new round of bold attempt. At present, Epson has carried out teaching cooperation with a laboratory of a university and a science and technology institute in Japan, bringing AR smart glasses into the classroom.

For example, in the paper doll making class, students wear the Epson AR smart glasses, and the specific operation steps can be displayed on the screen of the glasses. Students can watch the process while making the paper dolls. At the same time, the students were able to use scissors, glue and other tools to cut, fold and paste the paper without any difficulty. Moreover, through the cooperation between Epson and KTH Royal College of Technology, students developed and produced a number of augmented reality interactive games through Epson AR smart glasses, which were widely loved by students and laid a solid foundation for training innovative talents in the future.

summary

These are the application scenarios of the two AR smart glasses Epson introduced to Immersion: Moverio BT-350 and BT-300. We can feel that in the face of the special needs of different industries, Epson has always been able to provide innovative products and solutions, and is committed to the deeper cooperation with the industry users. At the same time, Immersion believes that the combination of Epson AR smart glasses and UAVs is a big step in the bright spot, and in cultural tourism, retail and other fields, we can see the potential of AR glasses facing consumers directly. With the upcoming sale of BT-350 and BT-300 AR smart glasses, as well as Epson's deep planting in the industry, we are looking forward to seeing Epson bring more surprises to users.

(The article is derived from Li Shi's Immersion)