Toshiba, Vuzix Announce Pricing, Shipping for AR Smart Glasses Solution
Toshiba bowed augmented reality smart glasses jointly developed with Vuzix (see 1712070049) that combine the dynaEdge AR100 head-mounted display with a dynaEdge DE 100 mobile mini PC. The AR glasses ($1,899) are designed to help businesses bring an on-the-job hands-free…
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Windows PC experience to field workers using AR, voice and touch human machine interface technologies, Carl Pinto, vice president-marketing and engineering, Client Services division, told us in a pre-briefing. Users can run Windows applications to browse PDF documents, view movies and photos, and shoot photos and movies with sound, he said. Workers and technicians can communicate with each other via text messages, video, audio and still images. The 3-ounce smart glass viewer has an integrated micro display that provides a viewing experience equivalent to a 5-inch mobile device screen seen at 17 inches, Pinto said, and packs integrated GPS, three-axis accelerometers for head tracking, a five-megapixel point-of-view camera, ear speaker, dual noise-canceling mics and a two-axis touch pad. The glasses pair via USB-C with a 6.5 x 3.3 x 0.8-inch, 11-ounce Intel Core M-powered mini PC that fits into a supplied protective belt-worn holster. Vuzix created the glasses for Toshiba under a three-year supply agreement signed last year for an "entirely new Vuzix product for Toshiba" that's based on Vuzix M300 smart glasses, the company said Monday. The initial purchase order received by Toshiba has an expected minimum of $5 million in purchases in the first 12 months, Vuzix said. First production shipments are due within 30 days, it said.