Smart Glasses for Industry 4.0

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Visualization of useful information right in front of your eyes will play a major role in the future of guidance and navigation applications in the industrial segment. Free hands give user new freedom for complex assembly and maintenance tasks and significant productivity improvement[1] compared to the conventional procedures. A near-to-eye display offers instant and safe access to information without loss of attention or distraction usually caused by the necessity of looking to a paper manual or tablet. Applications and data specifically designed or adjusted for smart glasses can provide the information that the target user needs in the right time and an easy to understand form. Servers side of the smart glasses solution will collect the data from smart glasses sensors and seamlessly integrate it to the customer’s core IT systems for further analysis. Konica Minolta – European Business Innovation Centre is currently running field testing in Europe with selected customers and will release development kit for selected partners in next months.   [1] Gartner Says Smartglasses Will Bring Innovation to Workplace Efficiency