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www.gizmag.com: Los Angeles-based augmented reality developer DAQRI is looking to bring the humble protective hard hat into the modern era with the Smart Helmet – a Google Glass-like system geared specifically towards industrial applications.
5 comments:
Keith Kelly
said...
I can't believe that nobody else has commented on this article yet. The DAQRI smart helmet sounds too good to be true. Instead of allowing people to complete their job, technology is staring to do it for us visually. The combination of a google glass like product along with a safety helmet is ground breaking. When watching the video, I kept thinking to myself how can this product actually completely what the company is claiming and provide enough information for it to be useful for the worker. The technology looked really cool, but I wonder how helpful it actually is. One section of the video was the technology reading the pressure of something and reporting that it was in a good zone. Any worker could look at a gauge and tell if the machine was functioning correctly. The amount of programing that must go into these things is probably ridiculous. I don't even want to know how much these helmets are going to cost when they come out, but I'm going to guess around 2-3 grand. Don't know if its worth the investment, never mind the futuristic dome on your head.
I agree with Keith, this sounds like a dream, straight out a science-fiction novel! If the technology truly does work to the extent they show in the video, this magical wiz helmet could revolutionize some industries. I imagine that having constant tech support, data analysis and reference materials on hand could significantly reduce the margin of error that is made inevitable by a worker. My question is, though, do we need it? Can this tool make so significant a difference in the way we run our industries and the final products that it would be worth the initial buying cost as well as all the training and maintenance associated? It’s obviously a great tool, but I don’t know if companies would actually buy it. I guess the company manufacturing these helmets would need to do a case study and publish results on the impact that the helmets can have on a company.
I'm really not sure how I feel about this product. While the features do sound great, they also seem too good to be true. Is it really going to be able to analyze things like gauges and other readable equipment or was that all just for show? One of my other concerns is the design. Frankly, I think it looks absurd. With the shape and the visor, it looks like something out of a bad sci-fi movie. Will workers really want to wear it? Another question is are these features really necessary for all workers or just some? Does the guy pouring your concrete really need a heads up display to do his job or is the technology actually going to hinder him? All of that being said, if it works as described and actually improves efficiency it has the potential to revolutionize the workplace. What is surprising is how soon it is actually going to be on the market. This looks like the kind of idea that would be on kickstarter and still in development instead of almost being ready to release. I'm interested in seeing how it does in the real world.
This helmet is pretty cool and well I want to say I really hope it works like the video says it does.
I can imagine this helmet actually being very helpful and useful. In our industry what if electricians came in looked at a pipe and the information appeared in a hologram on where and what needed to be hung where. There would be no paper work to lose nothing to misplace just work to be done. Also having a ground plan appear in view for a carpenter would be amazing during install. To be able to just look down at the stage and see the location of scenery pieces would be amazing. Yet again no paper to lose or misplace.
I really do hope that this helmet works 75% as well as the video shows, and I also realize that it will be a long long time before those helmet become cheap enough for the theatre industry to purchase.
As much as I think that this product is really, really cool, I feel like it has one major oversight that will keep me from ever wanting to purchase one - It is always a hard hat. Having a hardhat with integrated augmented reality is really cool, but I don't want to wear a hard hat around outside of a job-site. And furthermore, I don't want to spend a large amount of money on a piece of technology with applications everywhere that I am only going to be able to use at a jobsite. If they had designed the product such that part of it disconnected from the hard hat and gave you some subset of the features in a less obtrusive format it would be great, but otherwise we can do a lot of the things the DAQRI does with google glass and some cool new apps. Put on Google glass and your old hard hat and you are good to go. I am a big believer in augmented reality, but I don't think an application specific hardware is going to be the way it starts to penetrate our lives.
5 comments:
I can't believe that nobody else has commented on this article yet. The DAQRI smart helmet sounds too good to be true. Instead of allowing people to complete their job, technology is staring to do it for us visually. The combination of a google glass like product along with a safety helmet is ground breaking. When watching the video, I kept thinking to myself how can this product actually completely what the company is claiming and provide enough information for it to be useful for the worker. The technology looked really cool, but I wonder how helpful it actually is. One section of the video was the technology reading the pressure of something and reporting that it was in a good zone. Any worker could look at a gauge and tell if the machine was functioning correctly. The amount of programing that must go into these things is probably ridiculous. I don't even want to know how much these helmets are going to cost when they come out, but I'm going to guess around 2-3 grand. Don't know if its worth the investment, never mind the futuristic dome on your head.
I agree with Keith, this sounds like a dream, straight out a science-fiction novel! If the technology truly does work to the extent they show in the video, this magical wiz helmet could revolutionize some industries. I imagine that having constant tech support, data analysis and reference materials on hand could significantly reduce the margin of error that is made inevitable by a worker. My question is, though, do we need it? Can this tool make so significant a difference in the way we run our industries and the final products that it would be worth the initial buying cost as well as all the training and maintenance associated? It’s obviously a great tool, but I don’t know if companies would actually buy it. I guess the company manufacturing these helmets would need to do a case study and publish results on the impact that the helmets can have on a company.
I'm really not sure how I feel about this product. While the features do sound great, they also seem too good to be true. Is it really going to be able to analyze things like gauges and other readable equipment or was that all just for show? One of my other concerns is the design. Frankly, I think it looks absurd. With the shape and the visor, it looks like something out of a bad sci-fi movie. Will workers really want to wear it? Another question is are these features really necessary for all workers or just some? Does the guy pouring your concrete really need a heads up display to do his job or is the technology actually going to hinder him? All of that being said, if it works as described and actually improves efficiency it has the potential to revolutionize the workplace. What is surprising is how soon it is actually going to be on the market. This looks like the kind of idea that would be on kickstarter and still in development instead of almost being ready to release. I'm interested in seeing how it does in the real world.
This helmet is pretty cool and well I want to say I really hope it works like the video says it does.
I can imagine this helmet actually being very helpful and useful. In our industry what if electricians came in looked at a pipe and the information appeared in a hologram on where and what needed to be hung where. There would be no paper work to lose nothing to misplace just work to be done. Also having a ground plan appear in view for a carpenter would be amazing during install. To be able to just look down at the stage and see the location of scenery pieces would be amazing. Yet again no paper to lose or misplace.
I really do hope that this helmet works 75% as well as the video shows, and I also realize that it will be a long long time before those helmet become cheap enough for the theatre industry to purchase.
As much as I think that this product is really, really cool, I feel like it has one major oversight that will keep me from ever wanting to purchase one - It is always a hard hat. Having a hardhat with integrated augmented reality is really cool, but I don't want to wear a hard hat around outside of a job-site. And furthermore, I don't want to spend a large amount of money on a piece of technology with applications everywhere that I am only going to be able to use at a jobsite. If they had designed the product such that part of it disconnected from the hard hat and gave you some subset of the features in a less obtrusive format it would be great, but otherwise we can do a lot of the things the DAQRI does with google glass and some cool new apps. Put on Google glass and your old hard hat and you are good to go. I am a big believer in augmented reality, but I don't think an application specific hardware is going to be the way it starts to penetrate our lives.
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