January 6, 2021: Harvest Technology Group Limited (ASX:HTG) (Company) is excited to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Iristick NV (Iristick) to commence proof of concept trials for integration of the Infinity Nodestream and Wearwolf™ technology into Iristick’s industrial smart glasses.
ABOUT IRISTICK
Based in Belgium, Iristick is a technology company creating industrial smart safety glasses to support the digital transformation of enterprises. Iristick wearables are ruggedized certified safety glasses with dual cameras, zoom lens, barcode scanner, voice commands, unrestricted field of view, and boasting ‘full-shift’ battery capacity. Iristick enables “hands-free” remote assistance, work instruction guidance and pick-byvision for frontline and field workers. Unlike competitors, Iristick enterprise wearables leverage the processing power of a smartphone, avoiding risk of radiation to the wearer and significantly reducing the cost of deployment. Iristick smart glasses enable remote assistance to support deskless workers with real-time feedback and information from a distant expert. Remote assistance is the most dominant use case in various industries; doctors have glasses on during surgical procedures, service teams are equipped with Iristick glasses during maintenance interventions, and Quality Assurance personnel utilise glasses to perform remote Factory Acceptance Tests.
INDUSTRIAL SMART GLASSES
Industrial smart glasses, also known as ‘smart eyewear’, are wearable computer glasses that add information alongside or to what the wearer sees. Unlike immersive virtual reality headsets, smart glasses give users a sense of physical and digital worlds simultaneously, providing a much more natural experience. Superimposing information onto a field of view is achieved through an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) or a heads-up display (HUD). Modern smart glasses are effectively wearable computers that can run selfcontained mobile applications and use both cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity. Uses for smart glasses include video collaboration solutions, complex manufacturing, logistics and warehousing operations, building and construction, as well as telehealth/telemedicine, humanitarian aid and military applications. “The global pandemic kickstarted the use of remote assistance via smart glasses as a solution to keep enterprise operations running under strict travel bans and contact restrictions. As field workers are sometimes confronted with low or no Wi-Fi connection, this collaboration can overcome that issue and make remote assistance available over low bandwidth, at any possible location, ensuring workers stay connected at any time,” said Johan De Geyter, Iristick CEO.
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