Wearable Computing

Wearables for Industrial Use Cases

We support you to integrate three classes of wearables: Smart glasses, smartwatches, and smart scanners.

Why Wearables?

Portable computing devices have a long history dating back to the 80s. But it took until 2013 to develop head-mounted displays (HMDs), that meet today’s requirements for productive industrial use. In addition to tablets and smartphones, we also support and integrate three classes of wearables: Smart glasses, smartwatches, smart scanners, or confirmation devices. By integrating the industry’s widest range of wearables, our customers will always find the most suitable device for their jobs. Therefore, they get the industry-standard future-proof solution. Our customers can deploy mixed infrastructure combining different devices or change the implementation and all this through an integrated graphical user interface (GUI).

Smart Glasses

Smart glasses or head mounted displays are head worn mobile computers including a display, a camera, a microphone, and a speaker. Depending on the device there are often various sensors onboard, too. There are monocular and binocular devices with transparent i.e. see-through and non-see-through/ non-transparent displays.

Smart Scanner

Smart scanners are available in several form factors, e.g. handheld, ring scanners or attached to a glove. Via Bluetooth they are connected with the smart glasses. They are used to confirm e.g. part numbers and quantities. Some scanners like ring scanners and glove scanners allow the worker to have both hands free e.g. for grabbing heavy items and scan them at the same.

Smartwatches

Smartwatches are wrist worn mobile computers displaying information. They can be used to confirm information like quantities and some can also scan barcodes or QR-codes. Smartwatches either come as an alternative to smart glasses or they accompany smart glasses and are connected to them via Bluetooth.

SMART GLASSES
SCANNERS & CONFIRMATION DEVICES

SMART GLASSES

Vuzix M4000

The Vuzix M4000 is equipped with a see-through heads-up display giving the user total visibility of the environment. The lightweight design guarantees comfortable usage for a whole workday. The M4000 is powered by a 750 mAh IP67 certified USB-C battery with a 3-level LED indicator that can be extended with a 3350 mAh power bank ensuring continuous support for a whole work shift. It has a 64 GB memory and is easily connectable to Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices for a truly connected workforce.

Zebra HD4000 + TC57

The Zebra HD4000 is designed to be ruggedized while also offering the comforts of a lightweight device. The device has different customization options to accommodate the eyes. It weighs only 30g and is dust tight as well as water resistant (IP67). Connected to an android mobile computer that also functions as the battery for the glasses, the Zebra HD4000 offers similar controls to common handheld devices while also supporting voice commands using the built-in microphone.