Tag: augmented reality

Autonomous

In industry first, Komatsu autonomous mining trucks now qualified to run on LTE

The mining industry’s first autonomous haulage system will run on private LTE mobile broadband technology that's more reliable, secure and has higher capacity.

January 29, 2019

Technology

Plans progress on Oracle’s “smart lab for the construction site of tomorrow”

Plans for Oracle Construction and Engineering's smart lab for construction are moving through the approval process. Get more details here on Equipment World.

October 4, 2018

Roadbuilding

Santa Cruz uses augmented reality to engage public on transportation

Santa Cruz County residents are being offered a fun way to view potential transportation options for their communities with augmented reality technology. The Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission has stationed viewers in the county where residents can look inside to see transportation and land-use options that address such things as improving use of streets […]

November 3, 2017

Technology

AR hard hat maker Daqri expands leadership, including hire of former SpaceX exec

We went nearly a year without much news from Daqri, the tech company behind a new hard hat equipped with augmented reality technology. But in the last few months the company has made a few interesting moves. The latest is the expansion of its leadership team with some notable hires, according to a report from […]

February 11, 2016

Technology

Daqri unveils updated version of Smart Helmet augmented reality hard hat with improved processing power

Weeks after announcing a collaboration with Topcon in order to integrate the device with that company’s positioning solutions, augmented reality company Daqri has revealed the next generation of its Smart Helmet. Maybe the most notable difference with the design of this new Smart Helmet, a hard hat with a “4D” visor that overlays data and media […]

January 11, 2016

Technology

Daqri collabortating with Topcon on development of Smart Helmet augmented reality hard hat

Topcon has announced a new collaboration on a hard hat equipped with augmented reality for construction. And you might remember the hard hat in question here. Last year, we reported on the Smart Helmet, a new piece of wearable technology designed with construction and other industrial uses in mind. Made by augmented reality company Daqri, […]

December 8, 2015

Technology

Daqri’s Smart Helmet is a hard hat that fills a worker’s vision with useful data based on surroundings

The photo above is not a still from the next Tron movie. It’s a hard hat equipped with Google Glass-like augmented reality features that a company called Daqri hopes construction firms and the industrial market will embrace. Daqri calls it the Smart Helmet and says it was “designed with the industrial work place in mind.” And while […]

October 9, 2014

Technology

Hard hats with augmented reality to ship to construction companies by end of this year; more capable than Google Glass

While discussing the reasons construction companies should become early adopters of Google Glass, we mentioned that the much-talked-about device was worth exploring since it is a precursor to much more sophisticated technology. Turns out, we were closer than we thought to those types of new devices as a startup company named Atheer has plans to […]

July 28, 2014

Technology

FACE THE FUTURE: 5 reasons construction companies need to buy Google Glass right now

Despite the excitement around its unveiling more than two years ago—complete with the wearable device shooting a live video during a skydive— Google Glass has come a relatively short way since then. Though most news outlets aren’t reviewing the device since technically it’s still in development (even though Google is actually selling the device now), […]

July 21, 2014

Technology

Believe your eyes: the future of construction tech is not far away

So I couldn't help but smile Thursday when James Bernham of JB Knowledge Technologies Inc. painted a similar picture of the future of construction technology during the Associated General Contractors of America IT Forum Conference in Chicago.

August 16, 2012

Safety

How Google’s Project Glass glasses could foster the jobsite of the future

What could be really exciting is if a developer combines all of Project Glass' functionality into a complete job site management application.

July 3, 2012