Augmented Reality Meets Your Ears
13 March 2018
Bose has recently gotten involved in audial augmented reality, introducing their AR glasses at the 2018 SXSW in Austin, Texas. These glasses merge sound and vision, a technology that is coming at just the right time in the midst of this VR frenzy. It has been a race to create the most precise VR goggles, even China is experimenting with sex robots and virtual reality. The world is simply going crazy for this technology and now Bose has entered the scene with glasses that instead have integrated headphones, allowing you to enjoy the real world around you.
They have gone a step further than Google Glass. The Bose prototype already works with Bluetooth and will integrate with iOS, Apple’s Siri, and Android. They say that their AR platform can "be built into headphones, eyewear, helmets and more." Bose exec John Gordon stated:
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“It places audio in your surroundings, not digital images, so you can focus on the amazing world around you — rather than a tiny display.”
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The Bose AR glasses will also know which way you are facing and can connect that place or time with other functions for fun travel. The gadgets have small sensors that track head motions for gesture controls and work with GPS (via your paired smartphone) to track location. The glasses will ultimately add an intense layer of information and experiences to the users' realities. If you're interested to learn more, make sure to check out Bose AR SDK. The site will tell you about their partnerships with additional companies. Their goal is to become a platform for developers who want to make other things with Bose.