Glasses that ‘see’ inside machines

Looking to blend safety, style and functionality, XOEye Technologies developed XOne, an industrial-grade wearable computing device in eyewear form that captures and streams high-fidelity audio and video. This enables first-person point-of-view (POV) workplace collaboration in real time, according to the company.

The device is equipped with an 8-megapixel camera, microphones and speakers for two-way audio communication and a suite of sensors, including a gyroscope and accelerometer for data measurement. The camera has options to record locally, stream live and capture still photos for data logging.

Courtesy of XOEye Technologies

XOne from XOEye Technologies is an industrial-grade wearable computing device that captures and streams high-fidelity audio and video.

The device is made with safety-grade optical material, and prescription lenses are available. “We’re developing this eyewear to be ANSI Z87.1-certified, which is the standard for general-safety optical material,” said Anthony Blanco, chief business development officer for XOEye. “We’re looking develop a piece of equipment employees would have to wear anyway for their own safety.”

In addition to the hardware, the technology “stack” includes XOLinux firmware as the operating system and the company’s Vision Runtime and Vision cloud-based software, which is a backend service layer that enables remote management of the device and its applications, Blanco noted.