Distance Technologies showed up to this year’s Augmented World Expo with prototypes for headset-free augmented reality technologies that utilizes eye-tracking and can be freely interacted with via hand movements. In the video above, Kenneth Wong, editor of Digitalengineering247, takes a firsthand look at one of the prototypes, which retains its illusion even when viewed at different angles.
“On a car, you would basically be integrating on the dashboard, the same place as typical HUD systems are integrated today,” CEO of Distance Technologies CEO Urho Konttori told Wong. “The key difference is that these systems are really thin, so easy to integrate, and it’s thus possible to make a much bigger field of view for a system like this.”
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Adi Robertson from The Verge was also able to check out the company’s prototypes firsthand.
“I tested the prototype under controlled non-car conditions (a hotel room with some tilted glass simulating a windshield) and got a hint of its possibilities,” wrote Robertson. “The projection creates a big, fairly crisp screen that allows for anything from common HUD elements like speedometers to detailed 3D visualizations.”
With all of its potential, Robertson reports that the technology still has its share of kinks to work out. Still, this can be expected of any emerging display technology. Be sure to read Robertson’s full report over at The Verge.
