Archinect - Features2024-11-23T22:22:12-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/146286029/this-augmented-reality-helmet-could-revolutionize-the-construction-site
This augmented reality helmet could revolutionize the construction site Nicholas Korody2016-01-26T12:46:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dh/dh41mhlrv47w6tr5.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Decades of sci-fi movies have made it hard to imagine a future without <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/87089321/spacemaker-vr-lets-designers-walk-through-their-own-3d-creations" target="_blank">augmented reality</a>. Yet besides the largely fizzled-out promise of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/39236405/google-glasses-adding-a-virtual-layer-to-the-physical-environment" target="_blank">Google Glass</a>, little headway seems to have been made integrating digitally-enhanced vision into everyday life. That might be about to change, at least according to the folks over at Daqri, a Los Angeles-based “human-machine interface company.” Their recently-announced “Smart Helmet” is billed as the the “biggest makeover” the construction helmet has had in its history.</p>