Product: Vuzix M400 enterprise smart glasses
Top Line: Vuzix Corp. is debuting its next generation enterprise smart glasses, the M400, one of the first products made commercially available using the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 platform.
Since Vuzix’s collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies was announced in May 2018, the teams have been actively engaged to develop the first Snapdragon XR1-based enterprise smart glasses.
"Snapdragon XR1 is the first dedicated XR platform from Qualcomm Technologies targeted to the class of devices that Vuzix has mastered. Vuzix' focus on wearability, experience, and form factor combined with XR1 will drive smart glasses to the next level," said Hugo Swart, head of XR, Qualcomm Technologies. "Qualcomm Technologies is a strong believer in the smart glasses segment for the enterprise. We look forward to seeing our collaboration with Vuzix help scale adoption in enterprises and become a mainstream device to help increase employee productivity in the new era of AI and immersive computing."
Close Up: The Snapdragon XR1 platform integrates Qualcomm Technologies' heterogeneous computing architecture including an ARM-based multicore Central Processing Unit (CPU), vector processor, Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) and Qualcomm AI Engine. The Snapdragon XR1 allows for power efficient on-device processing of vision-based machine learning algorithms that can help with key Augmented Reality (AR) use cases like superior pose prediction, object classification, etc. The Snapdragon XR1 platform was also designed to deliver an immersive User Interface (UI) experience, with features such as native voice processing, motion tracking, head tracking and more.
Vital Stats: The new product, currently referred to as the Vuzix M400 Smart Glasses, is expected to enter volume production in summer 2019. Further details and pricing will be announced this spring as well as the commencement of an early engagement program for select developers and customers. Even with all its new capabilities and features, the product will be physically, mechanically and for most software 100 percent compatible with Vuzix' existing M-Series products.
The new system will run the latest version of Android, offer USB-C connectivity, and have a host of hardware improvements covering near every major feature.
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