The Future of Work

The Challenge

Design a hands-free augmented reality interface for the Smart Helmet workforce. Limited hand-use and hardware necessitated a creative approach.

What success looks like:

To Wearers:

The ability to access, view, and manipulate spatial information in a non-distracting way that keeps hands free to climb ladders, carry tools, etc.

To DAQRI:

A product that feels like the future, both in terms of user experience and reduced time-on-task for workers in the field.

The Solution

A patented UI and application that contextually appears and dismisses itself based on both movement and visual data. Reticle-based navigation with gaze-and-dwell for selection allows users to navigate UIs while operating machinery.

A patent-pending distance-based UI displays more information about machinery as the user approaches, and keeps that information locked into place as the user moves around.

Multiple patents can be viewed here.

Additional demos were made for laser HUD displays.