Nreal captured loads of consideration with the January reveal of its smartphone-tethered Light AR glasses for shoppers, and now Lenovo has revealed a equally small different focused at PC enterprise customers. Whereas these glasses received’t be confused with sun shades, the Lenovo AR Idea Glasses are sufficiently small to hold wherever and put on — a bit awkwardly — in public, the place the corporate expects they’ll assist staff entry digital workspaces from the street.
The purpose, Lenovo explains, is to make use of AR to present a consumer visible privateness whereas working in a public house, in addition to the choice to view a number of screens directly. Relatively than making an attempt to create a completely new platform or set of apps, the corporate desires PC customers to have the ability to entry the work, social media, and recreation software program they already personal, however inside the glasses as wanted.
Lenovo hasn’t disclosed the complete specs for the glasses but, however they seem to incorporate three front-facing cameras, assist for prescription lenses, and a wire to hook up with a laptop computer. In a video, Lenovo reveals them working with a ninth-generation Intel Core i7- and GeForce GTX-powered PC; the minimal specs usually are not but clear.
The corporate’s strategy might be prescient. Rivals resembling Magic Leap and Microsoft have tried to develop solely new platforms round their AR headsets, requiring the acquisition and precise sporting of latest computing {hardware} to expertise the advantages of augmented actuality. Whereas corporations resembling Nreal, Qualcomm, and Apple have seemingly centered on smartphone-tethered solutions that might be used everywhere — and require full-room mapping to forestall accidents — Lenovo’s strategy would chop the scope of consumer motion to a chair, and focus largely on less complicated use circumstances.
To date, there’s no pricing or launch date for the headset, which is being proven this week at Lenovo’s Beijing version of Tech World. The corporate has beforehand marketed Star Wars-themed AR solutions for kids and Mirage Solo VR headsets which have lately been used for pediatric medical applications.