“We set out to create a reference design that meets the needs of the industrial market first,” Braddom says. “Something that our customers could adopt and build upon to shorten time to market and dramatically lower development costs. With the Flex AR reference design, we can often cut their development costs in half depending on which reference design features they use.”
Work, not play, is perhaps the bigger market for Flex AR reference design based devices. A technician wearing a headset created from the platform can, for example, service a machine under the guidance of an expert mechanic thousands of miles away who can see and hear the trouble as clearly as the technician standing in front of the equipment. Additionally, the headset can be controlled with gestures, voice or Bluetooth accessories, allowing flexibility for input and control in the field.
Flex used the expertise it has gained from working across twelve different industries to create this AR reference design. For example, thermal analysis gained from designing wearables helped us create a comfortable HMD that does not get too hot. Experience with high-speed signal analysis from designing servers helped us figure out how to divide the system into two pieces - HMD and EPU – and pass signals, video and sound over a standard USB-C cable. Customers from multiple industries are talking with Flex about how to use the platform for applications in different markets, such as surgical AR glasses for the medical technology industry. While the AR reference design is initially targeted at industrial markets, the technology platform has broad application for consumer devices down the road.
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