Smart glasses with Windows OS

Joseph Nguyen · 2018-04-12T14:14:29

Hello everyone, I'm writing this topic because I can't find a right fit for me. I'm working on a project where AR glasses would be an "extra monitor" and connected to a PC using Windows OS. The AR Glasses would just (for now) mirror the PC monitor or parts of it. The easiest solution for me would be to start my project with AR glasses that are using a Windows OS. However, all the glasses I could find are using Android OS. I'm not interested by the Hololens, because it is too expensive and too bulky. Using Google, I found 3 ways to solve my issue but as I'm a noob, I'm writing this topic so that people who are more expert than me can tell me if I understood correctly, and maybe guide me on which path I should choose : Solution 1 : Someone in the world knows where to find AR glasses with Windows OS on them. Can someone give me a brand name if you think this solution is viable ? Solution 2 : I misunderstood how AR glasses work, and I could install any OS I want on any Smart Glasses. This article talks about Vuzix m100 android smart glasses that are using windows 10 OS. Is it possible to switch OS on smart glasses ? If yes, I will just buy any smart glasses that would fit my needs. Solution 3 : I'll just code a piece of software that will bridge the Android OS app with my Windows OS software. This solution seems to involve more work, but maybe a bit of code is already available in open source. Which solution would you pick if you had to conduct this project, knowing that the PC has to use Windows OS and the AR glasses have to mirror the PC Screen. Thank you for your help, Best Regards, Joseph Nguyen

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Started by Joseph Nguyen April 11, 2018 08:49 AM

13 comments, last by Joseph Nguyen 6 years, 7 months ago

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April 12, 2018 12:58 AM

9 hours ago, Tom Sloper said:

Have you looked at Intel's Vaunt?

Missed this somehow. Vaunt isn't liable to do you much good in the video department. It's a tiny textual heads-up display, intentionally even more limited than Google Glass (i.e. lacking camera).

33 minutes ago, Joseph Nguyen said:

Let's say I'm on top of a mountain and I'm streaming live what I see (using AR glasses) to a friend who is on his PC.

That's pretty much the exact opposite of the situation you originally described (mirroring PC display to a headset). The good news is that this direction is likely to be noticeably simpler. You basically just want to live stream video from your HMD over the internet, and then send back hand-drawn annotations.

Plus, I'm fairly sure that Twilio has already built this app for you

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Joseph Nguyen

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April 12, 2018 09:11 AM

Yep, I knew I would lost someone with the X approach.

So the solution I was asking was to mirror the PC display to a headset, more precisely here, I would like to mirror the tablet display on the AR headset. Why ? Because originally, the solution that I found to annotate dynamically, was for my friend to share his screen with me so I could see what he sees on his desktop (I know, it's so stupid to do it that way, but I couldn't find a solution that would do it simply). As I'm streaming what I see live, he would see what I see and he could annotate on his desktop PC for instance. And as he is sharing his screen with me, I would see his desktop monitor with annotations on my tablet, at this point I need the mirror tablet to AR.

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You basically just want to live stream video from your HMD over the internet, and then send back hand-drawn annotations.

And yes that is the big big picture. Additionnal context would be Windows OS as I'll use a surface tablet for raw power.

Thank you for the link, I read the description and I'm having issues picturing what it does exactly, do you know if there is a demonstration video somewhere ? Don't get me wrong, the description seems to do exactly what I need (well almost, I'll do the rest of course), but there is a huge difference between what I understood of the project and what it does exactly.

Thank you very much for your help,
Best regards,
Joseph