Tetra Pack

https://www.tahawultech.com/magazines/tetrapak-on-delivering-smart-factory/

We’re using new technologies for predictive maintenance and remote support through wearable technology, such as HoloLens – this takes away the necessity of being reliant on a specific skillset in each and every market. In turn producers have less downtime and save resources. We have set this up in 56 customers’ sites already. This is growing and depending on what service agreement we have with our customers, there’s more or less interaction between the local workforce and the global support system.

This is an interesting something I haven't seen anywhere else before. It might be the truth or a significant error. (they're not uncommon in tech press, so I don't give this a lot of weight, but it's something to look at.... certainly, Microsoft has manufacturing partners.)

HoloLens is simply wearable technology – field engineers can wear the glasses and connect to a remote specialist, who might be sitting in Germany, Italy or any of our main production centres. It allows remote interactive support between the two. While the technology is Microsoft’s, the actual hardware is provided by Siemens.

Kuo -- Apple AR Glasses

....once it's developed we can sell it to whoever we want to....

Kuo is probably the best and most reliable Apple Watcher out there....

Media Post

TECHNOLOGY

Apple Plans AR Glasses Likely Aimed At Mass Market

• by P.J. Bednarski  @pjbtweet, Yesterday

Apple’s next big thing might be augmented reality glasses, according to a research note from TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who follows Apple. 

Kuo, in his Wednesday note, says that unlike other glasses tested in the marketplace before, Apple is planning for its specs to be used as an accessory to its iPhones -- not packed with processing hardware -- so they will be less bulky.  

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Kuo originally said the glasses would be ready by mid-2020. In his new note, he said Apple expects the product to come to market early next year. Word of his report first came via website MacRumor.com.

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Most notably, Microsoft marketed Hololens in 2016 and is now allowing pre-orders of Hololens 2, for up to $3,500. They're none too pretty.

The Hololens 2 website includes a video that appears to show surgeons, engineers and theatrical set designers using the glasses to guide their work.

Minecraft Earth

Everything AR on your phone will be AR with Glasses....

Minecraft is Microsoft.

The Most popular Youtube Video on Hololens.... Minecraft.

I'm still slammed, and unable to pay as much attention as I'd like... things are getting interesting again.

Thanks Mike

C|net

When is Minecraft Earth coming out?

Starting this month, Microsoft plans to roll out to individual regions early access to game, until it's available worldwide by the end of the fall. Once it hits your area, you can start playing.

Sign up to be part of the Minecraft Earth early access program. Android users can also preregister for the game and get a notification when it's available. 

 

Hololens Guides

Thanks Mike

The picture

Thanks to those of you have been keeping me up to speed.... Great picture.

Click on it for the large size, judge for yourself.

Thanks to Mike and whoever created this!

Eagerly awaiting the Hololens Unboxing

And... I've been busy...but it's fun

From CAE in Phoenix...

Spatial Computing, Scoble

Thanks Walt








What "Spatial Computing" Needs is a tiny LiDAR unit with 17+ Million PPS resolution.



We have that.


LinkedIn Article

There is a new paradigm coming. It will arrive in full force by 2025.
It is Spatial Computing.
Computing that you, a robot, or a virtual being, can move through.
Some think it's ambient computing. That's a piece. Some think it's augmented reality. That's a piece. Some think it's virtual reality. That's a piece. Those all fit under the spatial computing tent.
We can feel it when we go into an Amazon Go store where hundreds of cameras and sensors are watching our every move.
We can feel it when we put on a Microsoft HoloLens and move virtual factories around with our bare hands. No mouse needed.
We can feel it when we look at the new Samsung Note 10 phones that have a 3D sensor with hundreds of thousands of data points. That lets your phone do augmented reality that is pretty mind blowing, actually.
We can feel it when we see surgeries being prepared for, and done, with augmented reality glasses (and I know of one, coming, that even saves surgeons' own lives).
We can feel it when we see robots delivering things in Las Vegas hotels.
We can feel it when we see a self-driving car whiz past while we sit in a Mountain View cafe. Or, when you let a Tesla drive you, like I do every day.
We can feel it when Merge Labs announces they have sold a million augmented reality cubes, mostly to teachers who are starting to teach in a new way.
We can feel it when we talk to the founder of Sketchfab and he shows us his stats are going up exponentially, now with millions of 3D models in his search engine.

Hololens "Astounds" workers at Toyota

I remain sure that demand will be higher than Microsoft originally anticipated.

Seeing this, and knowing that Toyota has clearly invested time and effort to study this... you have to ask yourself "are they going to us it more, or less?"


MS Hololens and the AR glasses that could see a boost in productivity. (I didn't make it through the pay wall.)

Microsoft

Inspection of paint thickness 

The eye-catching finish of a new car does not come easy. At Toyota, the coating film thickness of every vehicle goes through a strict inspection process to ensure it is uniform and evenly distributed. Until now, that had been a laborious task. Custom-made papers — with holes at regular intervals — had to be cut and carefully applied onto a car’s curved surface. The holes served as guides for workers with measuring equipment, who scan the whole vehicle.

The process was tedious. A single inspection would take two people an entire day to complete.

With HoloLens, the process of inspecting paint thickness of new cars has reduced from a day to two hours.

Now with HoloLens, one person can do in just two hours.

Kayano’s have designed an app that enables them to skip the cut and paste process. Using HoloLens, a digital array of dots is projected directly onto a real car. Workers with HoloLens headset scan and inspect a car’s painted surface quickly and easily. This increases their productivity and frees up their time to do more meaningful tasks.

Yes, still here.

Still here, still interested. Still waiting.

Been doing a lot of studying and preparation for going a new direction -- and as the biggest job here is to wait for an announcement it's getting the most attention.

Next week I'll leave for some training that will have me head-down and fully occupied until November.

Better than Us

Watch at least a couple of episodes on Netflix.

Not only is it a good show, but they like some familiar technology in this science fiction crime show.

Better than Us

Thx A!