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Epson Partners with DJI to Create AR Smart Glasses Solutions for
Piloting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Epson, providers of the Moverio augmented reality (AR) smart
eyewear platform, today announced a partnership with DJI,
the world’s leading maker of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),
to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses
and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK)
that enhance the safety, productivity and capabilities of UAVs
for hobbyists and professionals alike.
As one of the first initiatives of the partnership, DJI will optimize
the DJI GO app for the Epson Moverio BT-300 AR smart
glasses, due to be launched in various markets in late 2016.
With the app and the Moverio glasses, drone pilots will be able
to see crystal clear, transparent first person views (FPV) from
the drone camera while simultaneously maintaining their line
of sight with their aircraft. The DJI GO app works with the DJI
Phantom, Inspire and Matrice series flying platforms as well as
the Osmo handheld gimbal and camera.
In certain markets the two companies will co-market the
Moverio BT-300 as a certified DJI accessory, along with the DJI
GO app. The Epson smart glasses will be available for purchase
on
DJI.comwhile the DJI GO app will be available for download
from the Moverio Apps Market.
The Epson/ DJI partnership arrives as businesses look to
expand the use of drones for a variety of aerial photography
and videography purposes. Construction, real estate, insurance,
agriculture, emergency response, conservation, academic
features for internet-connected
appliances.
“We’re excited to team up with NXP and
transform the conventional methods of
cooking to solid state,” said Luan Chun,
director of the appliances business unit
innovation center at Midea. “Together,
we’ve also jointly developed a standard
system unit, which enables us to
quickly implement new designs using
a flexible, modular approach for future
product developments.”
“Midea and NXP have been cooperating
for years to research and develop
solutions for the future smart kitchen,”
research, film and video production and numerous other fields
that benefit from UAVs have embraced the relaxed rules.
However, regulatory authorities such as the FAA in the United
States have maintained the rule that UAVs must remain within
the visual line-of-sight (VLOS) of the remote pilot, reinforcing
the relevance of the Epson and DJI partnership.
“The Moverio BT-300 marks an impressive advance in
performance for the platform and will make flying and
filming safer and help users stay in compliance with local and
federal regulations,” said Michael Perry, director of strategic
partnerships, DJI. “We are excited to see the incredible
applications that can be built with the BT-300 and the recently
relaunched DJI SDK – the possibilities truly are endless.”
DJI maintains a 70 percent market share of the $2 billion
consumer drone market, and its aerial platforms are used
by two-thirds of businesses approved by the FAA to operate
commercially.*1 More than 600,000 UAVs are expected to be
in use in 2017.*2
“We believe this partnership with DJI will revolutionize how
UAV pilots operate their aircraft in this fast-growing industry,
now and into the future,” said Eric Mizufuka, product manager,
New Ventures for Epson America. “In addition to validating
Epson’s investment in its Moverio line, this is the first time
AR smart glasses will be widely available for a mass-market
consumer application, marking an historic milestone in
said Mr. Wu Dong, senior director of
RF products at NXP Semiconductors
Asia Pacific. “This new appliance calls
upon our years of collaborating and
innovating together with the same
vision — to usher in a smarter cooking
experience into consumers’ kitchens.”
The new product from Midea is based
on the MHT1004N, the latest generation
cooking component from NXP. The
MHT1004N is specifically developed as
a 300 watt cooking device. For more
information about NXP RF cooking
technology, visit our site.
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