RealWear, a world leader in head-worn smart hands-free systems, has released firmware version 12 which brings an improved user experience to all of its devices. This includes new features ranging from improved video stabilization to enhanced cloud dictation to Android 10 support.
RealWear's new firmware updates bring real-time video stabilization to the camera of the flagship HMT-1 helmet model. This helps eliminate unwanted micro-movements associated with the user's natural actions, allowing for smoother collaboration between field teams and remote collaborators. The software provides motion detection, high accuracy, dynamic blur capture, EVS (electronic video stabilization) and low power mode performance.
“Version 12 promises to bring even more clarity to frontline workers when they are in the field”, comments Jon Arnold, vice president of sales EMEA of RealWear. “With many of our customers now relying on wearable technology, it is essential that frontline workers can provide the best possible clarity and visibility of a site to their teams and colleagues who may be based remotely. Version 12 addresses this requirement by providing additional language support, improved voice dictation, and video stabilization. »
In addition to video stabilization, version 12 will bring the following updates for the HMT-1:
- RealWear HMT-1 upgraded to Android 10 - Version 12 will upgrade RealWear HMT-1 firmware and native apps to Android 10. This improves the functionality, usability and security of the device.
- All new RealWear Explorer - RealWear Explorer is a very popular and useful free RealWear helper tool that works on Mac or Windows PC and mirrors the screen of an HMT-1 on a computer screen. RealWear Explorer was originally designed for developers, but is also very popular with end users. In addition to testing the user interface, it is ideal for demonstrating to a larger group on a large screen to show the frontline worker's perspective, for testing applications under development, and to facilitate entering passwords. RealWear Explorer is compatible with the HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1.
The company has opened new offices in key markets in recent months and recently announced that it has reached a major milestone in delivering wearables to more than 3 unique enterprise customers worldwide across a variety of industries.
Due to the pandemic and resulting travel restrictions, engineers were no longer able to travel to factories and facilities to assist, in person, technicians on site. As a result, RealWear quickly became the wearable device of choice for remote virtual collaboration to troubleshoot equipment and perform quality checks, audits, inspections, factory tours and product acceptance testing. products and factories (FAT). Encouraged by this success, leading collaboration companies including Microsoft, Cisco and Zoom have adapted their software to take full advantage of RealWear's augmented reality solution, which is the choice of field workers from some of the biggest industry brands. of the world.
RealWear develops hands-free, voice-enabled wearable headsets designed from the ground up to meet the unique needs of the oil and gas, logistics and transportation, manufacturing, healthcare, and automotive industries. The company's flagship product, the HMT-1, is the first Android-class, rugged, head-worn tablet computer that frees workers' hands for hazardous tasks. Unlike other devices available in the market, the HMT-1 serves as an all-day collaborative work device. It provides field workers with 9-10 hours of battery life across a variety of uses. The batteries are also hot-swappable to prevent downtime or loss of progress while working.