Augmented reality glasses featuring eye-tracking have been created out of a partnership between Germany-based SensoMotoric Instruments (SMI), a creator of eye-tracking technology, and augmented reality company Lumus.

The glasses will be showcased at Augmented World Expo happening on June 1 and 2, in Santa Clara, California.

The Lumus DK-50 AR glasses have been fitted with eye-tracking cameras and SMI's advanced software to create a solution that is highly reactive to the wearer's gaze. This means, for example, that a courier using the glasses need only look at a QR code on a package to get the delivery address displayed in the waveguide (see through screen), thus minimizing the use of the buttons on the side of the glasses.

The glasses will find utility in the field of many industries including manufacturing, logistics, technical services and medicine, reported a press release.

"The ability to superimpose information and instructions onto real objects gives the wearer the benefit of at-a-glance, attention-based information. In the workplace this could be cargo instructions, patient health data, or machine performance analysis," said Christian Villwock, director of SMI's OEM Solutions business.

Chief product officer at Lumus, Eli Glikman, added: "Lumus is always looking for innovative ways to improve the AR experience. Beyond further breakthroughs in our waveguide technology, working with partners like SMI on integrating their market-leading eye-tracking solution is a perfect example of the type of cooperation between two leading innovators that can push the needle further toward mass adoption of augmented reality." 

Key to a good AR experience is the individual stereoscopic accuracy with which information is overlaid onto viewed objects. Eye-tracking is indispensable in this regard, enabling correct depth perception and in turn, crisp 3D objects, added the press release.

SMI’s eye-tracking technology has previously been added to the Epson Moverio BT-200 smart glasses, and virtual reality headsets Oculus Rift DK2, Zeiss VR One and Samsung Gear VR. –TradeArabia News Service