Picture caption: In the Audi Production Lab, production planners are working on innovative technologies for the production processes of the future. A promising technology is hand projection. The laptop is in a backpack. Camera and projector are on the shoulder.
They say your destiny is in your own hands. Audi has gone ahead to prove that certain commands that can be carried out in the production plant can be done so with the help of your palm. Yes, PALM!
As the technology currently stands, hand projection consists of a laptop in a backpack and a unit attached to a strap that goes over the shoulder. It encompasses a compact infrared sensor and a small laser projector, which projects simple information – such as the instruction “check oil level” – onto the palm of the wearer’s hand. To do so, the sensor measures the distance to the hand and its position, in order to adjust the projection. The image is always sharp and disappears as soon as the user closes his or her hand, so it never disturbs the user while carrying out a task. Now, is this not innovative?
Picture caption: In the Audi Production Lab, production planners are working on innovative technologies for the production processes of the future. A promising technology is hand projection. The system projects instructions, such as “check oil level”, onto the palm of the hand.
In the Audi Production Lab, production planners of the premium manufacturer are working together with experts from various departments of the company on innovative technologies for the production processes of the future. A promising technology is hand projection. In the future, it could support production employees with testing and installing components.
According to a press release, Jens Dehlke and his colleagues are currently working in four fields of operation in the Audi Production Lab. The first field deals with new ways to automate quality control. The second examines opportunities for making cars more assembly friendly in the future. Field number three addresses Big Data, i.e. how we master large amounts of data. And field number four is about the interaction of humans and machines using augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR).
“Three approaches could be of particular interest to Audi: tablets, data glasses and hand projection. All three have the potential to support production employees with their tasks,” says Dehlke. In the near future, Audi intends to be the first manufacturer to carry over the principle of hand projection to data glasses, thus making it ready for series production.
Harman Kardon has launched its Fit Speaker Series in India, a new collection of premium in-car speakers designed to enhance driving experiences with high-fidelity sound and cutting-edge technology.
Dolby Laboratories, a global leader in immersive entertainment experiences, and Mahindra & Mahindra announced the debut of Dolby Atmos in the Mahindra Thar Roxx AX7L variant.
Park+ Research Labs, India's only digital-first, data-driven survey platform, announced key findings from its latest city-focused survey.