So I got this HoloLens last February

[jreneew2]

That is awesome! Have you tried to use it from a driver's perspective? You could have cool indicators like ready to fire, pressure, maybe even draw vision calculations.

I agree with frcguy, ive never experienced either hololens or glass, but my guess is the glass has less interference? How is the vision inside the Holocene?

[adciv]

I'd like to see a picture of you wearing this while wearing safety glasses. I'm curious how they physically match up with each other.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by adciv

I'd like to see a picture of you wearing this while wearing safety glasses. I'm curious how they physically match up with each other.

The outer case is polycarbonate, no need for safety glasses, just side shields. One of the big requests is a Z-87 certified version, virtually all of the industrial uses require it.

You can wear glasses under the HoloLens, but the closer the wave guides are to your eyes, the wider the apparent holographic field of view is so I prefer not to.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by jreneew2

That is awesome! Have you tried to use it from a driver's perspective? You could have cool indicators like ready to fire, pressure, maybe even draw vision calculations.

I agree with frcguy, ive never experienced either HoloLens or glass, but my guess is the glass has less interference? How is the vision inside the Holocene?

The big problem with using it at a drivers station right now is that the HoloLens is a self contained computer that is designed to connect via Wi-Fi. To make it FRC legal for the drivers under the current rules you'd have to disable the Wi-Fi and use a USB tether to the driver's station.

But I'm guessing you'd like to see something like this.

As for Google Glass, it's a different tech. HoloLens puts holograms in the real environment using binocular RBG holographic waveguides. Glass was monocular, so there is no depth perception or understanding. If I put a holographic shark in the moat, it stays there, swimming in the moat, it doesn't mater where I move in space, the shark stays put. (Unless it's coded to move of course.)

[frcguy]

Is there any interest in seeing something like an FRC field monitor or any other FRC related apps for Glass? Gravity and I may have the opportunity to obtain a pair to develop with.

[Doug Frisk]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Is there any interest in seeing something like an FRC field monitor or any other FRC related apps for Glass? Gravity and I may have the opportunity to obtain a pair to develop with.

Interest, I just did it because it's there. The market for an FTA/FTAA app is pretty rarified, I don't think there are even 100 FTAs worldwide. When it's done I'll probably drop it into Xamarin so I can put out an Android version as well, but again, that's just because I can not because of any market interest.

[Bryan Herbst]

Originally Posted by frcguy

Is there any interest in seeing something like an FRC field monitor or any other FRC related apps for Glass? Gravity and I may have the opportunity to obtain a pair to develop with.

The number of FTAs (official or unofficial off season FTAs) with Google Glass is likely pretty small (maybe on the order of 0-5), so I wouldn't spend a ton of time on it.

That being said, I made my own Android field monitor last year. Since Glass uses the Android SDK and all the same framework paradigms, it would be super trivial to port the logic over to Glass. The biggest constraint is the UX, since the Glass screen is very small.

I'm sure the number interested in a HoloLens or Glass monitor is incredibly high, but the number who would drop the money on said devices is fairly low.