Episode #12 - In the eye of the beholder. Smart eyewear and AR applications with Karl Leahy.

Imagine this:


You ride your bike to work. Before you get on your bike, you put
on your gloves, your helmet, and a pair of glasses that look like
regular glasses - sporty and cool - but can do much more than
protect you from the wind and sun. The glasses project a variety
of information onto the inside surface of the lenses, such as the
route for your commute, the subject and first lines of your
mailbox, or the weather forecast for the next few days. 


When you arrive at the office, you see the reminder that your
meeting is about to start in 15 minutes and you see the agenda
for your meeting. To some, it may sound like science fiction
movies, with all the cool gadgets we've seen in the movies. For
my guest today in the Photonstudio, it's something that will hit
the mass market in 2-3 years and may soon replace the smartphone
as our number one gadget. My guest today is Karl Leahy, Director
Product Marketing for Augmented and Virtual Reality Application
at our business unit  Opto Semiconductors in Sunnyvale in
the USA and we talk about AR glasses, OSRAM's role here,
development challenges and mass market viability.