Podcasts about realwear

“A lot of people think about RealWear as giving superpowers to frontline workers.”Technology has become integrated into every aspect of the way we work. But what if you work in a job where your hands are tied doing other things, like operating machinery or climbing to the top of a radio tower? Checking an iPad, or dialling into Zoom becomes a little more challenging!And that's where Assisted Reality and RealWear's incredible suite of head wearables comes in. Realwear devices are easy to clip on to hard hats, baseball caps or PPE and provide an easy-to-use interface similar to a smartphone which is powered entirely by voice. This provides a range of workers with tools to access additional information and enhance their work without them having to down tools. For example, construction workers are able to see the temperatures of electric cables in thermal mode, and paramedics have the ability to link up with specialist doctors to advise them on the scene, all hands-free.To find out about this tech our reporter Joel Shupack visited RealWear's HQ in Vancouver, Washington, to meet chairman and CEO Andrew Crosstowski (Chrostowski). We also hear from Brian Thompson, who heads up PTC's CAD division. He explains why PTC's CAD software CREO has been vital to RealWear.Find out more about RealWear here.Find out more about CREO here.Your host is Paul Haimes from industrial software company PTC. Episodes are released bi-weekly. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter for updates.Third Angle is an 18Sixty production for PTC. Executive producer is Jacqui Cook. Sound design and editing by Ollie Guillou. Location recording by Hannah Dean. And music by Rowan Bishop.

Welcome to "Secrets of Scale," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this first series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of "scaleups" companies, speaking with founders and CEOs who have successfully reached scale, raised millions of dollars, and have valuable insights to share on scaling their businesses on a global stage. Join Matt as he uncovers the secrets to success in the world of scaling a business. Series: Secrets of Scale RealWear is transforming how work gets done in enterprise with the HMT-1, the world's first voice-driven, hands-free, head-mounted wearable computing device purpose-built for light and heavy industry. Implementing hardware, software, cloud, and AI, RealWear is the future of the connected industrial worker. Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.Support the show

Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. In this episode of the podcast, the topic is "Augmenting Workers With Wearables." And our guest is Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and CEO of RealWear (https://www.realwear.com/). In this conversation, we talk about the brief history of industrial wearables, the state of play, the functionality, current approaches and deployments, use cases, the timelines, and the future. If you like this show, subscribe at augmentedpodcast.co (https://www.augmentedpodcast.co/). If you liked this episode, you might also like Episode 92: Emerging Interfaces for Human Augmentation (https://www.augmentedpodcast.co/92). Augmented is a podcast for industry leaders, process engineers, and shop floor operators, hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim (https://trondundheim.com/) and presented by Tulip (https://tulip.co/). Follow the podcast on Twitter (https://twitter.com/AugmentedPod) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/75424477/). Trond's Takeaway: Industrial wearables have come a long way. There is a big need for assisted reality in many workforce scenarios across industry. There are now companies taking good products to market that are rugged enough, simple enough, and advanced enough to make work simpler for industrial workers. On the other hand, we are far away from the kind of untethered multiverse that many imagine in the future, one step at a time. Transcript: TROND: Welcome to another episode of the Augmented Podcast. Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. In this episode of the podcast, the topic is Augmenting Workers With Wearables. And our guest is Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and CEO of RealWear. In this conversation, we talk about the brief history of industrial wearables, the state of play, the functionality, current approaches and deployments, use cases, the timelines, and the future. Augmented is a podcast for industrial leaders, for process engineers, and for shop floor operators hosted by futurist Trond Arne Undheim and presented by Tulip. Andrew, welcome to the show. How are you? ANDREW: Hi, Trond. Great to be here. I'm doing great. TROND: You know, you are a poster child entrepreneur engineer, Oregon State, University of Southern California. You are actually an expert on the future of work. There are so many people that say they talk about the future of work. You are implementing and, selling, and evangelizing a true future of work product, not just a story. We're going to be talking about augmented, assisted all kinds of reality and collaboration, Andrew, because that's, I guess, what it's all about. And you lead the industrial wearable company RealWear. But first, I want to get to the fact that you're a certified firefighter. Now, how does that fit into this? ANDREW: That's really a great question. And one of the things that's been passionate for me from the beginning is being close to the customer. It was true when I was an Air Force officer designing for systems that would support our warfighters and putting myself in their situations in life and death. Certainly, I think about it in terms of customers, and we were dealing with other lines of business and trying to understand the customers' perspective, and especially the frontline workers that create those products. And when I took over the Scott Safety business when I was part of Tyco, their particular market was firefighters. They were the leading provider of air tanks, cylinders, respirators, what we call SCBAs, self-contained breathing apparatus for firefighters. Now, I know a lot of things about a lot of areas of technology. But I didn't know anything about firefighting. And so when I took over that business, the first thing I did was go to Texas A&M and actually get trained and certified as an interior firefighter. So I actually put on all the bunker gear, timed donning just like you do when you're in the fire station, fought real fires that were built, and to understand really the challenges they faced. And I came out of that training really having a greater appreciation for just how challenging that work is. And I know it's shocking to your listeners, but everything we ever see on TV and movies about firefighting is wrong. Basically, firefighting, besides being terrifying, and difficult, and dangerous, is basically blind. You're in the smoke. You're in the dark. And my background in the Air Force thermal imaging systems and multispectral systems came back to me. And I said, "You know what we need to do is give predator vision to firefighters and give them the chance to see the unseen in the dark." And so, coming out of that training, I initiated an in-mass thermal imaging system for firefighters that went to the market about 14 months later at Scott site. TROND: Wow, that's some real background there. I'd like to start with that story because it reminds me that what we're about to talk about here, you know, wearables, it's not a joke. These are, you know, in industrial environments, these are not optional technologies once they really, really start working. And you can sort of say that they're first-line technologies. They better work every time. So this is not a case where you could kind of, well, you know, let's install another version and restart and whatnot. These are eventually going to be hopefully systems that the modern industrial worker really starts to trust to perform their job efficiently. Before we get into the nitty-gritty of all of the different things that RealWear is trying to do, I wanted to just ask you a basic question, what is assisted reality? It's a curious phrase. It's like, why does reality need assistance? [laughs] You know, where does that even come from? ANDREW: You can deny reality, but you can't deny the effects of denying reality. When we talk about assisted reality, it's a point on the spectrum what we call XR, the extended reality. It starts with reality and ends when that virtual reality, the fully immersive digital environment that we experience and what we talk about a lot in the metaverse. Then coming from reality forward, you have assisted reality, which is a reality-first, digital-second environment, which is what we focus on. It is the idea that this is the technology available now that allows a worker to be productive and work safely in a real-world environment. When you get into augmented reality, which is something that we think of when we think of products like HoloLens and other similar types of products, that's where this digital environment begins to overlay the actual environment. It imposes a cognitive load on the brain so that you're now having to focus on things that aren't really there while there are things that are really around you that could hurt you. This is great when you're in a safe environment, in a classroom, in a design area, when you're collaborating in the office to be able to immerse yourselves in these three-dimensional digital objects. It's much different when you're walking on the deck of an oil rig or you're potentially working around a cobot that can hurt you when your attention is distracted. And then we have sort of that virtual reality game that we started with in the metaverse where people are now kind of transposing themselves into a fully digital atmosphere. We at RealWear have focused on making a difference for the future of work and focusing on those 2 billion frontline workers who could work more safely and more productively if they were connected. And it makes perfect sense to us. If we learned anything from the COVID lockdowns, we learned that this idea of working from anywhere, the idea of the office worker working from home, working from the coffee shop, all of this now has become just a given. We know that we need these digital tools to collaborate remotely. What we only have begun to just crack the code on is that there are, again, 2 billion people working with their hands on the front line who could work more productively and more safely if they were connected workers, if they had access to information, if they had access to collaborating in a hands-free way with their counterparts across the world. And so RealWear, our focus is this mission of engaging, empowering, and elevating the performance of those frontline workers by giving them an assisted reality solution that is extremely low friction and easy to use. TROND: I like the distinction there. Even though this podcast is called augmented, I like the distinction between AR and assisted reality. Because there's really, I guess, you can see it more clearly in the consumer space where it sounds so fascinating to enter these virtual worlds. But in industry, the virtual is really subservient and needs to be subservient to the very reality. So I guess assisting reality is the point here. It's not the endpoint that is necessarily the virtual. You're using the technologies, if I understand it, to strengthen the ability to survive and be very, very efficient in reality as opposed to entering some sort of virtual space where you are simulating more. You're talking about critical applications in the physical industrial reality, so that's now clear to me. Having said that, this is not easy to do, is it, Andrew? ANDREW: No. I mean, there's a lot that comes into this idea of making technology that's human-centric. And all the things you were just talking about really bring us back to this idea that this kind of assisted reality solution is about helping the human being at that nexus of control operate more safely and effectively in a variety of environmental conditions. It is really important that we think about the technology serving the person and not so much technology that is imposing itself on people, which is oftentimes what we see as we try to roll out different kinds of technical solutions. The folks who are doing work with their hands who are daily exposing themselves to risk have a very low tolerance for things that waste their time, are difficult to use, or distract them from reality. And so all of those things are factors we took into account as we developed this first head-mounted tablet computer that now is in the market as the Navigator 500. TROND: Andrew, can you tell me a little bit about the history and evolution of these kinds of technologies? Because there is so much hype out there. And you did a pristine job as to making these concepts fairly distinct. But how long has there even been an industrial product? I guess a lot of us remember the first Google Glass, but partly what we remember is the hype in the consumer market, which then kind of fell flat. And then they reemerged, I guess, as sort of a light competitor to you guys and then has since somewhat disappeared. But, anyway, there are a lot of attempts in the near history of technology to do this kind of thing. I mean, it corresponds pretty neatly to various sci-fi paradigms as well. But what are the real prototypes that go into the inspiration for the technology as you have it today? ANDREW: Well, I'm glad you mentioned science fiction because really the way I would start this, otherwise, is, say, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, we had Star Wars. And if you think back to that show, science fiction has been part of how people work in modeling, how people work for decades and more, from Jules Verne all the way through to Star Trek and the like. And so when you think about these technologies, you go back to processes and technologies that support humans collaborating. And back in Star Wars, we had a character called Boba Fett who famously has, and now you see it in the Mandalorian, a little device that comes down from his helmet in front of his eyes and acts as a rangefinder and computer screen. Actually, one of the founding engineers that were part of the design of the first RealWear device came out of designing Boba Fett's helmet. And so there is really a connection there about how people have imagined people work and how people actually work. And the actual part really started with Dr. Chris Parkinson and spending over ten years working on what is the right ergonomics. What's the right way to shift the balance, the weight, the size, and manner of the display? How do you control the windows and amount of information displayed? And how do you suppress the outside noise so that you can have a voice control system that makes it truly hands-free? So it began with this idea of all great things start with a spark of imagination. And then bringing that to a very practical point of view of solving the problem of being able to give someone information and collaboration tools hands-free in an environment where they can work safely but connect to all the value and information that's out there that we enjoy every day working as office knowledge workers with the internet. TROND: Andrew, what are some of the technical challenges you had to overcome? I can imagine; first, you have to design something that is probably bulkier than you wanted, and then eventually reducing its size is one thing. But I can imagine the algorithms apply to, I mean, there's imaging here, and there's a bunch of design techniques to make this work. And then you said ruggedized, right? I mean, this stuff cannot break. ANDREW: That's right. TROND: What are the kinds of things that went into and is going into your next-generation products? ANDREW: Well, I think that's a great question. And, of course, as new products evolve and we build on the learnings we've had from having one of the largest install base of wearable computers in the world, we can sit there and say, look, it starts with ruggedization. Because, frankly, these frontline workers, when they're wearing these devices on their hard hat, at the end of the day, that hard hat gets tossed into the back of the truck. It gets tossed in the van. It gets dropped on the ground, or in the mud, or out in the rain. So we knew right away that we had to build a device that was able to hold up to that, things that a lot of similar kinds of products that are out there just can't hold up to. So we started with this idea that it had to be extremely rugged. It had to be lightweight enough to wear all day. And our first version did that very well. The Navigator 500 has come now just as rugged but now 30% lighter. So we've learned how to make that ruggedness, even in a lighter form factor. You have to trade-off on how you see that display in bright sunlight, in dim settings. You have to think about how you operate in a noisy environment. So you can imagine if you're trying to use a voice-driven assistant, whether it's on your phone or a little microphone device in your home, you use a wake-up word, and then you have to try to talk clearly. And if you don't talk clearly, you end up having it not do what you want. That's very frustrating for a frontline worker, and it's just downright distracting and dangerous at times. So we chose to have a system and voice control that does not require a wake-up word. It's always listening. And it listens in context to what's on the screen. Literally, what we say is you say what you see. And that's about all the training you need to learn how to use the Navigator 500 effectively. And because it's so easy and intuitive, people get used to it quickly. And they go gravitate towards how it's making their work easier to get to, how it's easy to launch a collaborative meeting in any number of key applications, whether it's Microsoft Teams, Cisco, Webex on demand, whether it's Zoom, whether it's TeamViewer, any number of other partners that we have in terms of the types of collaborations. TROND: Well, I want to get into some of the use cases in a second, but just briefly, so you were founded as a company in 2016. And you're now, I guess, 140-some employees. I mean, it's fairly recent. This is not something that you've been doing since the '70s here. But on the other hand, this is also very challenging. It's not like you produce something, and all of industry immediately buys into it. So I just wanted to address that, that this particular market, even though it's always been there as this potential, there doesn't seem to have been kind of a killer application like there is in some other hardware markets. And maybe you're thinking you will be one. But I just wanted you to address this issue. Recently, the IBC the analysts came out with this prediction that they're forecasting a decline actually year over year in units sold. And they're also saying a lot of new vendors are going to come into this market, but the market is not very mature right now. What do you say to that kind of an argument? ANDREW: There's a lot to unpack there, so forgive me if I miss some of the things you brought up there. But I'd start really with RealWear and how we develop this. The Navigator 500, the product we have on the market today, is highly modular, lightweight, does all these types of things, and that's really the eighth generation. Even though we only have been around since 2016, the thinking behind this form factor has gone on for eight generations. So we've got a lot more maturity than some of the other folks who might be thinking about entering this market. We've also focused entirely from the beginning on that industrial frontline worker. It's a niche of over 2 billion people but very different from the consumer aspect and what people have gotten used to in terms of dealing with a piece of glass that they might carry in their pocket all day long. We think that A, we've kind of created this assisted reality space. We've won in so many of these industrial cases because of the way we make work safer and more productive. We've now passed applications where we've had installations over 3,500 units with a single use. We've got, in multiple cases, over 1,000 deployments. We've got 75-80 deployments of over 100 units. So we really have broken through. And what we see is whenever we talk about the assisted reality market, or we can talk more broadly, we usually only see data on augmented reality. They put all these smart glasses in sort of a category. And we're really only a portion of what they count as smart glasses. So when they start saying there's downward pressure on that market or it's not growing as fast, it goes back to something I just read in a book about builders in terms of how innovation happens. And the author described augmented reality as a solution looking for a problem. We came at it with a particular problem we were solving, and that's I think the big difference between us and a lot of how people have come into this space. We knew exactly the problem we're trying to solve. We knew that we wanted to make the human the central part of that control Nexus. And we knew that we wanted to be in a space where others would find it difficult to succeed. And so, as we've been successful here and as we continue to grow and expand these deployments and getting into larger and larger deployments, we know that others will kind of begin to look into this space and try to compete. But most of them are bridging over from that consumer side where a lot of the fundamental design trade-offs they've made do not well-support all shift use in a ruggedized environment and with the ease of use that we've designed into our products. TROND: Andrew, that makes a lot of sense to me. 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So I'm just going to make that assumption. Tell me a little bit about that deployment. What is it all about? What are they using it for? What can you tell me about what they're using it for? ANDREW: Thank you, Trond. And I'm super excited about our success in the automotive sector, not only just because of what it represents but because, as an industry, it's so central to economies across the globe. And when we think about the transformation of that industry going to electrification, that change creates opportunity for us as well. So today, with our partner TeamViewer we're in over 3,500 dealerships. Virtually every dealership in America now has a RealWear product in it. For those technicians, when they're dealing with a particularly tough problem, they're able to put on our device as simple as what I'm doing here, just putting on their Navigator, their HMT-1. And they can call and connect with a technical assistance center in Detroit and have a first-person conversation with an expert who can help walk them through that repair, whether it's pushing diagrams to them to, illustrating over the video that they're getting but helping them solve that problem faster. And why is this so significant? Well, because from the customer point of view, you're happy that your problem is being solved quicker. You've got your car back. The dealer is happy because now they've been able to invoice the customer or invoice for it in this particular case to get their warranty repair dollars back. And Ford is happy because now they've got a happy customer, and they've got a better reputation and user experience. So it's a very positively reinforced system. And so when you think about that application alone of just being able to solve problems of existing cars, now think about the introduction of all of these electric vehicles to dealers, not only with Ford but anybody else you can think of is moving into electrification. There are a lot of technicians who know how to work on a gasoline engine, but very few who maybe know how to really solve those electricals. So this is a way that these dealers can bridge the skills gap that exists between what they have and what they need to be able to do in the near future. And that skills gap, by the way, is recognized not just in the automotive industry, but you and I experience it every day when we deal with restaurant industry, service industries, trucking. You think about any kind of skilled labor situation; we know demographically we've got a big gap. And that's going to be persistent for decades. And so a tool, a knowledge transfer platform that lets people move up that learning curve more rapidly to do more meaningful work, to be more self-actualized as they do that not only helps people but it helps industry serve their customers. And so we see ourselves really at the forefront of transforming work as we know it. TROND: I'm so glad you went to the skills, and it's so exciting that that's the main application right now because I think there's a lot of discussion, obviously, in the industry across sectors about the skills gap; they say, right? That the gap...we have to train people, or they have to go to school. They have to learn. It's an endless complexity. But, I mean, you're sort of saying the opposite. You're sort of saying cancel the training, put the headset on. Some of these things, very advanced training, very advanced advice, real-time support, can happen without going aside, looking at a computer, calling someone up, talking to you, you know, see you next week with your car. And then, meanwhile, what you're doing is scratching your head for a while, trying to figure out what's wrong. But you're saying this creates a much more dynamic scenario both for delivering the service and actually for the human worker who's trying to deliver some sort of service here and is plugged into an information ecosystem. I'm just wondering, is that a very, very typical use case? And do you foresee that that is the use case for assisted reality? Or are there wildly different use cases just depending on, I mean, pick another industry. I was just imagining the medical industry, famously remote surgery, or whatever it is. Some sort of assistance during surgery is obviously the big use case. I could imagine that there's something to be done here also with RealWear. ANDREW: Yeah, I mean, this is such an exciting area and topic to talk about, education, how people are educated, how that education plays to their employment and their employability, and how they add value and have careers. And we all have talked about whether university work is preparing people for the kinds of careers there are today or whether or not we need to be considering other kinds of applications, going direct to coding or whatever else. So when you talk about frontline workers, it's absolutely a matter of specific knowledge. It's not just general knowledge that matters. It's very specific things that can happen. And so by connecting people to experts, you do two things: you get the job done right away, but you also mature that worker because they learn from those experiences. And they can use our device to actually, while they're doing the work, film it. It can be curated and then used as training videos for the next generation of work that goes with it. So I think that alone is really exciting. There are so many use cases, though, beyond this, remote experts see what I see that we've been talking about. That's really...I'd say the predominant deployment today that people think about is how do I collaborate remotely on the front line? And that's super valuable. But what becomes even more interesting is when that device becomes a solution for how you do your daily work. As an example, if you're a heavy engine manufacturer and you have an end-of-line inspection, and that inspector is using a clipboard and a checklist to look at how the engine is functioning, imagine replacing that. For one of our particular customers, that takes about 30 minutes. When they implemented workflow using hands-free Navigator, they were able to reduce that time to about 12 minutes because now the person is not wasting time going back and forth to a clipboard, or to a table, or writing things down. They're absolutely hands-free, immersed in the work, being presented the next inspection point in their display, being able to photograph it, work through it, look at a comparison, document it. And the important thing is not just that they're doing it faster; they're finding three times as many defects because they're not distracted. We know there's no such thing as actually dual processing as human beings. If we think that we can listen to a Zoom call and do emails, we're doing neither very well. We know that we're just quickly switching. And that's the same thing that a lot of frontline workers experience. When you make it immersive and hands-free with workflow, now you begin to expand the value that this technology begins to support so much greater. As we move along, the implementations and the deployments are going to move from sort of this collaboration centric to workflow centric to then being able to be with our partner, IBM. IBM has actually created something they call Inspector Wearable, where they're giving a superpower inspection to an operator who might be standing at the end of an assembly line watching a car roll by. It stops in front of them. The camera knows, because of machine learning with Watson up in the cloud, that, hey, this is what a good wheel should look like and immediately highlights the operator with a telestration that's the wrong nut. There's a scratch on this rim or whatever defect we might be talking about. So then you start actually using these technologies that are inherent with the system to be able to augment the capabilities of these workers. And that starts to get really exciting. I'll add one of the points to that is in Q4, we're going to be introducing a thermal imaging camera that can easily be just snapped on on the part of our modular solution for Navigator to be able to then snap on a thermal imaging camera and give that person predator vision to be able to see if they're walking around their plant. They can see that an electrical panel is overheating or that a motor is hot, or they can use it in any of the hundreds of thermography industrial programs that people use today. So I think part of that transition goes from just being collaboration to how we work and do workflows to actually augmenting the capabilities of the folks who are wearing these wearable computers. TROND: Yeah, and that's so interesting. And, I guess, correct me if I'm wrong, but that's where it ties into not only IBM but a bunch of your other software partners too where Tulip being one of them, where now that you're providing a device, it actually is the end client that can put that device to use in their own scenarios. And they can build, I guess, apps around it and find their own use cases that may not be the ones that are super apparent to any of those who deliver it, whether it is you delivering the hardware, IBM, you know, delivering perhaps the machine learning capabilities or some other knowledge, or it is Tulip delivering kind of a frontline software platform that's adaptable. It is actually the end client that sits there and knows exactly how they want to explore it, and then in a second iteration, change that around. Or am I getting this ecosystem wrong here? ANDREW: No, I think you're onto something there very powerful, Trond. And there are three specific dots we have to connect when we think about a sustainable solution that can be deployed broad-spread across an industrial base, and the first one is the device. The device has to be right. It has to work for the user. It has to meet the requirements of the environmental conditions they're operating in. And so the device is critical. And that's really where RealWear started our journey with that focus on the user and the user experience with our device. But the next step is really the data that comes with it. That's that part where it's both accessing data and creating data through applications that they use to feed the data lakes above and to feed back into this IoT world where there's information coming up from our equipment and being fed back to us that we can take action on. And then, ultimately, we have to connect to systems of record. And this is where Tulip, for instance, one of our partners, plays such an important role. It's that connection between all of these things that talk together, the device, the data, and these decision-making systems of record, that now when they talk and connect, it's a very sticky situation. Now you've created more than just a point solution. You've created a system solution where you've changed the way people work, and you reduce friction in interacting with those systems. And I think that that's a real clear case. I'll give an example that RealWear did in a very simple way. We recently acquired a small company called Genba AI. Their whole purpose in life was to be able to take a CMMS system, which is done for maintenance purposes, and working with eMaint, which is a division of Fortive, and be able to then say, "We can take that currently operating device that requires a worker to print out a work order, go do something, and then put it back into a computer, we can now do that with voice only." So, again, you take friction out of that interaction and allow them to do things easier but with the systems of record. And so that's why I get so excited about partners like Tulip that are making and connecting the dots between all of these disparate systems that we find in fourth-generation industrial complexes and making them work together seamlessly to give information to make better decisions by the folks who manage that work. TROND: This makes me think of something that I promise we'll get back to in a second talking about the industrial metaverse, which I think is far more interesting than the consumer metaverse. And we'll get to that because you were starting with this whole ecosystem that starts to develop now. But before we get there, I just wanted you to comment a little bit on COVID, COVID-19. Massive experience; no one is untouched by this. And there clearly was a future of work dimension to it. And people have made a lot out of that and prognosticate that we will never show up in the office again, or hybrid is here forever. What did COVID do to RealWear? ANDREW: Well, you know, it's an interesting perspective. I've been with RealWear in one capacity or another since almost the beginning, starting off as a Strategic Advisor and Chairman of the Advisory Board to, stepping in as the COO during the series A, and ultimately becoming the CEO and Chairman of the board in 2020 just as COVID was happening. So a lot of that immediate experience of RealWear was at a time when the whole world was starting to shut down and realize that we had to work differently. So I literally had one meeting with my direct staff as the new CEO before Washington State was shut down. And all the rest of the year was done via remote work. So it's not a dissimilar story to what a lot of people went through in recognizing that, hey, what used to be done in the office and was deemed important to be done in the office had to now be done elsewhere. And we came quickly with this adoption of digital tools that supported this digital transformation. And what it really did was act as a catalyst because before, you could have a conversation about the value of remote collaboration software, laptop to laptop, and that sort of thing, but nobody was thinking about the front line as much. That was a really tall connection for RealWear to make. We'd go in and talk about the value of a hands-free remote connected worker. But when you suddenly had millions of displaced workers all contributing, in some cases with productivity increasing, it now said, hey, by the way, do you want to take this great hybrid environment you just created, and do you want to extend it to those important people who don't get to stay home, who don't get to dodge the risk of being exposed to COVID, who have to go out and serve the public or serve your customers? And now, if we talk about giving those people connectivity and extending that with technology that exists today using familiar platforms...RealWear runs on an Android 11 platform. That means imaginations are limitation, not technology. All those solutions we're talking about can be done in an Android environment, can be imported very quickly, and provide a solution for those users. And so it acted as a catalyst to say that remote experts at smart glasses, as it were, were here, and it was now, and this technology was ready. And the deployments took off. It probably shortened our deployment cycle. Our sales cycle probably contracted by 70% during COVID as people began to realize this is how we can get work done. This is how we can continue to serve our customers. And so it was a huge change, not only in terms of the demands that we were able to meet thanks to the great teamwork of our whole RealWear ecosystem and supply chain partners, but it also made a difference because it changed the thought processes of leaders who now realized that creating a connected worker not only was feasible, that it had a real, recognizable ROI to it. TROND: Andrew, you're really speaking to me here because eons ago, in my Ph.D., I was working on this very visionary idea back in 1999, the early internet heydays. Again, the future of work people and tech companies were saying, "We are soon unleashing the situation where no one has to come into the office. We will sit all separately on these islands and work together." So I would say I guess what has happened now is there's a greater awareness of the need for hybrid solutions meaning some people are physically there, others are not. But the powerful thing that you are enabling and demonstrating visually and physically is that remote is one thing and that it remains challenging, but it can now, in greater extent, be done. Physical presence is still really, really powerful. But what's truly powerful is the combination of which. It is the combination of physically being there and being amplified or assisted, or eventually perhaps in a fruitful way augmented but without losing touch with reality if it can be done safely. That's really the power. So there's something really interesting about that because you can talk about it all you want. You can say, well, with all the technology in the world, you know, maybe we don't want to meet each other anymore. Yeah, fine. But there's a powerful argument there that says, well if you combine the world's biggest computer, the human being, with some secondary computers, you know, AIs and RealWears and other things that have other comparative advantages, the combination of that in a factory floor setting or perhaps in other types of knowledge work is really, really hard to beat, especially if you can get it working in a team setting. I guess as you were thinking more about this as a futuristic solution, Andrew, what kind of changes does this type of technology do to teamwork? Because we've been speaking about the simple, remote expert assistance, which is sort of like one expert calling up another expert at headquarters. And then, you move into workflow, which is powerful product workflow in industry. But what about the group collaboration possible with this kind of thing? Have you seen any scenarios where multiple of these headsets are being used contemporaneously? ANDREW: Yeah, I mean, I think there's the application of not only people using them broadly in doing their work but also then being connected to a broad number of users. There's a great video that Microsoft put out when they built Microsoft Teams to run specifically on our RealWear platform. And in it, we talk about a plant where, you know, Honeywell was certifying a very large deployment technology in a plant that normally would take 40 workers to go to this facility and physically sign off all the things that need to be done for this large automation system. But using Microsoft Teams and RealWear devices, Honeywell was able to do that completely remotely. They were able to have the folks who were on site wearing the devices going through. And all of these people who would travel to it are now wherever they happen to be, in the office, at home, somewhere else, being able to see what was happening in the factory and sign off and validate the work remotely. So it's like this world where we've taken away the borders, these artificial borders between the office, not the office, and then the front line. And I think that the biggest thing that we can take away from this conversation today, Trond, is that we all probably accept that some form of hybrid work is here to stay with office workers. We've just proven over the last two years that you can work extremely productively as a remote team. And we've also validated there are times when we just got to come together from a human point of view to accomplish even more in terms of some of the cultural and emotional intelligence and teaming things that happen. But what we've also learned is that those frontline workers don't have the luxury of being somewhere other than where the value is being created on the manufacturing line, up on that cell phone tower, or in the street laying asphalt. They all have a job to do, and they have to do it in their presence. And so when we then connect those people and give them access to all of the information that we as connected workers in a hybrid environment accept and the collaboration, we find that that is a place that really brings the dignity of that frontline work up. It inherently makes them more engaged with their customer, with the job they're doing, with their peers that they can now connect to so seamlessly, and, frankly, with the company. So I think that there's a change here that's happening that's going to be about the right degree of connectivity for the job. And we'll do more of what matters based on the work that has to be accomplished. And we're just not at a place yet where robots are going to replace carbon-based computing systems that are self-replicating. That's the way NASA described people back, I think, in the '60s is a general-purpose computer that's carbon-based and self-replicating. And really, that's going to be with us for a long time. And the dignity of those people doing valuable work and helping focus on how do we make them safer and more productive in these very challenging environments? That's changing the future of work. And it's aligning more closely with this idea of, hey, being connected makes us more effective as a company, as a tribe, as a nation, whatever it is. Connectivity becomes extremely valuable. TROND: It's a big trend. And it's about time there's some justice to it. I mean, you speak with passion about this. It's almost unbelievable to me, and it should be [laughs] unbelievable to a lot of people, that we've invested billions of dollars in office software, in kind of automation for efficiency's sake. But we haven't, until this point almost, invested, certainly not the same amount of dollars and euros and yen, in human-centric technologies that are augmenting people at the same time. Because there's nothing wrong with these other technologies or if they're benefiting office workers, but as you point out, billions of workers could be enabled, knowledge workers. They just need somewhat different tools, and they're harder to make. This is not like making a desktop software program. These things have to work in a real rugged context. Andrew, thank you so much for enlightening me on the challenges and the exciting not future anymore. Andrew, it's the exciting presence of this technology in the industrial workplace, and what that bodes for the future when I guess, people see the picture and are willing to truly roll this out to every frontline worker who needs this kind of amplification. ANDREW: Well, Trond, thank you so much for having me. And I think when your listeners think and hear about AI, I know the first thing that crosses their mind is going to be this artificial intelligence, the compute power that's being built into the cloud to solve all these technical problems. But I'd like them to also begin to think about that as augmented intelligence, the way human-centric technology can make those workers better able to do the work that has to be done by people. And we're so excited to be able to talk about this. Thank you for the invitation to explore this topic. I really appreciate the chance to share some of the things that RealWear's done in this regard. And I'd love to come back next time and expand our conversation. TROND: You have just listened to another episode of the Augmented Podcast with host Trond Arne Undheim. The topic was Augmenting Workers With Wearables. Our guest was Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and CEO of RealWear. In this conversation, we talked about industrial wearables now and in the future. My takeaway is that industrial wearables have come a long way. There is a big need for assisted reality in many workforce scenarios across industry. There are now companies taking good products to market that are rugged enough, simple enough, and advanced enough to make work simpler for industrial workers. On the other hand, we are far away from the kind of untethered multiverse that many imagine in the future, one step at a time. Thanks for listening. If you liked the show, subscribe at augmentedpodcast.co or in your preferred podcast player, and rate us with five stars. If you liked this episode, you might also like Episode 92: Emerging Interfaces for Human Augmentation. Hopefully, you'll find something awesome in these or in other episodes, and do let us know if you do so. The Augmented Podcast is created in association with Tulip, the frontline operation platform connecting people, machines, devices, and systems in a physical location. Tulip is democratizing technology but also, importantly, empowering those closest to operations to solve problems. Tulip is also hiring, and you can find Tulip at tulip.co. Please share this show with colleagues who care about where industrial tech is heading. You can find us on social media; we are Augmented Pod on LinkedIn and Twitter and Augmented Podcast on Facebook and YouTube. Augmented — industrial conversations that matter. See you next time.

XR Today's Rory Greener hosts Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer of RealWear.In this session, we discuss the following:The new Navigator 520 and its improvements over previous versions Why Hyperdisplay is importantThe benefits of 520's innovation for frontline customersHow the device promotes remote communications between dispersed workers How the 520 device reflects RealWear's general success in 2022

This week we're talking about real Holograms, Realwear's $375M SPAC, and $50M new financing for Light Field Lab, whose CEO Jon Our Karafin is our guest. Mawari and Looking Glass also raised money this week. There were more layoffs at Microsoft. Rony says he thinks XR is doing a big exhale. Karafin's Light Field Lab means Holograms, and Rony knows a lot about this topic. Ted is scouting new tech for the six new theme parks Paramount Global, and is planning a trip to San Jose to see LightField Holograms in the Lab, too.Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Chris Parkinson began working on the idea behind RealWear while at Kopin back in 2007. In 2015, he founded WearNext to explore routes to further technical development and commercialization of the productivity tool for connected industrial workers. That ultimately led to co-founding RealWear in 2016.   The company presents itself as providing the first hands-free and fully ruggedized head-mounted tablet solution. But it's not quite a tablet. It's a headset for voice interactive hands-free access to data, information, and applications.   Earlier in his career, Parkinson was a senior engineer at Alien Technology and a researcher at Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He earned a PhD in computational and theoretical chemistry from the University of Manchester.

XR Today's Isabel Blakemore presents the latest from the XR world.We are also joined by Dr Dmitry Mihaylov, Chief Scientific Officer at Farcana, who shares his insights into the top stories in the XR Landscape with Demond Cureton, Senior Journalist for XR Today.

The goal of video-assisted gear—such as virtual reality or video conferences—is often immersion. However, in environments where virtual collaboration coincides with high-risk tasks, workers require a new solution.  With the RealWear Navigator headset device, you can have the best of both worlds and reach new heights of productive long-distance collaboration.    Shelby Skrhak speaks with Sanjay Jhawar, co-founder and chief strategy officer for RealWear Inc, about:  - Explaining the RealWear headset design - RealWear use cases across remote work - Partnering with RealWear  To join the discussion, follow us on Twitter @IngramTechSol #B2BTechTalk  Listen to this episode and more like it by subscribing to B2B Tech Talk on Spotify,Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Or, tune in on our website.

On this week's dose, (2:10) we discuss Aerotime's recent $2M seed round and how the startup aims to optimize employees' schedules while minimizing the cost of lost productivity. (7:15) Next, we talk about Prenda, a tuition-free microschooling company hot off a $20M Series B. (11:55) Then, we breakdown RealWear's $23.5M Series C, and how the company is leveraging assisted reality technology to enhance safety and efficiency for frontline industrial workers. (17:11) Last, we wrap up this week's dose with an analysis of Bark's $30M Series C, and how the company is helping families protect their children from concerning behavior online. Sources/Links: www.aerotime.com https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/workplace-productivity-app-aerotime-raises-2-million-seed-funding/articleshow/92113324.cms  https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/08/aerotime-aims-to-continuously-optimize-workers-calendars/ https://www.prenda.com/about  https://techcrunch.com/2022/06/13/prenda-raises-20m-led-by-776-to-build-tech-to-run-k-8-microschools/ https://www.realwear.com/ https://www.finsmes.com/2022/06/realwear-raises-23-5m-in-series-c-funding.html https://www.bark.us/  https://pulse2.com/bark-technologies-raises-30-million-in-series-c-funding/

Becky Priebe shares what it's like to design at the edges of technology, the role of systems thinking in design, and design's relationship with engineering. Highlights include: ⭐ What drew you to practice design at the edges of technology? ⭐ Are we getting better or worse at shaping technology for humans? ⭐ What does giving equal value to design and engineering look like? ⭐ Why is it important to take a systems perspective when designing? ⭐ What does it mean to ‘make space' and how have you applied that? ====== Who is Becky Priebe? Becky is the VP of Innovation Design & GTM Lab 13 at MRM, a leading global marketing agency, with offices in 30 countries. For the past 15 years, Becky has worked at the messy, exciting and emerging end of design technology, creating positive experiences for people. Amongst other things, Becky's designed an entertainment system for a McClaren super car, interactive TV for Deutsche Telekom, pre-iPad era tablets for NVIDIA, and an industrial-grade AR headset for RealWear. Becky was the co-founder of Innovative Converged Devices, where some of the technology used in SNAP AR and Microsoft HoloLens was conceptualised. ====== Find Becky here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beckypriebe/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/t3chgrrl Website: https://www.beckypriebe.com/ ====== Liked what you heard and want to hear more? Subscribe and support the show by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts (or wherever you listen). Follow us on our other social channels for more great Brave UX content! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/TheSpaceInBetween/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-space-in-between/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thespaceinbetw__n/  ====== Hosted by Brendan Jarvis: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendanjarvis/ Website: https://thespaceinbetween.co.nz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/brendanjarvis/

This week the hosts are reporting live from AWE 2022. In this special episode of TWIXR, Charlie and Ted will be interviewing the following: Rama Oruganti, Chief Product Officer, RealWear, Tony Vitillo, Blogger & Developer, and Jeremy Kenisky, CTO, Exalter.Thank you to our sponsor, Virbela!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Andrew is an executive and board leader with a deep understanding of technology, innovation, and complex systems. As a physicist, program manager, and officer in the USAF he applied systems thinking to the full technology stack of command, control, communications, and intelligence (C3I) systems in airborne and space-based platforms. He has used that same approach across a broad array of industries and products to create value and sustainable superior performance.Over his career, his experiences in developing teams and implementing strategies have enabled innovation, growth, and profitability improvements in aerospace, commercial electronics, fast-moving consumer goods, and industrial sensors and safety products. He is an NACD Certified Director with experiences on Fortune 500 wholly owned subsidiaries, start-ups, private, and non-profit boards.He currently serves as Chairman and CEO for RealWear, and as a board member on the Finance Committee for the Rogers Group. RealWear is building the world's first voice-driven and fully ruggedized head-mounted tablet solution for connected industrial workers. It is the only wearable computer that has an inherently safe ATEX Zone-1 certified product for use in hazardous environments such as oil and gas production and chemical processing. RealWear's approach to augmented and assisted reality solutions is transforming how work is performed by addressing key challenges in workforce training, safety, and productivity with IoT data visualization, remote mentoring, and workflow applications. In this conversation, Andrew and I discuss the true meaning of leadership, the power of solitude, and how your strengths can become your weaknesses. Connect with Andrew on Twitter - andrewchros and LinkedIn - /in/andrewchrostowskiBook suggestions included; Team of Teams, Out of the Crisis, How to Win Friends and Influence People, and anything by Simon Sinek—-Prior to his current role, Andrew served briefly as COO, chaired the Advisory Board for RealWear, and was a member of the Audit Committee. The Rogers Group Inc. provides crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt and highway construction to the southeastern United States. In 2014, the company was ranked as the eighth largest aggregates producer in the nation (Aggregates Manager, July 2015). For the past several years, has remained the largest privately owned company in the aggregates industry.Additionally, Andrew consults and advises on issues of technology development, innovation, productivity, operations, cybersecurity, and digital strategies.Other roles included increasingly responsible positions in general management, operations, quality, compliance, and information systems with industry-leading companies such as Johnson Controls, Tyco, United Technologies, Goodrich, Energizer, Pfizer, Warner-Lambert, and Hitachi.He holds two undergraduate degrees in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University's Honor Program where he was a distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC. He has a Master's Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and later completed a certificate of professional development at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.He is a founding member, Faculty Instructor, Board Advisor and Qualified Technology Executive of the Digital Directors Network, the only curated global network of digital executives, directors and organizations working together to improve digital competence and diversity in the corporate boardroom to shape and secure the digital future for everyoneDiscover more:Interested in coaching services, check out Live for Yourself Consulting and Dr. Benjamin Ritter

Wearable technology increases worker safety, efficiency, and improves access to construction jobsites.  Needless to say, it's revolutionizing the construction industry as we know it.  In this episode, we're going to discover what wearables are, how they work, and how to implement them into your construction workflows.   To do that, we've invited three guests: - Dr. Lorenz Lachauer , Head of Solution at NavVis  - Ken Lustig , Co-Founder, SVP of Corporate and Legal Affairs at RealWear  - Niran Shrestha , Co-Founder of Kwant  We discuss: - What qualifies as a wearable in construction - Wearable tech benefits and myths - How to determine the right wearable tech for your project - Which data to collect and how to analyze it  Mentioned during the podcast: - Harnessing the Data Advantage in Construction  - Have an idea for the show? Reach out on Twitter or on LinkedIn  Digital Builder is hosted by Eric Thomas of Autodesk.  Hear more episodes like this one by subscribing to Digital Builder on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Google Play , or wherever you listen to podcasts.  Can't see the links? Just search for Digital Builder in your favorite podcast player.

Andrew Chrostowski, CEO & Chairman of RealWear, joins host Blake St. Onge, Managing Principal for Cresa Portland, on the Think Beyond Space podcast to discuss transforming the work of frontline employees with RealWear's innovative wearable solutions.

As we near the end of 2021, we're re-sharing our top episodes of the year. This is my chat with Andrew Chrostowski at Realwear about wearable computers. And be sure to follow us, and rate us and give us a review — it really helps, and we sincerely appreciate it. Now enjoy our #3 episode of 2021! Host Theresa Houck, Executive Editor of The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine, chats with Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman of the Board and CEO of RealWear. They talk about how head-mounted, hands-free wearable tablet computers are helping with workforce challenges, including the retiring workforce and increased remote workers because of pandemic, as well as efficiency and safety.   They also talk about the role of the “connected worker,” typical applications such as maintenance and operations, and what kind of problems wearable computers are designed to help with. Also see how your work will change as wearable communications become more common, how the role of wearable computers will expand in the next few years, and more. And of course, you get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day. Additional resources: Video: RealWear Intrinsically Safe HMT-1Z1s with Microsoft Teams for U.S. Plant Operators RealWear Products RealWear Website MicroSoft Teams for RealWear Video of this podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/FsrfGrcXR2E.

In this episode of Before IT Happened, our host Donna Loughlin tells the story of Andy Lowery, a pioneer in the development of wearable technology. Andy's story begins as a gifted child who joined the Navy, became an engineer, and went out to the world of tech entrepreneurship. Realware, the brand he co-founded, is now the industry leader for powerful, voice-operated headset computers, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. Tune in to learn how Andy built this successful brand by observing and iterating on other tech companies' mistakes. Before any world-changing innovation, there was a moment, an event, a realization that sparked the idea before it happened. This is a podcast about that moment — about that idea. Before IT Happened takes you on a journey with the innovators who imagined — and are still imagining — our future. Join host Donna Loughlin as her guests tell their stories of how they brought their visions to life.   JUMP STRAIGHT INTO: (01:49) - Andy Lowery, a gifted child who joined the US military - “I had all this built up momentum and all this passion. I was super happy about being a Marine and fighting dragons.”  (07:27) - Becoming an engineer for the Navy in the “.com” boom - “I really was trying to get through college quickly, get my military obligation out of the way so I could go be an entrepreneur.” (11:56) - Military and corporate life vs. Andy's entrepreneurial spirit - “Even in a huge socialistic structure like the military, you can still have entrepreneurial feelings and adventures.” (17:08) - Andy's avant-garde tech company, DAQRI - “We built some of the craziest, most outlandish platforms and products and things that were way ahead of their time.” (21:14) - Realware: Jumping the line in the wearable technology space - “If I just fix the problems I saw Google Glass was having, I think I'm onto something. I think there's a real demand for it.” (26:59) - How to get 50+ paying customers with a beta product? Plus, the unbelievable Alexander Rainsberger - “Our summit was incredible! It was unheard of to have such a well-run and well-attended event.” (32:30) - How the pandemic boosted Realware - “COVID changed that because travel went to zero. They had to put a computer that you could wear on an airplane so that they could then transmit back what they were seeing to someone who knew how to fix it.” (35:19) - Mission accomplished?: Why Andy left for Harvest Technology Group - “I wanted to go places with Realware that cellphones don't typically go. But I realized there was a major problem, connectivity.” EPISODE RESOURCES: Connect with Andy Lowery through https://twitter.com/andylowery?lang=en (Twitter) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylowery/ (LinkedIn) Read GeekWire's https://www.geekwire.com/2018/andy-lowery/ (Geek of the Week: After years as Navy nuke officer, RealWear CEO Andy Lowery finds a new connection) Watch https://youtu.be/Q2lsZp0tLFI (Andy speak at the second RealWear Summit) Watch the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uz3cwHT0S0 (SNL Google Glass Weekend Update) Learn more about https://www.harvest.technology/ (Harvest's Industrial Grade Connectivity) See https://realwear.com/ (RealWear's Hands-Free Wearable Headset Computers  ) Learn more about https://apogeesemi.com/ (Apogee Semiconductor) Before IT Happened is produced by Donna Loughlin and https://www.studiopodsf.com/ (StudioPod Media) with additional editing and sound design by https://nodalab.com/ (Nodalab). The show coordinator is Deanna Morenci and the audio engineering was provided by Dave Clarke McCoy. The Executive Producer is Katie Sunku Wood. All episodes are written by Jack Buehrer. Thank you for listening! Follow Before IT Happened on https://www.instagram.com/beforeithappened/ (Instagram) and https://twitter.com/b4ithappened (Twitter), and don't forget to subscribe, rate and share the show wherever you listen to podcasts! 

 Do you know the difference between augmented and assisted reality? This week on the HSE Network Podcast we get the experts from RealWear and Westbase.io in for a discussion on assisted reality technologies and how they can help health and safety professionals.  Lee and Derrick have tonnes of hands-on experience with these wearables and know their power when it comes to protecting industrial and remote workers. We cover the benefits, areas to remember when introducing the technology, and how to get buy-in from directors to get started with it in the first place. Linkedin here >>Twitter: https://twitter.com/Network_HSEFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HSENetwork/Website: https://www.hse-network.com/   Support the show

Andrew Chrostowksi is the CEO & Chairman of Vancouver, WA based RealWear, a maker of wearable industrial computers that is focused on helping frontline workers.

Wearable computing is being used all over the world to transform frontline work and during this episode of Nano Community Tech we unpack how and why. Cameron Stevens, Solutions Engineer with RealWear, discusses how RealWear's head-mounted technology is increasing knowledge transfer and enhancing the safety and productivity of first-line work. We speak about the evolution of the technology from the mid-2000 era GO-PRO through to purpose-built wearable computing for the front-line worker. We explore use cases ranging from medical support during the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan China, through to the future integration with mapping technologies and digital twins. The rise of wearable technology and accelerated adoption has opened up new ways of working and Cameron discusses the amazing opportunities emerging in this space. Cameron has an illustrious career as a chartered safety professional and works at the cutting edge of digital transformation as a Solutions Engineer with RealWear Inc deploying wearable computing for enterprise. Cameron is also the founder of the Pocketknife Group comprising a digital concierge service supporting organizations navigate their digital transformation and the Safety Innovation Academy; a coaching service for future-focused safety professionals to improve their digital literacy and explore the intersection where safety & emerging technologies meet.  When not immersed in technology, Cameron enjoys studying the natural world and preserving biodiversity with his daughter. You can engage Cameron via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronmstevens/ for intros & RealWear enquiries or via hello@safetyinnovation.com.au for speaking, coaching and consulting services.  An excerpt from the RealWear website on their head-mounted technology:  HMT-1 is the world's first hands-free Android tablet class wearable computer for industrial workers. Use it in wet, dusty, hot, dangerous and loud industrial environments. A fully rugged head-mounted device, it optionally snaps into safety helmets or attaches to bump caps and can be used with safety glasses or corrective eyewear. The high-resolution micro display sits just below your line of sight and views like a 7” tablet. It's an industrial dashboard: there when you need it and out of your way when you don't. The HMT-1 works with powerful software applications from our solution partners in four core categories, each optimized for completely hands-free voice control. That means no scrolling, swiping, or tapping – just simple voice commands. Use it for remote mentor video calling, document navigation, guided workflow, mobile forms and industrial IoT data visualization.

In Part II of our fourth episode, we continue a fascinating executive conversation with Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RealWear, a company engineering industrial wearable headsets for connected workers. He shares real-life lessons from his experience managing complex systems and data-led teams. In this second half of our conversation (check out Part I ), we consider how engineering, science and technical teams are like any other in their need for superb people management. We evaluate the role of values in company culture and models Andrew has used in his extensive leadership experiences. Human leadership includes staying present to bring your best to your team, as Andrew and Allison also discuss. Today’s repeat guest is Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RealWear, to continue our Part 1  conversation. He shares lessons learned through managing complex systems and teams, both in the military and private sector. Our conversation begins with instilling values in a team, some which come from the leader while others come from the team. From there, we dive into Andrew’s pyramid approach to scale, involving team, systems, and discipline. Some important takeaways from our discussion include hiring “fire prevention specialists,” not “firefighters,” how the game of golf mirrors the problem-solving and rewards of real life, and how presence of mind factors into problem-solving, performance, and people management. Tune in for all this from today’s interesting conversation.

Host Theresa Houck, Executive Editor of The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine, chats with Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman of the Board and CEO of RealWear, a Rockwell Automation Technology Partner. They talk about how head-mounted, hands-free wearable tablet computers are helping with workforce challenges, including the retiring workforce and increased remote workers because of pandemic, as well as efficiency and safety.   They also talk about the role of the “connected worker,” typical applications such as maintenance and operations, and what kind of problems wearable computers are designed to help with. Also see how your work will change as wearable communications become more common, how the role of wearable computers will expand in the next few years, and more. And of course, you get your family-friendly, silly Joke of the Day. Access more resources here: Video: RealWear Intrinsically Safe HMT-1Z1s with Microsoft Teams for U.S. Plant Operators: https://youtu.be/KqL-iMlBKjE RealWear Rolls Out Enterprise Wearables to Link Auto Maker Maintenance Teams: https://www.realwear.com/newsroom/press-releases/groupe-psa/ RealWear Products: https://shop.realwear.com/ RealWear Website: https://locator.rockwellautomation.com/Technology/CompanyDetails/90fe0ac9-bc37-ea11-a813-000d3a8db64a MicroSoft Teams for RealWear: https://www.realwear.com/solutions/microsoft-teams/ If you like “Automation Chat,” please leave us a rating and a review. Tell your friends and peers about “Automation Chat,” and hit the “share” symbol to share your favorite episode so others can benefit from these fun and useful discussions. Video of this podcast is available on our YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/FsrfGrcXR2E. The Journal From Rockwell Automation and Our PartnerNetwork magazine: http://rok.auto/thejournal.

Welcome to the fourth episode of our LIFT podcast! Allison identifies how skilled leaders approach systems complexity and the fundamental role people play solving problems successfully. She is joined by Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RealWear, a tech company making hands-free industrial head-mounted wearable headsets for safe connected workers. He discusses how he applies systems thinking from his background in leadership and problem-solving both in the military and private sector. RealWear is the industry leader for powerful, voice-operated headset computers, their flagship product being the HMT-1, an industrial hands-free knowledge transfer platform for frontline workers. With experience in the Air Force, as a research physicist, and as a business leader, too, Andrew has an extensive understanding about the relationship between complex systems and the role of people within them. Our conversation starts with a sketch of Andrew’s career and education, where he shares different scenarios that helped him gain the perspectives on systems thinking he shares today. From there, we dive into some important takeaways about the importance of humans in increasingly automated systems, why complex problems cannot be solved with simple solutions, how to build systems that tolerate failure, how to include your team in the development of company culture, and navigating employees with different strengths to align them to a common goal. Other golden nuggets describe the importance of the presence of mind in leadership, applying the “rule of five” to building resilient systems, and how to use the “pyramid of trust” to scale an organization. Tune in for all this and a whole lot more from today’s enlightening conversation. Key Points from This Episode: A brief introduction to Andrew’s company, RealWear, and its HMT-1, a wearable tablet for remote frontline workers. A window into Andrew’s background in the Air Force, as a physicist, and as a CEO. How Andrew has applied systems thinking from his background to leadership and problem-solving. Why complex problems cannot be solved using simple solutions. How to apply systems thinking to product portfolio management by starting with the initial goal. The rise of automation and the importance of the human element in delivering outstanding systems. Systems diagnostics techniques to solve complex problems. Managing risk tolerance and how it relates to failure tolerance in the context of organizations. Defining resilient ways of failing by setting up a structured experimental framework. Using the “rule of five” to solve problems and build more resilient organizations. Using the “trust triangle” that promotes a team-based, solution-oriented, and data-driven culture. Drilling down on values like ethics and authenticity. Instilling values in a team, some which come from the leader while others come from the team. Leading Amidst Complexity – Andrew Chrostowski Guest Biography: Andrew Chrostowski is a senior executive with deep experience in developing teams and strategies that enable innovation, growth, and profitability improvements. As an NACD Certified Director, Qualified Technology Executive and a founding executive member of the Digital Directors Network, he strives to improve board performance and digital governance excellence. Andrew has a passion for the art and science of value creation and embraces demanding business challenges to deliver results across the spectrum from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. He is recognized for using world-class techniques to overcome complex technical, marketing, and customer-driven challenges, bringing the proof to the bottom line. Tweetables: “Everyone sees the simple result and wants to flip a switch and fix it, but in reality, there's a whole bunch of things that have to be looked at in totality in order to give that system resilience to operate in whatever condition we're trying to design it for.” — @AndrewChros [0:07:55] “My epiphany, if you will, of leadership really came down to the idea that all technical problems begin with the human element. How well people are working together.” — @AndrewChros [0:10:16] “A 70% solution today is better than a 100-% solution six months from now.” — @AndrewChros [0:21:00] “Risk management is where it all begins and ends. People don't realize that risk is not always bad. Risk gets you reward.” — @allisonthought [00:15:47] “A lot of times I’m brought into teams to work on communication skills just as a side effect of trying to achieve a project. We can see the communications is what is holding up the project. I think so many people do not realize that a huge part of communication is listening.”— @allisonthought [0:24:22] “A CEO is a steward with a ‘do the right thing’ mentality.” — @allisonthought [0:25:04] Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode: Thought Marketing — https://www.thoughtmarketing.com/ Thought Marketing email — info@thoughtmarketing.com Andrew Chrostowski on LinkedIn Andrew Chrostowski on Twitter RealWear    

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In this episode of TRC Talks, Wayne Welk speaks with Brianne Murray, an Information and Analytics Solutions Consultant with Rockwell Automation, about the use of augmented reality (AR) in providing remote technical support and mentoring. With PTC's Vuforia Chalk and Expert Capture, users can quickly and easily deploy AR technology that can help with remote troubleshooting and training new workers.And when the AR software is paired with innovative hardware, such as RealWear's HMT-1 or intrinsically safe HMT-1Z1 industrial wearable Android tablet, a technician can safely connect with a remote expert for guidance while working.Additional Resources:Remote Assistance with RealWear TechTalk recordingTechTalk ArchivePTC Vuforia ChalkPTC Vuforia Expert CapturePTC Vuforia Expert Capture videoVuforia Chalk for RealWear

This episode features Nathan Pettyjohn and Mike Lohse at Lenovo. Nathan is the Commercial AR/VR Lead at Lenovo. He is also the founder and president of the VR/AR Association and the annual VR/AR Global Summit. Previously Nathan was also the founder and CEO of venture-backed asile411, a mobile indoor navigation and 3D product cloud platform.Mike is the Hardware Product Manager for Commercial AR/VR at Lenovo. Previously Mike spent 9 years at ODG, which for a long time was the premier creator of AR glasses. As the VP of Advanced Products there, he was behind the impressive R7, R8, and R9 glasses.In this conversation, Nathan, Mike, and I chat about the key use cases that Lenovo’s customers want to solve with spatial computing, and where AR or VR fit in the mix. We talk about the challenges of moving projects beyond initial pilots as well as Lenovo’s role in delivering holistic, end-to-end AR and VR solutions to companies. This includes software, services, and hardware. We talk about Lenovo’s ThinkReality A6 headset and the lessons learned in the two years since its release. We also discuss the new ThinkReality A3. This new device tethers to a smartphone or PC to satisfy industrial or work-from-home productivity needs. We discuss how this new product fits with offerings from Microsoft and RealWear, and the device agnostic approach Lenovo is taking to meet the needs of their customers.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

Special Episode! Throughout October we'll be covering NetSuite Now On Air, a four-week virtual event experience to help you get the most out of NetSuite and keep building your business. Each week we're joined by NetSuite Editor-in-Chief, Fritz Nelson, and this week, we take a look back at week 2 of NetSuite Now On Air as well as what's in store this week. Kicking things off, our founder, Evan Goldberg, highlights key takeaways from his fireside discussion with Freakonomics author and podcaster, Stephen Dubner (3:01). Then, Vice President of Product Management for the SuiteCloud Platform, Elham Ghassemzadeh, dives in to her product keynote from last week, breaking down the ways we're improving productivity and agility for NetSuite administrators (8:01). We get into the real-life impact of these improvements with RealWear's NetSuite admin, Mark Needham, who provides some insights on ways his company utilizes customizations (13:29). Finally, we take a look back at week 2 breakout sessions with Marissa Kinsley, NetSuite Account Marketing Analyst (18:01), and conclude with what to look forward to this week as we take on CRM, commerce and communications on NetSuite Now On Air (19:58). Follow Us Here: Register for NetSuite Now On Air & watch all on demand content here: https://bit.ly/33OWwbG Oracle NetSuiteFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NetSuite/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/netsuite/Twitter: https://twitter.com/NetSuiteInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/oraclenetsuite/

Welcome back to another episode! This Week, Mark and Paige hit the following: * Weatherford Gets New President and CEO * OPEC Turns 60 * Venezuela Defies U.S. Sanctions with First Iranian Oil Import * Traffic Levels in Europe and Asia Near Pre-COVID Levels * Fossil Fuels Account for the Largest Share of U.S. Energy Production and Consumption * Shell Buys Kosmos Exploration Assets * Economist: West Will Suffer the Most Under Trudeau's Second Carbon Tax * Maersk Hopes Drones Can Deliver Sweet Savings * Texas Energy Sector Gives Back * Justin Bieber Highlights Oil Pain * Chinese Oil Giant Could Buy Exxon's North Sea Assets Support the Show: Reviews If you want to get a question answered for next month's FFQA, click the link below. Enjoy! Have a question? Click here to ask. ★★★★★ Outstanding Podcast!  Fantastic way to keep track of the happenings in the industry, they've truly been a light house in the storm since everything went to crap this year. Mark and Paige's positive, but honest vibe definitely rubs off and makes my day better.  45 Gravity Cowboy via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/05/20  ★ Thumbs down  Political segment was disappointing. userRV via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 09/04/20  We are helping with free handwear and software from RealWear and Librestream to help with remote eyes and ears in the field. Learn more here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G  The Weekly Rig Count by Baker Hughes https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/rig-count-overview  Area Count Down U.S. 261 +6 Canada 71 +7 International 747 +4 IBM Giveaway Enter to Win Here! Sign-up for your chance to win a T-shirt with a unique serial number. This means each shirt is different making it an awesome collector's item! Plus it comes inside an official OGGN insulated tumbler. At the end of the year we will have a drawing to win our grand prize! This will be a pool of all of the serial numbers on the t-shirts! The grand prize will be announced a bit later in the year! Grab your IBM T-Shirt! This month's winner is shirt number 33! You have two weeks from the day that this airs to reach out to Paige and/or Mark with a picture of you and your shirt to claim your box of goodies! Leave a Review Enjoy listening?

Today's guest on the show is Alan Bernard, Senior Vice President of Gyrodata Incorporated, discussing how their un-crewed gyro while drilling (GWD) operations significantly reduces HSE risk. Technical, but extremely informative and interesting. Contact Gyrodata: www.gyrodata.com  Contact Alan Bernard via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alan-bernard-2882216 Find out more about the RealWear and Librestream promotion to provide remote eyes and ears in the field for Hurricane Laura responders at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G  Follow us on LinkedIn at @Endress+Hauser Group and on Twitter @Endress_US. Win an Endress+Hauser/OGGN jacket and koozie Register for our monthly Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway here: https://cx.endress.com/hse-podcast Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring?? If you would like to get your company in front of our professional audience, please contact our Producer, Savannah Wilson.  More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore | Oil and Gas Offshore  | PITCH Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | OGGN Connect with Russell Stewart LinkedIn | E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network  Don't forget to register for the Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway!!

Today's guest on the show is Alan Bernard, Senior Vice President of Gyrodata Incorporated, discussing how their un-crewed gyro while drilling (GWD) operations significantly reduces HSE risk. Technical, but extremely informative and interesting. Contact Gyrodata: www.gyrodata.com  Contact Alan Bernard via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/alan-bernard-2882216 Find out more about the RealWear and Librestream promotion to provide remote eyes and ears in the field for Hurricane Laura responders at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G  Follow us on LinkedIn at @Endress+Hauser Group and on Twitter @Endress_US. Win an Endress+Hauser/OGGN jacket and koozie Register for our monthly Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway here: https://cx.endress.com/hse-podcast Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring?? If you would like to get your company in front of our professional audience, please contact our Producer, Savannah Wilson.  More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore | Oil and Gas Offshore  | PITCH Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | OGGN Connect with Russell Stewart LinkedIn | E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network 

Russell interviews Brady Neal, Founder and President of Corrosource. Brady not only shares his story about how he and his team are transforming safety out on the well site with their "WellSiteSentry" system; but Russell and Brady also discuss the importance of remaining positive and adaptive in these trying Covid19 times. Contact Corrosource: www.corrosource.com www.wellsitesentry.com  CORROSOURCE LinkedIn Link:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/corrosource  Contact Brady Neal via LinkedIn: https://cutt.ly/linkedinbradyneal  Find out more about the RealWear and Librestream promotion to provide remote eyes and ears in the field for Hurricane Laura responders as mentioned in the show at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G Thank you to our Sponsor, Endress+Hauser. Follow us on Linkedin at @Endress+Hauser Group and on Twitter @Endress_US. Win an Endress+Hauser/OGGN jacket and koozie Register for our monthly Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway here: https://cx.endress.com/hse-podcast Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring?? If you would like to get your company in front of our professional audience, please contact our Producer, Savannah Wilson.  More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore | Oil and Gas Offshore  | PITCH Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn G

Russell interviews Brady Neal, Founder and President of Corrosource.  Brady not only shares his story about how he and his team are transforming safety out on the well site with their "WellSiteSentry" system; but Russell and Brady also discuss the importance of remaining positive and adaptive in these trying CoVid19 times. Find out more about the RealWear and Librestream promotion to provide remote eyes and ears in the field for Hurricane Laura responders as mentioned in the show at: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G Thank you to our Sponsor, Endress+Hauser. Follow us on Linkedin at @Endress+Hauser Group and on Twitter @Endress_US. Win an Endress+Hauser/OGGN jacket and koozie Register for our monthly Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway here: https://cx.endress.com/hse-podcast Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Street Team If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring?? If you would like to get your company in front of our professional audience, please contact our Producer, Savannah Wilson.  More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore | Oil and Gas Offshore  | PITCH Podcast Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | OGGN Connect with Russel Stewart LinkedIn | E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network  Don't forget to register for the Endress+Hauser HSE Podcast giveaway!!

Welcome back to another episode! This Week, Mark and Paige hit the following: * Liberty Oilfield Services Puts Schlumberger Tech in Its Yards, Halliburton In Its Crosshairs *   OPEC to Hold Digital Workshop *   Shell Sees Natural Gas As ‘Destination Fuel' *   Interior to Push Drilling in Florida Waters After November Election *   The Trillion-Dollar Reason Why Joe Biden Won't Ban Fracking *   Neptune Energy Begins Installing World's Longest Heated Production Pipeline *  ExxonMobil Baton Rouge, Lard Oil Donate Fuel to Support Hurricane Recovery   *   IBM's Next Big Bet Is ... The Oil Industry *   SLB in Major Deal with IBM and Red Hat   If you want to get a question answered for next month's FFQA, click the link below. Enjoy! Have a question? Click here to ask. We are helping with free handwear and software from RealWear and Librestream to help with remote eyes and ears in the field. Learn more here:  https://www.linkedin.com/posts/oil-and-gas-expert-speaker_hurricanelaura-activity-6707664346790588416-oz2G  The Weekly Rig Count by Baker Hughes https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/rig-count-overview  Area Count Down U.S. 254 -2 Canada 52 0 International 747 +4 IBM Giveaway Enter to Win Here! Sign-up for your chance to win a T-shirt with a unique serial number. This means each shirt is different making it an awesome collector's item! Plus it comes inside an official OGGN insulated tumbler. At the end of the year we will have a drawing to win our grand prize! This will be a pool of all of the serial numbers on the t-shirts! The grand prize will be announced a bit later in the year! Leave a Review Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes. Facebook Street Team is Moving to LinkedIn https://www.facebook.com/groups/oggnST If you're interested in joining the street team, join our Facebook Group here. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring??  If you would like to get your company in front of our  professional audience, please contact our Producer, Savannah Wilson. More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast| Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore |

About the podcast I invite Andrew Chrostowski, Chairman of the Board and Acting CEO of RealWear to “State of Readiness”.  We start with discussing what RealWear is all about – and it is one of the coolest systems I have seen for employee-enablement.  RealWear had designed and developed ruggedized head-mounted wearable Android-class tablet computer that frees a worker’s hands for dangerous jobs.  Being hands-free, it is purpose-built for Connected Worker programs in the industrial enterprise and is safely controlled with just your voice, even in extremely noisy environments.  With a growing number of hands-free partner solutions, our customers are taking full advantage of the unlimited power of our systems for remote mentor, document navigation, industrial IoT visualization and digital workflow solutions.  Global leaders in energy, manufacturing and automotive industries trust RealWear to empower and connect their global workforce Being a young company, we talk about the entrepreneurial spirit that is pervasive throughout the company.  Andrew shares how opportunities are recognized and how exciting it is to work in an environment of a young company; the energy, nimbleness, innovation, and joy in solving problems nimbleness is pervasive.  And we talk about how COVID-19 has illuminated the power of telephony and how telephony in general will be leveraged much more in a post-COVID world. And Andrew shares  with us his journey.  Being originally trained as a physicist, when he is faced with a technical issue, he goes back to the fundamentals.  His graduate studies in Systems Management prepared him to manage and optimize complex interrelationships and has found these learnings to have instilled in him a great toolkit for managing quality, safety, operations, innovation, digital transformation and business systems in general. Come take a listen.  Fascinating person, fascinating company… https://youtu.be/P1XQotex_ac Guest: Andrew E. Chrostowski Andrew E. Chrostowski Andrew Chrostowski is a senior executive with deep experience in developing teams and strategies that enable innovation, growth, and profitability improvements.  As an NACD Certified Director, Qualified Technology Executive and a founding executive member of the Digital Directors Network, he strives to improve board performance and digital governance excellence to shape and secure the digital future for everyone.  He currently serves as a board member on the Finance Committee for the Rogers Group, and as the Chairman of the Board and Acting CEO for RealWear. Before beginning his civilian career, Andrew served nine years as a physicist and program manager working on satellite and Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence Systems (C3I) systems.  He has held positions of increasing responsibility with Hitachi, Warner-Lambert, Pfizer, Energizer, Goodrich Aerospace, UTC, Tyco and JCI.  He holds two undergraduate degrees in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University’s Honor Program where he was a distinguished graduate of Air Force ROTC. He has a Master’s Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California’s Institute for Safety and Systems Management and later completed a certificate of professional development at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Company: RealWear Website: www.realwear.com Headquarters: Vancouver, WA Year founded: 2016 Company type: Private Company size: ~ 90 employees Specialties: Hands-free Wearable Industrial Computers – Including the only Inherently Safe ATEX Z1 Div1 Class 1 Wearable in the world. Host: Joseph Paris, Founder of the;  XONITEK Group of Companies,  Operational Excellence Society & Readiness Institute

When it comes to the latest tech, we are the ultimate nerds. But some of us like to nerd out about other things, too. Like Star Wars… Does anyone remember the scene when the “rangefinder” gadget pops out of Boba Fett’s helmet and he uses it to track the Millenium Falcon to Cloud City? Well, that iconic scene wasn’t just an awesome moment in a space opera — it might have shaped the future of how we work. That’s what our guest today, Andy Lowery, CEO of RealWear is betting on. His company is producing wearable augmented reality technology which will change how workers interact with the world. He went over: How Boba Fett inspired the head-mounted wearables  The use cases that prove the tech How a symphony of wearable technology is the future of work The challenges in scaling To hear this episode, and many more like it, you can subscribe to TechTables here.  If you don’t use iTunes, you can find every episode of TechTables here

Today's guest brings so much learning to you today. A safety concierge, a career with laser-focused intent, not fitting into a box, and understanding where the real value lies in customer interaction. You're in for a treat. Cameron is a career health and safety professional, with health and safety experience across many sectors with roles from the frontline into senior leadership in high-risk industries. It is his work outside of safety which really cranks up my curiosity. He is currently a Solutions Engineer at RealWear, which their website says is the world’s best hands-free wearable rugged Android tablet for industrial workers. But you won't hear a lot about RealWear or their products in this episode, and that will make sense to you at the end. Cameron is teaching us not just in what he says, but what he doesn't say.

Welcome Back to another episode of Oil & Gas Tech Podcast. This week, Mark sits down with Andrew E. Chrostowski, Chairman, Advisory Board of RealWear.         Enjoy listening? Support the show by leaving a review in iTunes.         Product Reviews If you have a tech product you want me to review, reach out and let OGGN know! Audio-Technica AT897 Line/Gradient Shotgun Condenser Microphone $249.00  Designed for video production and broadcast (ENG/EFP) audio acquisition  Short length (11") ensures mic stays out of the shot -- even when used with compact digital cameras  Smooth, natural-sounding on-axis audio quality  Provides the narrow acceptance angle desirable for long-distance sound pickup  Excellent sound rejection from the sides and rear of mic  Operates on battery or phantom power and features switchable low-frequency roll-off    Upcoming Events OGGN EVENTS DELAYED - NEW SCHEDULE COMING Giveaway Nutanix enables IT teams to  build and operate highly automated private and hybrid clouds. Plus they understand the business of Oil and Gas, so they are giving away these awesome JBL Flip4 Bluetooth speakers to our listeners. Click here to enter. Connect with OGGN Interested in Sponsoring??  If you would like to get your company in front of our  professional audience, please contact our Director, Kathryn Mills More Oil and Gas Global Network Podcasts Oil and Gas This Week Podcast | Oil and Gas HS&E Podcast | Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | Oil and Gas Legal Risk | Oil and Gas Onshore | Oil and Gas Offshore  Engage with Oil and Gas Global Network LinkedIn Group | Facebook | modalpoint | OGGN Connect with Mark LaCour LinkedIn| E-Mail | Oil and Gas Global Network

If you didn’t think our 3-episode-a-week release schedule was dizzying enough, welcome to the XR for Business Podcast’s new weekly news rundown! The space is evolving so fast, Alan is devoting a few minutes each week just to talk about the newest, most interesting use cases hitting the trades! This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung’s new feature on the Note 10. NASA has used Microsoft’s HoloLens AR system to design its 2020 Mars rover.The U.S. Army bought 100,000 HoloLens headsets to study how AR can help soldiers get ready for battle.Walmart, Amazon’s rival, is testing new store managers with AR exercises.Boeing uses AR to guide workers who build and service planes. So does Airbus.Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications.RealWear, a startup based in Vancouver, Wash., recently raised $80 million for a head-mounted AR system that’s designed for the workplace.Snap is raising another $1B with a focus on acquiring and building more AR technology into the platform.Samsung showed off their new Note 10 with full 3D capture, rigging and animation capabilities: check out my LinkedIn post.Osso VR partnered with UCLA to do a Surgical Training Study Showing VR Beats Traditional Training by 130%Audi, Unreal Engine & Mackevision introduce a new digital showroom in Web3D, VR and AR

If you didn’t think our 3-episode-a-week release schedule was dizzying enough, welcome to the XR for Business Podcast’s new weekly news rundown! The space is evolving so fast, Alan is devoting a few minutes each week just to talk about the newest, most interesting use cases hitting the trades! This week, XR is taking us everywhere, from the surface of Mars, to ritzy Audi showrooms, to the svelte form of Bobby, a teddy bear 3D-scanned in real-time by Samsung’s new feature on the Note 10. NASA has used Microsoft's HoloLens AR system to design its 2020 Mars rover.The U.S. Army bought 100,000 HoloLens headsets to study how AR can help soldiers get ready for battle.Walmart, Amazon's rival, is testing new store managers with AR exercises.Boeing uses AR to guide workers who build and service planes. So does Airbus.Google has revived its Google Glass project for enterprise applications.RealWear, a startup based in Vancouver, Wash., recently raised $80 million for a head-mounted AR system that's designed for the workplace.Snap is raising another $1B with a focus on acquiring and building more AR technology into the platform.Samsung showed off their new Note 10 with full 3D capture, rigging and animation capabilities: check out my LinkedIn post.Osso VR partnered with UCLA to do a Surgical Training Study Showing VR Beats Traditional Training by 130%Audi, Unreal Engine & Mackevision introduce a new digital showroom in Web3D, VR and AR

Many scenarios that might be improved by an augmented reality heads-up display shouldn’t require an overly arduous selection process; most gizmos will do if you’re checking a weather app while jogging. The same can’t be said for picking out a device to help oil rig workers work safely and efficiently in the middle of the Permian Basin. Shell’s VR incubator lead Michael Kaldenbach talks with Alan about the things his team had to consider when selecting the right device for the job. Alan: Today’s guest — Michael Kaldenbach – is an augmented, mixed, and virtual reality incubation lead at Shell, the global oil company. He is a driven, goal-oriented, resourceful, and creative person, who really understands the usefulness of this technology, and bringing how to bring it to the market. He’s chosen the family motto of Arctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, as it accurately reflects how he approaches any challenge or goal: “victory through perseverance,” or “Fortitudine Vincimus.” He strives to apply entrepreneurial mindsets and thinking up out-of-the-box solutions and approaches when working in this technology. If you want to learn more about his work, you can visit Shell.com. I want to welcome to the show, Michael Kaldenbach. Welcome to the show, Michael. Michael: Hi, Alan. Thank you very much for having me on. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. I’m really excited. I want to dig right in here, because I know you guys at Shell have been doing a ton of work in everything from kind of marketing and trade shows, right through to oil wells previsualization. So let’s talk about some of the ways that you and your team are using virtual/augmented reality right now. Michael: So I think One of the better case studies we have is around augmented reality remote assistance, and I’m sure you’ve seen examples in the wider industry for that one. But for us at Shell, that means that we utilize a head-mounted display — in this case specifically, the Realwear — and it is used for our operators; for quick resolution, and to get remote expertise to be brought in. I think it always helps if I provide a little story to set the scene; think of an offshore oil platform out there in the ocean. Typically, the most senior person is the control room operator, and there are more junior operators that are assisting the running and maintaining of these kind of assets. If in the control room, they see a deviation on one of the many dashboards they have, they send out a more junior operator to investigate — normally with a radio phone or walkie talkie — and then they guide them through, they get back to “what is the situation; what’s the sound the machine is making?” But where we really revolutionize that process is with a head-mounted display. It is as if the experienced operator has immediate eyes on the situation. So think about [it] — you see (or I see) what the junior operator is seeing, and thereby, I can use my years of expertise to resolve the issue, and get back to safe operations. In a case where my expertise set is also not sufficient, we can quickly be joined by a remote expert who can be onshore — can be anywhere in the world — to join that same virtual room, so that a three-way conversation happens. Not only that: instead of having those conversations like, “I recognize the problem; you need to switch off the third button from the left, it’s kind of greenish on the left side, bottom side of the machine,” instead, we use something called “telestration,” and that’s the benefit of having a head-mounted display, whereby I — as the remote expert — can draw on my screen and the same visual is replicated to the junior operator, so in his line of sight, he

Many scenarios that might be improved by an augmented reality heads-up display shouldn’t require an overly arduous selection process; most gizmos will do if you’re checking a weather app while jogging. The same can’t be said for picking out a device to help oil rig workers work safely and efficiently in the middle of the Permian Basin. Shell’s VR incubator lead Michael Kaldenbach talks with Alan about the things his team had to consider when selecting the right device for the job. Alan: Today’s guest — Michael Kaldenbach – is an augmented, mixed, and virtual reality incubation lead at Shell, the global oil company. He is a driven, goal-oriented, resourceful, and creative person, who really understands the usefulness of this technology, and bringing how to bring it to the market. He’s chosen the family motto of Arctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, as it accurately reflects how he approaches any challenge or goal: “victory through perseverance,” or “Fortitudine Vincimus.” He strives to apply entrepreneurial mindsets and thinking up out-of-the-box solutions and approaches when working in this technology. If you want to learn more about his work, you can visit Shell.com. I want to welcome to the show, Michael Kaldenbach. Welcome to the show, Michael. Michael: Hi, Alan. Thank you very much for having me on. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. I’m really excited. I want to dig right in here, because I know you guys at Shell have been doing a ton of work in everything from kind of marketing and trade shows, right through to oil wells previsualization. So let’s talk about some of the ways that you and your team are using virtual/augmented reality right now. Michael: So I think One of the better case studies we have is around augmented reality remote assistance, and I’m sure you’ve seen examples in the wider industry for that one. But for us at Shell, that means that we utilize a head-mounted display — in this case specifically, the Realwear — and it is used for our operators; for quick resolution, and to get remote expertise to be brought in. I think it always helps if I provide a little story to set the scene; think of an offshore oil platform out there in the ocean. Typically, the most senior person is the control room operator, and there are more junior operators that are assisting the running and maintaining of these kind of assets. If in the control room, they see a deviation on one of the many dashboards they have, they send out a more junior operator to investigate — normally with a radio phone or walkie talkie — and then they guide them through, they get back to “what is the situation; what’s the sound the machine is making?” But where we really revolutionize that process is with a head-mounted display. It is as if the experienced operator has immediate eyes on the situation. So think about [it] — you see (or I see) what the junior operator is seeing, and thereby, I can use my years of expertise to resolve the issue, and get back to safe operations. In a case where my expertise set is also not sufficient, we can quickly be joined by a remote expert who can be onshore — can be anywhere in the world — to join that same virtual room, so that a three-way conversation happens. Not only that: instead of having those conversations like, “I recognize the problem; you need to switch off the third button from the left, it’s kind of greenish on the left side, bottom side of the machine,” instead, we use something called “telestration,” and that’s the benefit of having a head-mounted display, whereby I — as the remote expert — can draw on my screen and the same visual is replicated to the junior operator, so in his line of sight, he

AR dragons, psychedelic displays at Coachella, and other digital gizmos made possible with XR technologies are fun and all, but Mark Sage, founder of AREA, is on the more pragmatic side of the table; he loves it when XR technologies can solve real-world problems for businesses. Mark and Alan sit down to discuss how to do that, and how that creates a better ecosystem for enterprise XR to thrive. Alan: Today’s guest is Mark Sage. Mark is a product owner, creator, marketer, innovator, business development professional, evangelist, spokesperson, strategist, program and project manager, and mentor across a range of AR, mobile, B2B and B2C technologies and products in an international context. Mark is currently the executive director of AREA: Augmented Reality in Enterprise Alliance; the only global, membership-funded, non-profit alliance dedicated to helping accelerate the adoption of enterprise augmented reality, by supporting the growth of a comprehensive ecosystem. AREA members include Exxon Mobile, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA, PTC, and so many more. You can learn about The AREA at theAREA.org. It is with great honor that I welcome AREA executive director Mr. Mark Sage; welcome to the show, Mark. Mark: Thanks so much, Alan. It’s great to be here to speak to you, and to those who listen out there, as well. I’m really excited. Thank you. Alan: Thank you so much for joining me. We’re really excited; let’s get right into this. I’m going to start — just, dive right in here — what is one of the best XR experiences that you’ve ever had? Mark: Oh, wow. Gosh. Alan: I know, I’m going right in there. Mark: You are, aren’t you? And in the kind of role I’ve got, I have a huge opportunity to go around the world, experiencing all sorts of different experiences. I guess, when I first started, one of the first things I was amazed about was the DAQRI Helmet, back in the day. I remember first wearing that, probably about three years ago, thinking this would be amazing. It didn’t quite end up as it would be. So, they’re still working on some of the areas there. What I’m really thrilled about is the experiences that really solve problems. Being focused on the enterprise space, I love to see things that are solving real-life problems, here and now. So anything from the simple-yet-effective remote assistance services and applications, I love seeing those; the way that you can engage with an expert, and get real detailed information of how to fix things. I always love trying those things out. I love some of the simple things; I remember being at a shipyard in Finland, and just using a tablet, they were showing me how they look into a new container that had been built, and how they could check what was going on, and using in an eight hour experience to make sure it was all correct. They were cutting down — literally, by hours — the amount of time it took to review things, and make sure it was all set up and stuff like that. Right into the step-by-step innstruction, I always remembered RealWear, when they did their first step-by-step instruction. Doing it in a brewery, and showing how they were moving taps and pipes, and doing work there. So to be honest, anything– Alan: Do you think they did it in exchange for beer? Mark: Well, I hope so! I absolutely hope so. So you know, Alan, anything that shows some real benefit… I love some of the kind of cool stuff, but certainly, my experience in the enterprise AR stuff that actually solves a problem, and creates real benefit for enterprises, is really cool for me. Alan: It’s interesting you mentioned that DAQRI s

AR dragons, psychedelic displays at Coachella, and other digital gizmos made possible with XR technologies are fun and all, but Mark Sage, founder of AREA, is on the more pragmatic side of the table; he loves it when XR technologies can solve real-world problems for businesses. Mark and Alan sit down to discuss how to do that, and how that creates a better ecosystem for enterprise XR to thrive. Alan: Today’s guest is Mark Sage. Mark is a product owner, creator, marketer, innovator, business development professional, evangelist, spokesperson, strategist, program and project manager, and mentor across a range of AR, mobile, B2B and B2C technologies and products in an international context. Mark is currently the executive director of AREA: Augmented Reality in Enterprise Alliance; the only global, membership-funded, non-profit alliance dedicated to helping accelerate the adoption of enterprise augmented reality, by supporting the growth of a comprehensive ecosystem. AREA members include Exxon Mobile, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, NVIDIA, PTC, and so many more. You can learn about The AREA at theAREA.org. It is with great honor that I welcome AREA executive director Mr. Mark Sage; welcome to the show, Mark. Mark: Thanks so much, Alan. It’s great to be here to speak to you, and to those who listen out there, as well. I’m really excited. Thank you. Alan: Thank you so much for joining me. We’re really excited; let’s get right into this. I’m going to start — just, dive right in here — what is one of the best XR experiences that you’ve ever had? Mark: Oh, wow. Gosh. Alan: I know, I’m going right in there. Mark: You are, aren’t you? And in the kind of role I’ve got, I have a huge opportunity to go around the world, experiencing all sorts of different experiences. I guess, when I first started, one of the first things I was amazed about was the DAQRI Helmet, back in the day. I remember first wearing that, probably about three years ago, thinking this would be amazing. It didn’t quite end up as it would be. So, they’re still working on some of the areas there. What I’m really thrilled about is the experiences that really solve problems. Being focused on the enterprise space, I love to see things that are solving real-life problems, here and now. So anything from the simple-yet-effective remote assistance services and applications, I love seeing those; the way that you can engage with an expert, and get real detailed information of how to fix things. I always love trying those things out. I love some of the simple things; I remember being at a shipyard in Finland, and just using a tablet, they were showing me how they look into a new container that had been built, and how they could check what was going on, and using in an eight hour experience to make sure it was all correct. They were cutting down — literally, by hours — the amount of time it took to review things, and make sure it was all set up and stuff like that. Right into the step-by-step innstruction, I always remembered RealWear, when they did their first step-by-step instruction. Doing it in a brewery, and showing how they were moving taps and pipes, and doing work there. So to be honest, anything– Alan: Do you think they did it in exchange for beer? Mark: Well, I hope so! I absolutely hope so. So you know, Alan, anything that shows some real benefit… I love some of the kind of cool stuff, but certainly, my experience in the enterprise AR stuff that actually solves a problem, and creates real benefit for enterprises, is really cool for me. Alan: It’s interesting you mentioned that DAQRI s

Today on TRUNEWS we report from AWE2019, about how smart wearable devices are being connected to the Global Brain, to read the minds of unsuspecting users. We share interviews with some leaders in the augmented reality industry, including senior executives from Trimble and Realwear; and we field test the world’s most advanced VR haptic bodysuit, produced by Teslasuit, which is being used to train Fortune 500 field workers for disaster and prepare soldiers for war. Rick Wiles, Edward Szall, Doc Burkhart, Kerry Kinsey.

Today on TRUNEWS we report from AWE2019, about how smart wearable devices are being connected to the Global Brain, to read the minds of unsuspecting users. We share interviews with some leaders in the augmented reality industry, including senior executives from Trimble and Realwear; and we field test the world’s most advanced VR haptic bodysuit, produced by Teslasuit, which is being used to train Fortune 500 field workers for disaster and prepare soldiers for war. Rick Wiles, Edward Szall, Doc Burkhart, Kerry Kinsey.

How can heavy industry employees get real-time answers to all of their on-the-job-site questions? How are companies evolving to accommodate the incoming millennial workforce? RealWear devices can answer these questions and so many more. In this episode, Andy Lowery, CEO of RealWear, spoke with Zack Parnell, President of ITI, about how Andy and his team brainstormed about how they could create a device that could solve multiple problems in today's heavy industry. 

Andy Lowery is the co-founder and CEO of RealWear, a knowledge transfer company helping industrial workers to learn and solve problems in the field. RealWear makes a hands-free, ruggedized, head-mounted wearable computer and complementary software; RealWear makes one of the most successful head-mounted computers sold today.Prior to RealWear, Andy was President of DAQRI, another pioneer of AR use in the enterprise. Andy also spent more than a decade in engineering and management roles at aerospace and defense contractors.In addition, he served as an officer in the US Navy, retiring recently as a Lt. Commander after more than 25 years of active and reserve service.In the second part of my conversation with Andy, he shares his unique and sometimes hair-raising journey to fundraising, which resulted in a $20M Series A financing in early 2018. There was a period when he was raising month-to-month to meet payroll, which he describes using an analogy from Star Wars:We go on to discuss some great leadership lessons from his entrepreneurial and military experiences, including the value of humility over modesty. Leadership is one of my favorite topics, and I think you’ll really enjoy this one.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

Andy Lowery is the co-founder and CEO of RealWear, a knowledge transfer company helping industrial workers to learn and solve problems in the field. RealWear makes a hands-free, ruggedized, head-mounted wearable computer and complementary software; RealWear makes one of the most successful head-mounted computers sold today.Prior to RealWear, Andy was President of DAQRI, another pioneer of AR use in the enterprise. Andy also spent more than a decade in engineering and management roles at aerospace and defense contractors.In addition, he served as an officer in the US Navy, retiring recently as a Lt. Commander after more than 25 years of active and reserve service.I’ve broken my conversation with Andy into two parts. In this first part, Andy starts by sharing a close encounter he had with a Russian ship when he was in the Navy.We go on to discuss the use of smartglasses in industrial settings. Andy shares the insights he gained at DAQRI, and how he applied them to RealWear.We also talk about the impact of changing demographics on today’s workforce, and Andy shares his perspective on how humans and computers will work together more symbiotically in the future.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

Google does a lot of things right, from search and advertising to cloud and apps they are one of the best. But when it comes to creating a sense of brand or digital trust? They fall short. We take a look at Google's overall business model and the Pixel 3, discussing how they can both dominate and come up a bit short. Plus, our Fast Five: Amazon's advertising growth is amazing; Better Batteries for Wearables; Freshworks smart AI bot Freddy is for businesses, not consumers; Realwear brings AR tech and the HMT-1 to the manufacturing floor; and how are Bloomberg's hardware hack claims against China' holding up? Our Tech Bites winner this week: Google, its somewhat squishy data event, and the cancellation of Google+ (shared w/ every company that loves to gather user data but can't possibly secure it). We also answer the question "can Google actually cultivate a unified brand strategy, and can we trust them to do the right thing?" This episode features: Olivier Blanchard (@oablanchard) and Fred McClimans (@fredmcclimans). If you haven't already, please subscribe to our show on iTunes or SoundCloud. For inquiries or more information on the show you may email the team at info@futurumresearch.com or follow @FuturumXYZ on Twitter and feel free to direct inquires through that channel as well. To learn more about Future research please visit www.futurumresearch.com As a reminder, the Futurum Tech Podcast is intended as an informational newsletter only. No investment advice is offered. While equities are frequently discussed, no investment advice is offered or implied.

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 18, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay:RealWear co-founder and CEO Andy Lowery show us their rugged, hands-free, and head-mounted Android computers, the HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1, that are designed for heavy industry. Autonomous security robot Knightscope K5 patrols TWiT Studio as we speak to co-founder and Chief Client Officer Stacy Dean Stephens about how they're eyeing to cut America's trillion-dollar crime problem in half. Fortnite is now on Android, but Epic Games chose to bypass the Google Play Store and to install it you need to allow 'unknown sources.' Jason Howell explains how and what this means for your Android device. Speaking of Fortnite, looking to bring down your ping time? Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ reviews of the NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro Router made specifically for gaming.  Apple and Blackmagic Design collaborated on an eGPU to pair with the new MacBook Pro, but that's not the only option if you're looking for a boost. Razer has their Core X which also works with Macs. We put the two head-to-head. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay Guests: Andy Lowery, Stacy Dean Stephens, Jason Howell, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Sponsors: WordPress.com/nss Ring.com/NSS

On The New Screen Savers recorded on Saturday, August 18, 2018, with Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay:RealWear co-founder and CEO Andy Lowery show us their rugged, hands-free, and head-mounted Android computers, the HMT-1 and HMT-1Z1, that are designed for heavy industry. Autonomous security robot Knightscope K5 patrols TWiT Studio as we speak to co-founder and Chief Client Officer Stacy Dean Stephens about how they're eyeing to cut America's trillion-dollar crime problem in half. Fortnite is now on Android, but Epic Games chose to bypass the Google Play Store and to install it you need to allow 'unknown sources.' Jason Howell explains how and what this means for your Android device. Speaking of Fortnite, looking to bring down your ping time? Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ reviews of the NETGEAR XR500 Nighthawk Pro Router made specifically for gaming.  Apple and Blackmagic Design collaborated on an eGPU to pair with the new MacBook Pro, but that's not the only option if you're looking for a boost. Razer has their Core X which also works with Macs. We put the two head-to-head. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Alex Lindsay Guests: Andy Lowery, Stacy Dean Stephens, Jason Howell, and Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ The New Screen Savers records live every Saturday at 3PM Pacific on twit.tv/live. Episodes are available for download and streaming later that evening at https://twit.tv/shows/new-screen-savers. Sponsors: WordPress.com/nss Ring.com/NSS

How is technology making the industry a safer and more efficient place? In this episode, Mark sits solo and had a chance to talk with Sanjay Jhawar, Co-founder & President, RealWear and Youssef Mestari, Global Strategic Marketing Director, during OTC 2018 about the intersection of technology and HSE. “So the particular thing we focused on, is making it 100% hands free” says Sanjay Jhawar, Co-founder & President, RealWear. “Just like you want to be handsfree when you drive your truck and not be texting, you want to be hands free when you’re operating powerful equipment and as we know, one slip can be potentially fatal. So we are very much focused on zero hands and the key to that is voice recognition” Click Play to Hear the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast Episode 81 – Realwear and Honeywell at OTC 2018 Enter to Win! To get your hands on one of these awesome offshore bags, all you have to do is enter! Follow the link below and select Oil and Gas HSE and enter your information. We pick one lucky winner each week. Click Here to Enter More Information To find out more about RealWear, you can find them at https://www.realwear.com/ Connect with RealWear on LinkedIn. Like RealWear on Facebook. Check out some of RealWear's videos on YouTube. Follow RealWear on Twitter @realwearinc Connect with Sanjay on Linkedin. To find out more about Honeywell, you can find them at https://www.honeywell.com/ Connect with Honeywell on LinkedIn. Like Honeywell on Facebook. Check out some of Honeywell's videos on YouTube. Follow Honeywell on Twitter @honeywell Connect with Yousseff on Linkedin. Leave a Review Help your oil and gas peers find the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast by leaving us a review on iTunes. The more, and better our reviews, the easier we are to find in iTunes, so help the industry out by leaving us a short review. Leave us a review by clicking here. If you would like some help leaving a review on iTunes the folk at HubSpot put together some easy to follow instructions that you can check out by clicking here. Upcoming Events Red Wing's Oil and Gas HSE Podcast is hitting the road. Our travel is made possible by our On The Road Sponsors: Here are all of the upcoming events we will be attending: Downstream Conference & Exhibition | May 31st-June 1st | Galvenston, TX 2018 Mexico-U.S. LPG Congress | June 6-7th | Houston, TX IDT Expo 2018 | June 28th | Houston, TX This Is Your Show Tell Mark and Patrick what topics you would like to hear discussed on the show! Click Here to Email Us Global Oil and Gas Network LinkedIn Group Join the conversation with some of the most influential people working in the oil and gas industry! Click Here to Join Free Resources for Our Audience Get Mark's Oil and Gas Events Newsletter. Digital marketing audit of your website. The Oil and Gas Global Network of Podcasts Oil and Gas Global Network | oilandgasglobalnetwork.com Oil and Gas This Week | oilandgasthisweek.com Oil and Gas Industry Leaders | oilandgasindustryleaders.com Connect With Us Patrick Pistor | Twitter | LinkedIn | Email |Facebook |leanoilfield.com Mark LaCour | Twitter | LinkedIn | Email |Facebook | modalpoint.com Realwear and Honeywell at OTC 2018 on Red Wing's Oil and Gas HSE Podcast - OGHSE081

How is technology making the industry a safer and more efficient place? In this episode, Mark sits solo and had a chance to talk with Sanjay Jhawar, Co-founder & President, RealWear and Youssef Mestari, Global Strategic Marketing Director, during OTC 2018 about the intersection of technology and HSE. “So the particular thing we focused on, is making it 100% hands free” says Sanjay Jhawar, Co-founder & President, RealWear. “Just like you want to be handsfree when you drive your truck and not be texting, you want to be hands free when you're operating powerful equipment and as we know, one slip can be potentially fatal. So we are very much focused on zero hands and the key to that is voice recognition” Click Play to Hear the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast Episode 81 – Realwear and Honeywell at OTC 2018 Enter to Win! To get your hands on one of these awesome offshore bags, all you have to do is enter! Follow the link below and select Oil and Gas HSE and enter your information. We pick one lucky winner each week. Click Here to Enter More Information To find out more about RealWear, you can find them at https://www.realwear.com/ Connect with RealWear on LinkedIn. Like RealWear on Facebook. Check out some of RealWear's videos on YouTube. Follow RealWear on Twitter @realwearinc Connect with Sanjay on Linkedin. To find out more about Honeywell, you can find them at https://www.honeywell.com/ Connect with Honeywell on LinkedIn. Like Honeywell on Facebook. Check out some of Honeywell's videos on YouTube. Follow Honeywell on Twitter @honeywell Connect with Yousseff on Linkedin. Leave a Review Help your oil and gas peers find the Oil and Gas HSE Podcast by leaving us a review on iTunes. The more, and better our reviews, the easier we are to find in iTunes, so help the industry out by leaving us a short review. Leave us a review by clicking here. If you would like some help leaving a review on iTunes the folk at HubSpot put together some easy to follow instructions that you can check out by

Andy Lowery, CEO of RealWear, shares the future of knowledge transfer through hands-free, voice activated wearable devices, which have value for a spectrum of applications including industrial, defense, entertainment and sports.   

Produced by Foundersuite.com, "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with Andy Lowery, CEO of RealWear (www.realwear.com). RealWear makes an industrial head-mounted wearable headset that allows factory workers to receive information from android tablets and Web and voice messages from co-workers while working at construction sites. The Company recently raised $17.07 million of a planned $20 million Series A venture funding from lead investor Columbia Ventures with participation from Realmax Technology. In this episode, Andy talks about bootstrapping a hardware company (and even raising money from employees), avoiding Silicon Valley VCs, raising capital in China, how to handle "no's", dealing with lockup periods, how entrepreneurship is the last great adventure, and more.

RealWear, as the name might suggest, is a wearables company. “Wearable whats?” you may be wondering. Well, wearable computers. Their flagship product is a wearable Android tablet—essentially a mobile computer you wear on your head. “Won't that look weird?” I wonder aloud. RealWear CEO Andy Lowery explains. “First start with Google Glass.” Viz. Google Glass, the glasses with the heads-up display floating in front of one of your eyes. “You start there. But our device is very different from Google Glass in that it's much more rugged.” Water-proof, dust-proof, with a much larger battery, RealWear is a cyborgish augmentation you can really take anywhere. It's bigger. It weighs more. It has a wide VGA display. So instead of being mounted on glasses, like Google Glass, it's attached to a hard hat, or ball cap. But the added size and weight lets it do more: “anything that you could run on an Android tablet that you'd typically be holding in your hand, and driving with your fingers.” Hit play to learn more about RealWear's innovative wearable technology. Subscribe, review, and if you like what we're doing at Future Tech, donate a BitCoin or two. Every little bit helps.

RealWear is building the world’s first REAL hands-free and fully rugged head-mounted tablet solution for connected industrial workers. We’re a seasoned team of executives and human factors experts from the ultra-rugged smart phone, smart glasses micro display and industrial augmented reality spaces. Andy Lowery is an authority on industrial manufacturing and has pioneered the early use of augmented reality in enterprise settings. He has served at the forefront of engineering and operational management in some of the world’s most demanding industrial, defense and manufacturing environments. Andy’s experience heading the engineering departments of market leading companies shaped his vision to co-found and become CEO of RealWear, Inc. Andy most recently co-found and served as President of Daqri where he transformed Daqri into a world leading industrial augmented reality hardware and software corporation. Prior to Daqri, Andy held the position of chief engineer for Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Systems business where, under his leadership, he won the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer competition, a program worth an estimated $8 billion. Before joining Raytheon, Andy served as general manager at M/A-COM Technology Solutions, overseeing a commercial electronics product line. He has served 23 years in the U.S. Navy, in both active duty and reserve units, and attained the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Andy graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois with a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. https://realwear.com https://www.facebook.com/RealWearInc https://twitter.com/realwearinc https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/12895228/

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VRODO_cast #006: Augmented Reality mit dem Smartphone, VR-Serie Halycon und die Demokratisierung von 3D-Inhalten In der sechsten Ausgabe des VRODO Podcast über Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality berichtet Tobias über die neue App Fyusion, mit deren Entwickler er ein Gespräch führen konnte. Mit Fyusion kann man Objekte mit der Smartphonekamera aufnehmen, um daraus ein schwenkbares, multiperspektivisches 3D-Bild zu erstellen. Diese 3D-Bilder sind dann auch mit der AR-Brille aus allen Richtungen ansehbar. Wir besprechen, wie wichtig die Demokratisierung der Erstellung von 3D-Inhalten ist, damit AR im Mainstream ankommen kann. Tobias führte außerdem ein Interview mit dem CEO von Realwear, einer Firma, die AR-Brillen für die Industrie herstellt. Er berichtet vom ersten Eindruck des aktuellen Prototyps, den Anwendungsbereichen und den Anforderungen, die solch eine "Bauarbeiter-AR-Brille" draußen im Feld erfüllen muss. Halycon ist der Titel einer Krimiserie, die im Jahr 2058 spielt. In dieser Zukunft ist die virtuelle Realität so normal und allgegenwärtig wie Smartphones in unserer Zeit. Hauptfigur ist Julie Dover, eine Kriminalbeamtin für VR-Verbrechen, die einen echten Mord untersucht, der aber in der virtuellen Realität stattgefunden hat. Halycon erzählt in 15 Folgen eine Geschichte über Virtual Reality in Virtual Reality. Zehn der Episoden werden im regulären Fernsehen ausgestrahlt, fünf Ableger erscheinen jedoch nur für VR-Brillen wie Oculus Rift. Sven hat sich die Premiere der Serie im potenziellen Metaverse von Altspace VR angeschaut und berichtet darüber. Wir diskutieren, ob solche Crossover-Serien Potenzial haben. Außerdem im Podcast: Ein News-Roundup zu den neusten Oculus-Nachrichten bezüglich der Facebook-Integration und dem Warnsystem "Guardian" für (halbes) Room-Scale-VR. Und die Notwendigkeit eines virtuellen "Second Screen".