Using the Spatial Web to make warehouses truly smart with Augmented Reality
On the outside, tracking objects from point A to point B, which is really spatial tracking of objects—they’re very interested in blockchain. And there are massive initiatives, and there’s organizations like BiTA (Blockchain in Transportation Alliance) that have FedEX, UPS, DHL, BP, and hundreds of companies all trying to figure out “how do we come up with standards for traceability?” Because often these companies are working together, and they’re handing things off to each other.
So, standards around that are important. Inside of those buildings and giant warehouses are millions of square feet or ports—they have operational activities. “Where do I find this box?” Literally, a warehouse picker walking around a million square feet trying to locate a box by looking at a number—this nine-digit code—on a little screen and then trying to find that in the space.
We’re able to create AR applications that route them specifically to those things. When they move box A to location B, a spatial transaction occurs. A spatial contract then is completed. You can easily see how the insides of things, and the outsides of things, and the traceability between those—both blockchain and an augmented reality in that case—are a perfect combination.
We’ve done it on iPhone where you’re looking through the phone instead of at the phone, and you’re following the arrow right to the box. Then you follow the next one.
We received a grant from Magic Leap as part of their creator program. They saw what we were doing and said, “Hey, can you guys do a version of this that works in the headsets?”
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