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75 Years of Innovation: augmented reality binoculars

The AR binoculars were built from several components:

• Wide Field of View (FoV) Lens: used for context and to recover the 3D location and orientation of the binoculars
• Narrow FoV Lens: used for augmentation and improving tracking precision
• Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU): a microelectromechanical (MEM) system that tracks angular rate and acceleration
• Global Positioning System (GPS): a satellite-based location and navigation system for location estimation
• Magnetometer: measures the Earth’s magnetic field and used for measurements related to orientation estimation
• Barometric pressure sensor: measures atmospheric pressure and used for measurements related to altitude estimation

Two cameras were able to be seated in the lens bay of the binoculars.

See the full story here: https://medium.com/dish/75-years-of-innovation-augmented-reality-binoculars-a341086029ee