Transforming how humans interact with technology. Introducing NuVision.
By: Anirudh Aswal
Tags: College Project, Smatphones, Future, Augmented Reality, Imaginary Startup

The Future

We have all seen Hollywood’s depiction of the future. Flying Cars, Holograms, Neon Lights, everything connected to every other thing which we call the Internet of Things and of course, humans with cybernetic implants.

Although it may take time before this future becomes our reality, There sure has been an abundance of attempts to mimic the latter. First was the Google glass that caught everyone’s attention, after which some others followed.

Innovative headgear to put you in augmented reality? Sure does sound like those Hollywood movies.

The only problem is they had zero practical use. Some even being too big to be comfortable for day to day use and borderline sucked.

That’s why we are here to fulfil your dream to be in future to witness it firsthand.

What sets us apart?

In the present world, it is impossible not to consume information. Emails, social media, news has become an essential part of our day, and mobile phones and laptops have become our tools to battle the horde of information that we are bombarded with efficiently.

But is it efficient? To use a computer you have to sit down, turn it on and open a specific app for a task, switch to another for a different one and mobile phones or not that far from being useless with small screens and clutter of unnecessary apps.

Their only upside is that you can walk with one, and one day when the founder of NuVision was walking down to their favourite store to get their favourite snack while texting their favourite person, they walked into a pole. (very relatable as we all at some point or another walked into something while using a phone). Frustrated, he could not justify humanity’s dependence on the smartphone. (No offence to Steve Jobs). His vision was a world where people do not have to oblivious to their surrounding.

Smartphones have made us oblivious to the real world. Photo by Arthur Edelman on Unsplash

With a team of like-minded people, he made NuVision MARK-I. An augmented reality headset that shows you not only what’s happening on Instagram but also what is happening around you in real-time.

Not only that, but it can also help you navigate, avoid obstacles, watch a movie during commute without having to lift a finger. (Although it supports touch control but more on that later).

Tech?

Instead of having transparent glass, NuVision MARK-I comes with 1080p 500 PPI display that allows you to see the information. Imagine sunglasses with HD displays.

Equipped with two 360° (colour and monochrome) cameras on both end pieces allows for a real-time world view in 360° (now you look behind to check who has been stalking you). Our state of art Machine Vision and Image recognition technology uses the live feed from both of the cameras to tell you what lies ahead and tells you when you are about to walk into a pole.

Not only that. It can understand the emotions of people from their facial expression so you can choose your words with utmost care or leave a conversation when someone is about to get angry.

Since it comes with Wifi and built-in 5G cellular connection, you can now stay forever connected with the world while you commute to the work using AI-driven navigational algorithms. (yes it has GPS)

Both temples are touchpads that allow you to communicate with your device. But why stop there? above the display, there is another camera and an IR illuminator that senses where you are looking. This not only allows you to control your device but now you can look at different objects and get information about it. Don’t know the name of a plant? Just look at it.

You can easily reply to texts with Auto respond, an in house technology that generates human-like responses but if you feel the need, NuVision MARK-I has dual microphones so you can have your own words. Auto respond uses Machine Learning to understand how you reply and can learn to respond just like you over time.

The ends of the temples have extremely precise actuators on both sides that produce high definition sound, delivered to you through bone conduction.

All this is possible with our revolutionary microprocessor designed especially to work with NuVision MARK-I and 64GB or 128GB of onboard storage.

All the processing is done locally on the device. Your data is never shared with anyone. Not even our employees. Although we do collect diagnostically relevant data to keep your device bug free :) rest assured, your identity is safe.

Towards a smart future

We are producing data at an unprecedented rate. 1.7MB of data is created every second by every person during 2020. In the last two years alone, the astonishing 90% of the world’s data has been created. 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced by humans every day. How do you stay up to date with the most relevant information? How do you know what to consume and what to ignore?

Smartphones and personal computers gave us the power to stay ever connected with the never-ending stream of data. We believe they are just not enough for today’s world.

Photo by NASA on Unsplash

Having information is important but having relevant information is even more important and smartphones limit our ability to stay relevant. hundreds of apps with hundreds of different pieces of information 70% of which is usually not useful. While you are reading the news you may get an email for a job interview that later gets buried by 100s of emails from clothing brands that you don’t even shop at anymore.

Although you learnt that the GDP of Chile went up by 2.3%, you missed the opportunity to get your dream job.

We try to tackle this problem by only showing the information that will be most appropriate i.e not to be flooded with social media notification when you are working and not to show work email while relaxing and always showing emails about a job interview.

But this goes beyond what happens in your life. Choosing the right and relevant information is not an easy task but we are here to help you with the ever-increasing data.

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

When can you get yours?

We will start accepting pre-orders in the first quarter of 2021 and it will be ready to be shipped by late 2021.

Depending on which configuration you choose, NuVision Mark-I will be available to at $1449 (64GB) or $1499(128GB).

We are also developing another device that can help assist Visually Impaired in navigating and object identification using our Machine vision technology which will ready for the public by early 2020.