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Innovation in Ubiquitous Wearable Visualization for Citizens in a Digitized Society (UWEAR)

Contact:uwe.vogel@fep.fraunhofer.degunther.haas@microoled.net

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Innovation in Ubiquitous Wearable Visualization for Citizens in a Digitized Society (UWEAR)

Status Professional application of wearable AR well under way

• Used today in industry e.g. in training, maintenance & manufacturing (e.g., DHL, Volkswagen, BMW, EADS)

• EU system developpers at forefront, e.g., Ubimax (DE), Augmented Automation (DE), Xmreality (SE)

Broader Applications starting for « consumer niches» like sports

• First products e.g. by Everysight (IL), o-synce (DE), eyewear & sport manufacturers will follow this trend

• EU companies design-in’s for wearable AR, e.g. Microoled (FR), Savimex (FR), ST (FR), Optinvent (FR), Zeiss (D)

Next-Generation featuring compact & stylish design, enhanced functionality & ergonomics for citizens

• Strong end user industry: Sport & lifestyle (e.g., Adidas, Puma,…), health & well-being, connectivity, medical, etc.

• Innovative Systems & Components for AR: backplane IC, low power wireless chipsets, sensors, compact AR optics or smartglass products, advanced packaging

• top-level research on visualisation, connectivity (5G, NB-IoT,…), advanced user-interfaces

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Objective: Enable wider adoption of personal connected near-eye/in-eye augmented-reality (AR) systems from professionals towards citizens

- Establishing innovation consortia (industry & academics) along the entire value chain, from components and subsystems to end products and services

- Development of innovative components and systems: - HW and SW solutions for ultra-low power architectures, sensing,

connectivity, user interaction, localization, scene recognition, etc. - Optics and microdisplays (see-through, variable focus planes, light

field,…)- Systems for anytime secure use, non-obtrusive look-and-feel

wearable visual information

- Verification of application scenarios in Living Labs / public environments

- Service-focused business models in lifestyle, health, sports, social networks, education, autonomous driving, Smart Home, entertainment

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Expected impact:

- Help EU start-up’s, SMEs and large enterprises to continue to stay on forefront of related photonic components and applications- Near/in-eye optics, microdisplays, materials, sensors,

semiconductors

- Strengthening domestic manufacture of optical & semiconductor components, as well as systems

- Allow system integrators and end-users in wearable and IoT markets, e.g. from telecom, medical, sports, or eyewear industry, to benefit from this rapidly growing market

- set high-level standards for data security and privacy

- Addresses societal challenges- security and privacy awareness for citizens (open yet safe society)- personal health (remote doctor, sensory impaired, emergency assist)- mobility (smart transportation, personal travel advice via crowd data)

UWEAR Objectives & Main Tasks

Demonstrate the performance of wearable, microdisplay based visualization systems in applications through pilot-studies by end-users Consumer: Sports (cycling, skiing, running,…), personal health Professional: Industry 4.0, maintenance, training, logistics, Medical Early Pilot study in year 1 based on integration of existing wearable platform

(MICROOLED)

Development of an innovative wearable platform and integration into end-user platforms taking into account the results of the pilot-studies and other end-user requirements Main target is high acceptance by the end-users through very compact & lightweight

design, very low power, advanced interactivity, good legibility (indoor – outdoor)

Second Pilot study in year 3 based on integration of the new wearable platform into end-user systems

End-users: SEARCHING: Consumer: Sport (Cycling, Running, Ski, Diving,…), Health & Well-being, Tourism,… SEARCHING: Industrial maintenance, logistics, training, Automotive, Medical,…

H/W and S/W providers, system integration MICROOLED (FR): connected wearable monitor platform LIMBAK (ES): AR optics SEARCHING: user interaction, system integration

Development Fraunhofer FEP (DE): ultra-low power microdisplay backplane architecture, bi-directional devices,

OLED micro-patterning

ICT-02-2018: Flexible and Wearable Electronics Duration : 3 years Tentative Budget : 5-8 M€

Predecessor project LOMID « Large Cost-effective OLED Microdisplays and their Applications », see downstairs at booth #67

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