Amazon developing smart glasses to help drivers deliver packages faster – report

If new AR glasses work as supposed, your Amazon deliveries may arrive a bit of sooner.

A recent report from Reuters revealed Amazon is within the means of creating sensible glasses for its drivers that not solely present turn-by-turn navigation to get to a vacation spot but additionally give instructions inside buildings, akin to the place to stroll off an elevator experience and present warnings about gates or aggressive canine.  

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We do not know any specifics, however reportedly the gadget — like Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses — would have a small embedded display screen to point out essential info. They may additionally doubtless give audible instructions, as Amazon’s existing Echo Frame glasses do, and use the built-in digital camera functionality to take images, changing the hand-held gadget at the moment in use. 

Realistically, these glasses may solely save a couple of seconds per every routine supply or a couple of minutes if a driver will get misplaced. However when the typical driver handles round 300 packages a day, and with hundreds of thousands of packages delivered all over the world every day, these seconds add up and imply drivers may have the ability to deal with a couple of extra every day. 

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Whereas the venture is not public but, Reuters mentioned a number of nameless workers confirmed it exists. These sources additionally warned that the glasses are doubtless nonetheless a number of years away and nonetheless may by no means see the sunshine of day if they do not work as supposed or if workers do not embrace them. Consolation is a priority, however when Kerry Wan, ZDNET senior critiques editor, tried out Meta’s latest wearable, he discovered the glasses snug sufficient to switch his prescription lenses. 

As evidenced by the recent expansion of Amazon’s drone delivery program — which might get packages to you in below an hour, the corporate has a renewed give attention to shaving seconds off deliveries, particularly in the previous couple of miles.

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Good glasses have struggled to search out mainstream reputation, so it’s going to be fascinating to see if Amazon could make them work for its workers.