Amazon has filed a patent for augmented reality (AR) glasses for its warehouse workers, to help them navigate through the facility to find required products and give them other instructions. The devices would be able to provide visual cues to point out the location of particular products when the worker is near them. They would also be equipped with scanners, barcode readers, image-capturing devices and radio and Bluetooth communications. Amazon’s new AR glasses, which are being developed by an unnamed company, will have two main components: one that can see in 3D space while another that uses cameras on top of each pair of glasses.
Amazon has filed a patent for augmented reality (AR) glasses for its warehouse workers, to help them navigate through the facility to find required products and give them other instructions. The devices would be able to provide visual cues to point out the location of particular products when the worker is near them. They would also be equipped with scanners, barcode readers, image-capturing devices and radio and Bluetooth communications. However, the proposal has triggered concern about the privacy of workers, who would be able to be monitored at all times while wearing the headsets.