Chinese AR startup Rokid eyes industrial applications after success with temperature-reading smart glasses


By Che Pan

Rokid Glass 1, initially used in Hangzhou’s Xixi National Wetland Park, enabled security staff to conduct bulk body temperature measurements of visitors within a one-metre distance. In China, the AR and VR market is forecast to grow 66% year on year to US$4.09bil in 2020, according to IDC. — SCMP

Imagine being able to blur the lines between reality and the virtual world by putting on a set of augmented reality wearables, just like Major Motoko Kusanagi in the Japanese anime classic Ghost In The Shell.

Rokid, a Hangzhou-based augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) startup, is among a number of Chinese companies trying to bring this vision into reality.

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