Konica-Minolta AIRe Lens AR smart glasses

Konica Minolta has announced a wearable augmented reality (AR) solution, the AIRe Lens. This smart glasses device is designed to enhance training and knowledge sharing in traditionally skilled manual labour and industrial environments.

Developed for a range of applications, the AIRe Lens is said to offer the durability, comfort and high optical quality required for all-day use. With its head-mounted functionality, end users can receive information and step-by-step guidance through work processes, such as assembly, maintenance or quality assurance tasks, while maintaining mobility, keeping hands free and reducing workplace accidents.

With the AIRe Lens, organisations can leverage wearable technology to address concerns including high staff training costs, limited options for tracking work productivity, difficulty in finding skilled industrial workers, long downtimes or employee inefficiencies.

The AIRe Lens is a collaborative creation of the company’s own Industrial Optical System Business Headquarters (IOH) in Japan, which designed the optical element at the core of this solution, and Konica Minolta’s European Business Innovation Centre (BIC).